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Just one week ago, Toronto’s Brooke McIntosh was celebrating her 15th birthday. Today, in front of a capacity crowd and the bright lights shining down, McIntosh and her pairs partner Brandon Toste skated to a season-best performance at the Youth Olympics. CBC | Sports News
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Canadian biathlon sisterhood shines at Youth Olympic Games
Women who shoot and ski together, stay together. At least that’s been the motto for Canadian biathletes Pascale Paradis, Jenna Sharrington and Naomi Walch for most of their lives. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Canadians help make history as ski mountaineering debuts at Youth Olympics
The emotion of the historic moment was evident Friday afternoon on the sun-splashed Villar Winter Park mountainside in Switzerland as 48 young women and men from around the world competed in the first-ever Youth Olympics ski mountaineering event. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Youth Olympics aim to change the Olympic movement
Canada is one of 79 nations participating in the 2020 Youth Olympics, which opened Thursday in Lausanne, Switzerland with a distinctly youthful feel. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Watch the 2020 Youth Winter Olympic Games
Watch live coverage of the 2020 Winter Youth Olympic Games from Lausanne, Switzerland, beginning with the opening ceremony on Thursday at 2 p.m. ET. CBC | Sports News
Read More »A look inside the Athletes’ Vortex at the 2020 Youth Olympic Games
For the first time in the history of the Youth Olympics all athletes are being housed under one roof. The Vortex, as it’s called, is where more than 1,870 athletes from 79 countries are staying during the 2020 Youth Winter Olympics. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Russian skater fighting for her life after accident in rehearsal for Youth Olympics ceremony
A female performer has been hospitalized after an accident at a rehearsal for the opening ceremony of the Youth Winter Olympics in Lausanne. CBC | Sports News
Read More »The Youth Olympic Games aren’t your parents’ Olympics
3-on-3 hockey? Mixed nationality teams? Ski mountaineering? Those are just some of the things that set the Winter Youth Olympic Games apart from the traditional version. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Northern Ontario curler to lead Team Canada into Youth Olympics
A young curling star from Northern Ontario is going to be leading Team Canada into the opening ceremony for the Youth Olympic Games Lausanne 2020 this week in Switzerland. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn has won over Britain’s youth — but will they actually vote?
As the U.K. election looms, the issue of Brexit has increased interest in the Labour Party among the under-30 set. It’s not just Brexit that has engaged younger voters but also the party’s policies to address inequality. CBC | World News
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