Canadian Amateur Summer Sports News
Canadian Olympic bronze medalist Alysha Newman of London, Ontario won the bronze medal in a Diamond League event in Rome, Italy on Friday. For Newman it was her sixth career Diamond League medal and second of the season. Newman had Read more
Team Canada won two more silver medals at the 2024 Paralympic Games in Paris on Sunday. The second place finishes came in the sports of athletics and swimming. In athletics, 44-year-old Brent Lakatos of Dorval, Quebec won the silver medal Read more
Team Canada is up to six medals (two silver medals and four bronze medals) at the 2024 Paralympic Games in Paris. On Saturday, Canada won two silver medals in swimming. Nicholas Bennett of Parksville, British Columbia placed second in the Read more
Team Canada won two more bronze medals in cycling on day two of the 2024 Paralympic Games in Paris. The medals came in the 3000 metre individual pursuit. Alexandre Hayward of Campbelltown, New Brunswick won bronze in the men’s C3 Read more
Team Canada won two bronze medals on Thursday of the 2024 Paralympic Games in Paris. The bronze medals came in the sports of swimming and cycling. In para swimming, Aurelie Rivard of Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec placed third in the Women’s 50m Read more
The 2024 Paralympic Games in Paris commences on Wednesday with the Opening Ceremonies. Canada’s flag bearers are men’s wheelchair basketball player Patrick Anderson of Edmonton, Alberta and Paralympic swimmer Katarina Roxon of Kippens, Newfoundland. Anderson has won three gold medals Read more
Canadian Olympic silver medalist Marco Arop of Edmonton, Alberta won the gold medal in the men’s 800 metres at Chorzow, Poland on Sunday. For Arop, he posted a time of 1:41.86. This was actually 0.66 seconds slower than his silver Read more
Sarah Mitton of Liverpool, Nova Scotia won the bronze medal in a Diamond League event in Lausanne, Switzerland on Friday. For Mitton, it was her fourth Diamond League medal of the season. Mitton posted a throw of 19.52 metres. Chase Read more
Team Canada won the gold medal in a Women’s 3×3 Basketball World Series event in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan on Sunday. In the gold medal game, Canada defeated the silver medalist United States 21-7. On Saturday, Canada won all three of their Read more
Canadian Olympic gold medalists Summer McIntosh of Toronto, Ontario and Ethan Katzberg of Nanaimo, British Columbia will carry the flag in the closing ceremonies of the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. McIntosh became the first Canadian ever to win three Read more