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CBC Sports’ daily newsletter previews the Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final in Japan, where the top athletes in the world are gathered for the final time before the Winter Olympics. CBC | Sports News
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Marathon meetings next week will decide bulk of Canadian men’s Olympic hockey team
The Canadian management group will meet from Sunday through Tuesday, and expect to have 70 to 80 per cent of the roster written in pen by the end. The players selected will be competing on a smaller than expected ice surface in Milan, where the Santagiulia Ice Hockey Arena is under a tight timeline for completion. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Cortina Olympic Village is a trailer park featuring 400 mobile homes in an alpine valley
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Read More »Shiffrin wins slalom on home Colorado snow to remain perfect in the Olympic season
American standout Mikaela Shiffrin dominated a World Cup slalom on home Colorado snow Sunday to remain perfect in the discipline during the Olympic season. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Powerhouse teams skipped by Homan and Jacobs lock up Olympic spots by winning trials
Two powerhouse curling teams emerged from a tweaked playdowns format designed to send Canada’s best possible representatives to the Milan-Cortina Olympics. Call it mission accomplished for Curling Canada. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Bad snow means Canada’s Olympic cross-country ski trials will be moved out of Prince George, B.C.
Canada’s cross-country ski trials for the Olympic Games have been moved from Prince George, B.C., to Vernon, B.C., due to adverse snow conditions. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Team Homan books Olympic ticket after sweeping final of Canadian curling trials
Rachel Homan, Tracy Fleury, Emma Miskew and Sarah Wilkes will represent Canada at the Milano-Cortina Olympics after sweeping Team Christina Black in the final of the Canadian curling trials on Saturday in Halifax. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Homan survives Black’s last-rock attempt to take Game 1 of women’s Olympic curling trial final
Rachel Homan’s Ottawa-based team held on for a 5-4 victory over Christina Black’s hometown side in the opener of the best-of-three Olympic curling trial final in Halifax. CBC | Sports News
Read More »How dyslexia helped chart Olympic course for Canadian biathlete Jasper Fleming
For 20-year-old Jasper Fleming, a dyslexia diagnosis in Grade 2 became his “superpower.” Now, fueled by that clarity, the Edmonton native is aiming to qualify for his first Olympics in biathlon. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Halifax skip Christina Black to play for Olympic curling berth before home crowd
Local favourite Christina Black has a berth in the women’s best-of-three final of the Canadian curling trials in Halifax after defeating Manitoba’s Kerri Einarson 6-3 on Thursday. CBC | Sports News
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