Canadian Amateur Summer Sports News
Danielle Dorris of Moncton, New Brunswick has won Canada’s 12th medal at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo in 2021. In the women’s 100 metre backstroke, Dorris, who only has partial arms, won the silver medal. Dorris delivered a time Read more
Brent Lakatos of Dorval, Quebec won his second silver medal at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo in 2021. It was one of three medals won by Canadians on Sunday, as Stefan Daniel of Calgary, Alberta won a bronze medal Read more
Two-time Canadian Olympic bronze medalist Aaron Brown of Toronto, Ontario, and Marco Arop of Edmonton, Alberta, each won a bronze medal in Diamond League action on Saturday. Brown placed third in the men’s 200 metres, and Arop placed third in Read more
Aurelie Rivard of Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec won Canada’s first gold medal of the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo in 2021 on Saturday. She placed first in the women’s 100-metre freestyle swimming event in the S10 category (that is for athletes with Read more
Team Canada came away with two medals in cycling and judo on day three of the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo on Friday. Kate O’Brien of Calgary, Alberta won silver in the women’s C4-5 track cycling 500 metre time trial, Read more
Marco Arop of Edmonton, Alberta has won the gold medal in the men’s 800 metres at a Diamond League event in Lausanne, Switzerland. For Arop, it was his second straight gold medal in Diamond League action as he also won Read more
Team Canada came away with two silver medals on day two of the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo in 2021. Tristen Chernove of Powell River, British Columbia won a silver medal in the men’s C1 individual pursuit track cycling competition, Read more
Team Canada came away with two bronze medals on the first day of the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo in 2021 on Wednesday. Keely Shaw of Midale, Saskatchewan won a bronze medal in the women’s C4 individual pursuit track cycling, Read more
Canadian Olympic gold medalist Andre De Grasse of Scraborough, Ontario, and Marco Arop of Edmonton, Alberta, each won the gold medal at the 2021 Diamond League Prefontaine Classic in Eugene, Oregon on Saturday. De Grasse placed first in the men’s Read more
Judokan Priscilla Gagne of Granby, Quebec has been named the flag bearer for Canada in the Opening Ceremonies of the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo in 2021, which starts Tuesday. Gagne, who has a visual impairment that impacts her central Read more