Canadian Amateur Summer Sports News
The 2021 Canadian Olympic Trials took place for next month’s Olympic Games in Tokyo. The event took place in Montreal, Quebec. Here are five storylines from the event. 5) Damian Warner getting into shape. Canada’s top decathlete from London, Ontario did Read more
Joshua Liendo of Markham, Ontario, and Finlay Knox of Okotoks, Alberta, set Canadian records in swimming this past week at the Canadian Olympic Swimming Trials in Toronto, Ontario. Liendo set his record in the men’s 100 metre butterfly, and Knox Read more
Georgia Ellenwood of Langley, British Columbia came through with one of the biggest victories of her career on Sunday. Ellenwood won the Stadtwerke Ratingen Mehrkampf-Meeting women’s heptathlon competition in Ratingen, Germany, and in the process made the Canadian Olympic team. Read more
Canadian Olympic bronze medalist Kylie Masse of LaSalle, Ontario broke the Canadian record in the women’s 100-metre backstroke at the Canadian Olympic Swimming Trials in Toronto, Ontario on Saturday. Masse posted a time of 57.7 seconds to beat her previous Read more
Tyler Mislawchuk of Oak Bluff, Manitoba won a gold medal on Sunday at a World Cup men’s triathlon competition in Huatulco, Mexico. The gold medal for Mislawchuk came in the final Olympic men’s qualifying event before the 2020 Olympic Games Read more
Evan Dunfee of Richmond, British Columbia set the Canadian record in the men’s 10 000 metre walk on Sunday at the Harry Jerome Track Classic in Burnaby, British Columbia according to the Canadian Press. Dunfee posted a time of 38 Read more
Team Canada won their third game on Saturday in the Volleyball Women’s Nations League. Canada trounced Serbia in four sets, 25–21, 22–25, 25–21, 25–18. With the win, Canada improved to a record of three wins and seven losses, while Serbia Read more
Mohammed Ahmed of St. Catharines, Ontario won the bronze medal in Diamond League action on Thursday. Ahmed placed third in the men’s 5000 metres in Florence, Italy at the Golden Gala – Pietro Mennea. Ahmed had a time of 12 Read more
Jessica Klimkait of Whitby, Ontario became the second Canadian all-time to win gold at the 2021 World Judo Championships in Budapest, Hungary on Tuesday according to CBC Sports. Due to the fact Klimkait won the gold medal and finished ahead Read more
Team Canada improved to a record of two wins and three losses on Friday from the 2021 Volleyball Men’s Nations League in Rimini, Italy. In a dominant performance, Team Canada trounced Bulgaria 28-26, 25-23, 25-16. Nicholas Hoag of Sherbrooke, Quebec Read more