Alysha Newman of London, Ontario became the first Canadian female ever to win an Olympic medal in the pole vault. She vaulted a Canadian record vault 4.85 metres on Thursday, and in the process won a bronze medal. Nina Kennedy Read more
The 2024 Olympic Games continues on Wednesday. Among the sports worth to monitor from a Canadian perspective are women’s golf, track cycling, women’s beach volleyball, women’s pole vault, artistic swimming and the men’s 3000 metre steeplechase. The spotlight will be Read more
Team Canada has won its sixth gold medal at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. On Tuesday, the Canadian gold medalist was women’s hammer thrower Camryn Rogers of Richmond, British Columbia. Rogers had a throw of 76.97 metres. Anette Echikunwoke Read more
It is definitely an intriguing day from a Canadian standpoint at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. All the focus will be in the women’s hammer throw as Camryn Rogers of Richmond, British Columbia is a medal contender. Rogers is Read more
For the first time ever, there is a Canadian Olympic gold medalist in the men’s hammer throw. On Sunday at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, Ethan Katzberg of Nanaimo, British Columbia placed first, and in the process recorded Canada’s Read more
We have now approached the middle Saturday of the Olympic Games and it will be jammed packed. Canada has medal opportunities in swimming (Summer McIntosh and Josh Liendo), gymnastics (Ellie Black and Shallon Olsen), tennis (Felix Auger-Aliassime), rowing (women’s eights), Read more
This is a gigantic day in the history of Felix Auger-Aliassime’s tennis career. He is in the semifinals in men’s tennis against the world number two, Carlos Alcaraz of Spain, and will then team up with Gabriela Dabrowski of Ottawa Read more
Athletics begins on Thursday with the 20 kilometre walk. Yes folks, it is a thing, and Canada has one of the best race walkers in the world, in Evan Dunfee of Richmond, British Columbia. Dunfee won the bronze medal in Read more
Canadian Olympic gold medallists Maude Charron of Rimouski, Quebec and Andre de Grasse of Scarborough, Ontario will be the Canadian flag bearers in the Parade of Nations of the Opening Ceremonies of the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris on Friday. Read more
Marco Arop of Edmonton. Alberta is one of the very best track and field athletes on the planet. He is the reigning world champion in the men’s 800 metres, and I have had the privilege of speaking to him. Here Read more