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
Of Canada’s 24 medals at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo in 2021, one quarter of the total medals came in athletics. The two gold medalists were Damian Warner of London, Ontario in the men’s decathlon, and Andre de Grasse Read more
Alysha Newman of London, Ontario won the silver medal on Saturday in a Diamond League event. The second place finish in the women’s pole vault was significant because it is the last Diamond League event of the season prior to Read more
The inductees for Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame were announced on Wednesday and there were three Canadian Olympic gold medalists. Those selected were women’s hockey player Vicky Sunohara of Scarborough, Ontario, men’s figure skater Patrick Chan of Ottawa, Ontario and Read more
Two Canadian university school high-performance athletes from Quebec have been named the Lois and Doug Mitchell Canadian University Sports Athletes of the Year on Monday. University of Laval sprinter Audrey Leduc of Gatineau, Quebec was named the USport Female Athlete Read more