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Ottawa native Ivanie Blondin finished second on Sunday in the ladies mass start at the ISU World Cup in Nagano, Japan. Marijke Groenewoud of the Netherlands won gold by 7/10th of a second. CBC | Sports News
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Canadian speedskater Blondin captures gold at World Cup stop in Japan
Canadian speedskater Ivanie Blondin won ISU World Cup gold in the women’s 3,000-metre long track competition Saturday in Nagano, Japan. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Canada’s Dubreuil claims World Cup speed skating silver medal in Japan
Laurent Dubreuil of Quebec City captured the 500-metre silver medal Friday at the World Cup speed skating event in Nagano, Japan Friday. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Japan in rare post-election uncertainty after ruling coalition suffers heavy losses in snap vote
The makeup of Japan’s future government was in flux on Monday after voters punished Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s scandal-tainted coalition in a weekend snap election, leaving no party with a clear mandate to lead the world’s fourth-largest economy. CBC | World News
Read More »Higuchi wins women’s gold, Miura and Kihara capture pairs in big night for Japan at Skate America
Wakaba Higuchi won her first Grand Prix event after more than eight years of trying Saturday night, putting together an error-free program at Skate America to edge Japanese teammate Rinka Watanabe and American star Isabeau Levito. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Dabrowski, women’s doubles partner Routliffe into Japan Open semifinals
Ottawa’s Gabriela Dabrowski and partner Erin Routliffe of New Zealand advanced to the women’s doubles semifinals at the Japan Open with a 6-2, 6-4 win over Japan’s Shuko Aoyama and Eri Hozumi on Wednesday in Osaka. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Jack Draper retires from Japan Open quarter-final after treatment on court
Jack Draper’s run at the Japan Open came to a premature end on Friday as the Briton was forced to retire from his quarter-final with an injury. Daily Express :: Sport Feed
Read More »Auger-Aliassime suffers 1st-round loss to wild card Nishioka at Japan Open
Canada’s Felix Auger-Aliassime is out of the Japan Open in the first round, falling 7-6 (5), 3-6, 7-6 (5) to Japan’s Yoshihito Nishioka in a three-hour 12-minute match at Ariake Tennis Park on Thursday. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Jack Draper surges to Japan Open last 16 as sizzling US Open form continues
Jack Draper made light work of Mattia Bellucci at the Japan Open. Daily Express :: Sport Feed
Read More »Japan earthquake sparks chilling tsunami warning after 5.9 mag quake puts people on alert
A 5.9 magnitude earthquake hit Japan this morning, sparking a tsunami warning across remote islands south of Tokyo, with waves of up to 50cm observed on coast Daily Express :: News Feed
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