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On Wednesday, the Canadian Paralympic Committee announced it was receiving an endowment of $ 8 million to pay Canadian Paralympians $ 20,000 for gold medals, $ 15,000 for silver and $ 10,000 for bronze. The long- and short-term effects of the newly added incentive, however, remain to be seen. CBC | Sports News
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‘Finally’: Canadian Para athletes to be financially rewarded for medals won at Paralympics
In what’s being called a game-changing moment in the sporting landscape of the country, Canadian Paralympians are now going to be financially rewarded for medals they win at the Paralympic Games beginning this summer at Paris 2024 and each edition of the Games thereafter. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Canadian ski jumper Abigail Strate makes it 3 World Cup medals in 5 days
Ski jumper Abigail Strate of Calgary collected 233.6 points for a World Cup bronze medal in the women’s normal hill competition on Wednesday in Villach, Austria. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Summer McIntosh named CP female athlete of the year after 2023 full of world records, gold medals
Swimming sensation Summer McIntosh is The Canadian Press female athlete of the year for 2023. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Canada’s Jordan-Pierre Gilles wins 2 more gold medals at short track World Cup
Canadian short track speed skaters added three more medals – including two gold – to their tally on the final day of competition at a World Cup stop in Beijing. Jordan-Pierre Gilles had a big hand in both gold medals won on Sunday. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Canadians win gold, bronze medals at short track World Cup event in Beijing
Canada’s short track speed skating team claimed two medals at a World Cup stop in Beijing on Saturday – Jordan-Pierre Gilles won the men’s 500m final, while William Dandjinou was third in the men’s 1,500m. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Canadians win gold, silver medals at World Cup ski cross event in France
Canadians Jared Schmidt and Britt Phelan captured gold and silver, respectively, from the World Cup ski cross stop in Val Thorens, France, on Friday. CBC | World News
Read More »‘We’re going to get it done’: Canada’s sport minister says money for Paralympic medals is coming
For years Canada’s Para athletes have been asking why they don’t receive money for medals at the Paralympics, while Canadian athletes who win medals at the Olympics receive financial rewards. It appears that those questions are finally about to be answered. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Canada wins 6 more medals to close out Four Continents short track championships in Quebec
William Dandjinou took gold in the men’s 1,000 metres as Canadian speed skaters reached the podium six times on Sunday at the ISU Four Continents Short Track Championships in Laval, Que. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Canadian paddlers earn trio of sprint gold medals in canoe/kayak at Pan Am Games
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