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Bronze medal win thrills Vancouver fans at Canada 7s series
Team Canada provided thrills, heartbreak, and eventually a bronze medal at the HSBC Canada Sevens Rugby tournament. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Weidemann leads Canada’s speed skating medal charge at Heerenveen World Cup
Canada’s Isabelle Weidemann topped a medal-laden day for Canada at the speed skating World Cup in Heerenveen, Netherlands on Saturday, defeating hometown favourite Antointette de Jong to capture gold. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Channell, Greszczyszyn 1-100th of a second shy of gold medal at skeleton worlds
Jane Channell of North Vancouver, B.C., reached the podium Sunday, sliding to a silver-medal finish with Canadian teammate David Greszczyszyn in the skeleton mixed team competition at the world championships in Altenberg, Germany. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Russia to lose Sochi Olympic gold medal in new doping case
The International Biathlon Union on Saturday announced a two-year ban for Evgeny Ustyugov, who was part of the gold medal-winning men’s relay team six years ago, citing evidence he used the banned steroid oxandrolone around the time of the Olympics. CBC | World News
Read More »Canada’s women’s basketball team commanding attention as serious Olympic medal threats
Through three generations, Canada’s women’s basketball team has fought battles on and off the court. Funding and exposure were long considered insufficient. But with those issues slowly being won, the fourth-ranked squad can finally focus on one long-standing goal: the Olympic podium. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Canada’s Darcy Sharpe wins rail jam silver to add to X Games medal haul
Canada’s Darcy Sharpe continued to make his mark at the X Games on Sunday in Aspen, Colo. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Canadian women proving an Olympic 7s medal is an expectation, not a goal
The silver medal earned by Canada’s women at the New Zealand Sevens is the first time in nearly three years they has medalled at three consecutive tournaments. As Nigel Reed writes, an Olympic medal in Japan is no longer a dream for this squad. It is becoming an expectation. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Liam Brearley’s historic bronze adds to heavy medal finish for Canada to close out the Youth Olympics
Canadian athletes saved their best single-day medal haul at the Youth Olympics for last. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Canada’s Andrew Longino rockets to first gold medal at Youth Olympics
Calgary skier Andrew Longino captured Canada’s first gold medal at the Youth Olympics early Tuesday afternoon in Switzerland. His key to golden success? The sweet sounds of Elton John. CBC | Sports News
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