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CBC Sports’ daily newsletter looks forward to the most exciting part of the alpine skiing season as downhill and super-G racing gets underway. CBC | Sports News
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New airbag rule for speed racers at ski World Cup spawns many questions, few answers
A new rule for certain alpine World Cup ski events has become a major talking point among athletes. In early November, FIS — alpine’s governing body — announced that racers in speed events (downhill and super-G) would be mandated to wear airbags in competition. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Canada’s Valerie Maltais wins World Cup speed skating silver in Beijing
Canadian long-track speed skater Valerie Maltais earned a silver medal Sunday in the women’s mass start competition at the Beijing World Cup. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Canadian speed skater Weidemann wins bronze at Beijing World Cup
Canadian speed skater Isabelle Weidemann finished on the World Cup podium Saturday, taking bronze in the women’s 3,000-metre event in Beijing. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Canada’s Weidemann speed skates to World Cup bronze in Beijing
A time of 4:02.02 in the 3000-metre World Cup race in Beijing Saturday was good enough for Ottawa’s Isabelle Weidemann to claim a World Cup bronze medal. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Ivanie Blondin wins 2 more medals at World Cup speed skating event in Nagano
Ivanie Blondin was a key player in two of Canada’s medals at the long-track speed skating World Cup on Sunday in Nagano, Japan, earning a silver in the women’s mass start and a bronze with Yankun Zhao in the mixed gender relay. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Canada’s Dubreuil sets tone at speed skating World Cup opener after stellar 2023-24 season
Laurent Dubreuil of Lévis, Que., is picking up this season’s ISU World Cup speed skating campaign where he left off, earning a silver medal in his World Cup season debut in a men’s 500-metre race Friday at M-Wave in Nagano, Japan. CBC | Sports News
Read More »What to watch: Speed skating & Vanier Cup
Our CBC Sports team shares what and who to watch this weekend on CBCSports.ca. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Canada’s Dubreuil claims World Cup speed skating silver medal in Japan
Laurent Dubreuil of Quebec City captured the 500-metre silver medal Friday at the World Cup speed skating event in Nagano, Japan Friday. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Canada’s long track speed skaters roll into a new season
CBC Sports’ daily newsletter looks at Canada’s excellent long track speed skaters as they head into their World Cup season opener. CBC | Sports News
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