Canadian Amateur Summer Sports News
Team Canada beat Chile and Lithuania in Women’s 3×3 Basketball Olympic Qualifying in Debrecen, Hungary on Thursday. Canada beat Chile 21-11 and Lithuania 19-16 in their first two games of the tournament. In Canada’s win over Chile, Michelle Plouffe of Read more
Summer McIntosh of Toronto, Ontario has broken her own world record in the women’s 400 metre individual medley. She accomplished the feat with a time of 4:24.38 at the 2024 Canadian Olympic and Paralympic Trials in Toronto on Thursday. McIntosh Read more
Team Canada has won their first game of 2024 in the Volleyball Nations League. On Thursday, Canada defeated Dominican Republic 25-20, 25-21, 25-22. Canada improved to a record of one win and one loss after losing 26-24, 23-25, 26-24, 25-12 Read more
According to the Canadian Press on Monday, Canada Soccer has named Jesse Marsch of Racine, Wisconsin as the new head coach of the men’s national team. He becomes the first American to ever coach Team Canada. This is the first Read more
Sarah Mitton of Liverpool, Nova Scotia has reset the Canadian record in the women’s shot put. According to CBC Sports on Saturday, Mitton posted a throw of 20.68 metres and beat her previous Canadian record throw of 20.33 metres. Mitton’s Read more
Christopher Morales Williams of Toronto, Ontario set the Canadian record in the men’s 400 metres on Saturday. He posted a time of 44.05 seconds to win the National Collegiate Athletic Association Southeast Conference Outdoor Championship in Gainesville, Florida. Morales Williams, Read more
Canadian Olympic bronze medalist Jessica Klimkait of Whitby, Ontario won the gold medal in an International Judo Federation Grand Slam event in Dushanbe, Tajikistan on Friday according to Michael Charlebois of the Canadian Olympic Committee on Monday. For Klimkait, it Read more
Team Canada has won its first game of the Women’s 3×3 Basketball Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Utsunomiya, Japan. On Friday, Canada beat Kenya 19-12. It was an outstanding game for Paige Crozon of Humboldt, Saskatchewan. Crozon led Canada with 10 Read more
Sarah Mitton of Liverpool, Nova Scotia has won the silver medal in the women’s shot put at a Wanda Diamond League event in Shanghai, China on Saturday. For Mitton, it was her seventh career Diamond League medal. Mitton posted a Read more
Team Canada began the Women’s 3×3 Basketball Series in Springfield, Massachusetts with a gold medal victory. On Wednesday, Canada defeated the United States 20-18 in the final game. The Canadian team was comprised of Michelle and Katherine Plouffe of Edmonton, Read more