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Toronto’s Cynthia Appiah, Melissa Lotholz of Barrhead, Alta., and Canada’s Bianca Ribi will all pilot sleds, with Appiah and Lotholz also competing in monobob. CBC | Sports News
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Heated Rivalry stars named Olympic torchbearers for Milano-Cortina Winter Games
The stars of the popular Canadian hockey drama Heated Rivalry are headed to the Olympics. Hudson Williams and Connor Storrie will be among the torchbearers carrying the Olympic flame for the Milano-Cortina Olympic Winter Games in February. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Who will win Olympic hockey gold?
CBC Sports’ daily newsletter takes an analytics-based look at the upcoming Olympic men’s and women’s hockey tournaments. Will it be Canada vs. the United States for gold in both? Or should we be prepared for some surprises? CBC | Sports News
Read More »Grondin, O’Dine among 13 snowboarders named to Canada’s Olympic team
Olympic medallists Éliot Grondin and Meryeta O’Dine headline Canada’s snowboard cross team for the Milano-Cortina Games. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Abi Strate leads Canadian Olympic ski jumping hopes at Milano-Cortina Winter Games
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
Read More »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
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