Canadian Amateur Summer Sports News
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
Canadian golf star Jocelyne Bourassa of Shawinigan, Quebec has passed away at the age of 74. According to the Canadian Press, she died this past Tuesday, a day before the Olympic women’s golf tournament at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo Read more
Team Canada has won its 24th medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo in 2021. On Saturday evening in Canada, and Sunday in Tokyo, Kelsey Mitchell of Sherwood Park, Alberta won a gold medal in women’s sprint track cycling. Read more
Team Canada has won its 23rd medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo in 2021. Laurence Vincent-Lapointe of Trois-Rivieres, Quebec, and Katie Vincent of Mississauga, Ontario won the bronze medal in the women’s pairs canoeing 500 metre competition. Vincent-Lapointe Read more
For the second time in the history of Olympic soccer, Canada has won a gold medal. On Friday in the gold medal game of the women’s soccer tournament at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo in 2021, the Canadian women’s Read more
Team Canada won an Olympic bronze medal in the men’s 4×100 metre medley relay at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo in 2021. The Canadian team was comprised of Aaron Brown of Toronto, Ontario, Andre De Grasse of Scarborough, Ontario, Read more
Mohammed Ahmed of St. Catharines, Ontario has won an Olympic silver medal for Canada. On Friday, Ahmed placed second in the men’s 5000m, becoming the first ever Canadian Olympic medalist in the history of the event. Ahmed posted a second Read more
Evan Dunfee of Richmond, British Columbia is an Olympic bronze medalist in the men’s 50 kilometre walk. The bronze medalist from the 2019 World Athletics Championship in Doha, Dunfee posted an Olympic time of three hours, 50 minutes and 59 Read more
Damian Warner has won Canada’s fifth gold at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo in 2021. The native of London, Ontario set an Olympic record with 9018 points, according to olympics.com, and in the process became only the fourth decathlete Read more
Laurence Vincent-Lapointe of Trois-Rivieres, Quebec has won Canada’s 16th medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in 2021. On Wednesday, Vincent-Lapointe placed second in the women’s C1-200 metre race. Vincent-Lapointe, who has won a remarkable 11 world championship gold medals, is Read more