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Canada’s newly named ski jumping team has high hopes heading into the Milano-Cortina Winter Games – and that has a lot to do with Abi Strate. CBC | Sports News
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Norwegian Olympic favourite McGrath wins Wengen slalom for 2nd straight year
Norwegian skier Atle Lie McGrath won the Wengen World Cup slalom Sunday for a second consecutive year and added to his status as a favourite for next month’s Olympics. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Skiing consistency this season makes American Lindsey Vonn double Olympic medal threat
Lindsey Vonn of the United States finished second in a super-G on Sunday that was held amid difficult visibility in Tarvisio, Italy to claim her seventh podium result in eight races this season. CBC | World News
Read More »‘I think I’m addicted to adrenaline’: Snowboarder Cam Spalding ready for Olympic slopes
The 20-year-old thrill-seeker tells Ariel Helwani about his risk-taking mentality that makes it hard for him to do “normal things,” what it’s like to compete against his close friend Liam Brearley in professional snowboarding, and his second love of wakeboarding which resulted in multiple injuries. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Mark McMorris, Laurie Blouin headline Canada’s Olympic snowboard team
Mark McMorris and Laurie Blouin are among the six athletes that have been named to Canada’s Olympic snowboard slopestyle and big air team CBC | Sports News
Read More »Paul Bissonnette on the Olympic hockey tournament, Canada’s roster, and Heated Rivalry
CBC Sports’ Anastasia Bucsis chatted with hockey media personality and former NHLer Paul Bissonnette about the men’s Olympic hockey tournament and his thoughts on the team. They also talked about the hit television show, Heated Rivalry. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Greenland biathlete pursues Olympic dream while anxious about ‘terrifying’ threats to her homeland
Ukaleq Slettemark is used to the stress of competing on the world stage as she tries to qualify for the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics. But the 25-year-old biathlete from Greenland is facing an extra level of anxiety as U.S. President Donald Trump keeps saying he wants to take over her country. CBC | World News
Read More »Will Canada end its Olympic curling drought?
CBC Sports’ daily newsletter previews all three curling events at the upcoming Winter Games, where the sport’s leading nation will try to regain its supremacy. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Olympic champion Guillaume Cizeron accuses ex-ice dance partner of smear campaign
Olympic ice dance champion Guillaume Cizeron said Tuesday his former on-ice partner Gabriella Papadakis is spreading lies about him in the lead-up to the Milan-Cortina Winter Games. CBC | Sports News
Read More »NHL and NHLPA say test events at new Olympic hockey arena were ‘good trial run’
The NHL and NHL Players’ Association said in a joint statement Monday they are pleased test events at the new hockey arena for the Milan-Cortina Olympics were “a good trial run and provided important insight into the current status” of construction. CBC | Sports News
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