The money for medals doesn’t come from taxpayers. It comes out of the Canadian Olympic Committee’s Excellence Fund, which funnels corporate sponsorship dollars to our most successful high-performance athletes. CBC | Sports News
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Team GB win two gold medals on same day as British history made at Winter Olympics
Winter Olympics history was made on a Super Sunday for Team GB in Northern Italy after success in the mixed team skeleton and snowboard cross mixed team final Daily Express :: Sport Feed
Read More »How many medals will Canada win at the Olympics?
CBC Sports’ daily newsletter breaks down a statistical model’s projections for the upcoming Winter Olympics in Italy, where Canada looks poised for another successful Games. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Canada’s Oatway, Jepsen wins Para alpine gold medals in Austria
Canadian Para skiers Kurt Oatway and Mollie Jepsen won gold medals at a World Cup stop Saturday in Saalbach, Austria. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Mexico seizes Olympic medals, motorcycles in raids seemingly linked to hunt for Canadian fugitive Ryan Wedding
Mexican authorities say they’ve seized motorcycles, Olympic medals and drugs in a series of raids — a move seemingly linked to the hunt for Canadian fugitive Ryan Wedding. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Canadians Urness, Deschamps score silver medals at freestyle skiing big air event in China
Canadian freestyle skiers Naomi Urness and Dylan Deschamps both won silver medals at the World Cup season-opening big air event on Saturday in Secret Garden, China. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Canadians Liendo, Kharun capture gold medals at swimming World Cup in Toronto
Canadians Josh Liendo and Ilya Kharun continued their stellar performances at the swimming World Cup event in Toronto on Friday. Liendo captured gold in the men’s 100-metre freestyle, while Kharun won the 200m butterfly event. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Canadians Nicholas Bennett, Arianna Hunsicker earn bronze medals at Para swimming worlds
Canada’s Nicholas Bennett and Arianna Hunsicker both reached the podium with bronze medals at the Para swimming world championships on Sunday in Singapore. CBC | Sports News
Read More »How many medals will Canada win at the track and field world championships?
CBC Sports’ daily newsletter mixes some hard data with a little human touch to predict how Canada will do at the upcoming World Athletics Championships in Tokyo. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Medals for Milan-Cortina Olympics represent ‘two halves coming together’
The Milan-Cortina Olympics are the first Games with two host cities in the name. So the medals for the upcoming Winter Games represent ‘two halves coming together.’ CBC | Sports News
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