Canadian Amateur Summer Sports News
Michael Woods of Toronto, Ontario made Canadian cycling history on Sunday. Woods became the second Canadian cyclist ever to earn a podium finish at one of the UCI World Tour’s five monuments when he placed second at the Liege-Bastogne-Liege in Read more
Jennifer Abel of Montreal, Quebec is heading into the 2018 FINA Diving World Series event this weekend in Montreal with a significant amount of momentum. Abel has won three bronze medals in two FINA Diving World Series events with Olympic status Read more
Laurence Vincent-Lapointe of Trois-Rivieres, Quebec has broken her own world record in the women’s C1 200m canoeing event. Vincent-Lapointe broke the record at the 2018 Canadian Canoe Kayak Team Sprint Trials in Gainesville, Georgia. Vincent-Lapointe had a winning time of Read more
Christine Girard of Elliott Lake, Ontario is now an Olympic gold medalist in women’s 63 killogram weightlifting. Girard had her Olympic bronze medal from the 2012 Olympic Games in London upgraded to gold on Thursday when it was determined that Read more
Canada closed out the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia on Sunday with a silver medal in men’s basketball. Team Canada lost the gold medal game 87-47 to Team Australia. Team Canada had a record of one win and Read more
Olympic bronze medalist Jennifer Abel of Montreal, Quebec has won a gold medal for Canada in women’s three metre springboard diving at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia. It was the 15th gold medal for Canada at the 2018 Read more
Alysha Newman of London, Ontario won the gold medal in women’s pole vault at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia on Friday. Newman improved from her bronze medal position in women’s pole vault at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Read more
Olympic gold medalist Erica Wiebe of Stittsville, Ontario won a gold medal in women’s 76kg wrestling at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia.It was one of four gold medals won by Canada on Thursday. The others were Christabel Read more
Robert Pitcairn of Summerside, Prince Edward Island became the oldest athlete ever to compete at the Commonwealth Games on Monday. At 79 years of age, Pitcairn and Nicole Rossignol of Hinton, Alberta competed in the Queen’s Prize Pairs Finals shooting Read more
Alexandre Dupont of Saint-Remi, Quebec won a gold medal for Canada in men’s 1500m wheelchair racing at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia on Tuesday. Dupont becomes the first Canadian with a disability to win a gold medal Read more