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The Paris Olympics are about to get underway and Russia will have a very small delegation as a result of its war on Ukraine and the IOC screening process. CBC | Sports News
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Culture change to safer sport starting slowly for Canada’s Olympic athletes bound for Paris
After an admission there is a safe-sport crisis in Canada, how safer are athletes from abuse and maltreatment heading into the Paris Games? “I’d say it is safer,” said Canada’s Sports Minister Carla Qualtrough says. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Road to Paris Olympics bumpy for boxer Tammara Thibeault, other Canadian athletes
The road to the Olympic Games hasn’t always been smooth for Canada’s athletes in Paris. “The biggest challenge has definitely always been mental health,” says swimmer Sydney Pickrem ahead of her third Olympics. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Canada announced its Olympic team — here are some fun facts about the athletes
CBC Sports’ daily newsletter presents some interesting tidbits on the 338 Canadian athletes named to the Paris Olympics team. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Achy, breaky body parts a fact of life for Canada’s Olympic athletes
One body part, or a few, in athletes’ bodies endure a lot of strain and overuse while training and competing for Canada. Athletes bound for the Olympic Games in Paris reveal which body part their sport is hardest on. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Athletes find a fierce opponent in climate change
From extreme heat to wildfire smoke-filled skies and snowless ski hills, climate change is now a major opponent for athletes worldwide. In the lead-up to what may be the hottest Olympics ever, athletes and experts are speaking up on how a warming planet is changing the game. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Federal government to deliver budget money to 2024 Olympic, Paralympic athletes
The federal government fulfilled a budget promise to Canada’s athletes preparing for the Olympic and Paralympic Games with Monday’s announcement of $ 55-million infusion into the sport system. CBC | Sports News
Read More »This 75-year-old took a dip in the Seine. But is it ready for Olympic athletes?
Despite poor water quality results in the Seine River, and angry Parisians threatening to defecate in it ahead of the Olympic Games, Joel Stratte-McClure decided it was the prime spot for a Fourth of July swim. CBC | World News
Read More »Concussion experts encourage CFLers to wear Guardian Caps, but say athletes shouldn’t feel ‘immortal’
Canadian doctors and brain injury experts believe Canadian Football League players should be encouraged to use Guardian Caps whenever they have the opportunity, but say the technology does not mitigate the risk of concussion. CBC | Sports News
Read More »World swimming federation confirms U.S. federal probe into Chinese athletes’ doping tests
The international swimming federation says its executive director has been ordered to testify as a witness in a U.S. criminal investigation into the case of 23 Chinese swimmers who tested positive for a banned substance in 2021 yet could continue competing. CBC | World News
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