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The Canadian artistic swimming team, and the women’s duet team of Jacqueline Simoneau and Montreal’s Audrey Lamothe have qualified for the Paris Olympic Games thanks to their performances at the World Aquatics Championships in Doha. CBC | Sports News
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Here are some (too early) medal predictions for the Summer Olympics
CBC Sports’ daily newsletter parses a statistical model’s projections for how Canadian athletes will fare in Paris. CBC | Sports News
Read More »NHLers to return to Olympics in 2026, 2030 after missing last 2 Winter Games
NHL players are set to return to the next two Olympics. League commissioner Gary Bettman announced Friday at all-star weekend in Toronto that the NHL has struck a deal with the Players’ Association and International Ice Hockey Federation, paving the way for stars to compete in Italy in 2026 and at the following Winter Games in 2030. CBC | Sports News
Read More »A football Dream Team? Maybe at the 2028 Olympics.
CBC Sports’ daily newsletter looks at the NFL’s role in getting flag football into the Olympics and the star players who might take the field in L.A. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Kamila Valieva disqualified from 2022 Olympics in doping case, Russia to lose team gold to U.S.
Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva was disqualified from the 2022 Olympics on Monday, almost two years after her doping case caused turmoil at the Beijing Games. Canada placed fourth in the event and could be elevated to bronze. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Ben Flanagan qualifies for Olympics, fellow runner Marco Arop lowers Canadian record
Ben Flanagan of Kitchener, Ont., set a personal best of 13:04.62 indoors on Friday in Boston to meet the automatic entry standard in the men’s 5,000 metres for the Paris Olympics this summer. The next day, Marco Arop lowered his indoor Canadian record in the 800. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Paris scrambles to clean up the Seine ahead of Summer Olympics
Six months before the world arrives for the 2024 Summer Olympics, Paris is racing to clean up the famous, and long-contaminated, Seine River, in which many of the aquatic events are to be held. CBC | World News
Read More »Canada can still send a record number of teams to the Paris Olympics
CBC Sports’ daily newsletter looks at the various Canadian teams that have qualified for the Summer Games and those that can still get in. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Canadian field hockey teams prepare for last-chance qualifiers for Paris Olympics
Both the men’s and women’s Canadian field hockey teams must finish in the top-three of eight teams at their upcoming qualifying tournaments to earn a berth to Paris. CBC | Sports News
Read More »‘I’m smiling’: IIHF president optimistic about NHL participation at 2026 Olympics
Luc Tardif is optimistic NHL players will be at the 2026 Olympics. The International Ice Hockey Federation president says “all the planets are at the good place” with his organization, the NHL, the NHL Players’ Association and the International Olympic Committee. CBC | Sports News
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