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Jill McIntosh knows the Olympic pressure better than most parents, having also had to navigate the choppy waters of being a teenaged swimmer for Canada. CBC | Sports News
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4-time Olympian Natalie Achonwa leads Canadian women’s basketball team headed to Paris
Kayla Alexander, Natalie Achonwa and Kia Nurse headline the Canadian women’s basketball team headed to the Paris Olympics. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Good Morning Britain guests cause Olympian Sharron Davies to break down in tears
Olympian Sharron Davies was reduced to tears during a heartbreaking interview on Monday’s Good Morning Britain. Daily Express :: TV and Radio Feed
Read More »Snowboard Olympian Aimee Fuller – ‘I’m scared of spiders, let me do I’m a Celebrity!’
Snowboard Olympian Aimee Fuller opts for I’m a Celebrity rather than Strictly because she has a phobia that’s perfect for the ITV reality show Daily Express :: TV and Radio Feed
Read More »Benjamin Kiplagat dead: Olympian stabbed to death aged 34 in Kenya as police launch probe
World Athletics has confirmed the death of Ugandan Olympian Benjamin Kiplagat. Daily Express :: Sport Feed
Read More »Former Olympian Oscar Pistorius granted parole on murder conviction
Double-amputee Olympic runner Oscar Pistorius was granted parole Friday, 10 years after shooting his girlfriend through a bathroom door at his home in South Africa in a killing that jolted the country and the athletics world. He is set to be released from prison in early January. CBC | Sports News
Read More »U.S. Olympian Lolo Jones calls for IOC to postpone Tokyo Olympics
U.S. Olympian Lolo Jones is imploring the IOC to send a different message from the one it has thus far about the coronavirus crisis. It has yet to postpone the games, and by not doing that, Jones believes it is telling athletes that they need to be ready, just in case. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Fighting coronavirus fears in Japan is an Olympian task
Anxiety over the coronavirus are challenging Japan’s meticulous plans for the 2020 Summer Olympics, writes Chris Brown. CBC | World News
Read More »Canadian Olympian Alysha Newman drops charges against Steelers linebacker
Misdemeanour charges have been dropped against a Pittsburgh Steelers backup linebacker who had been accused of injuring his girlfriend, Canadian Olympic pole vaulter Alysha Newman, during a fight in their western Pennsylvania hotel room this month. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Liberal Olympian Adam van Koeverden defeats deputy PC leader Lisa Raitt in Milton, Ont.
Four-time Olympic medal winner and Liberal candidate Adam van Koeverden flipped the traditionally blue riding of Milton, Ont., defeating deputy Conservative party leader and incumbent Lisa Raitt. CBC | Sports News
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