Maggie Mac Neil of London, Ontario is Canada’s first gold medalist from the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. On Sunday evening in Canada and Monday morning in Japan, Mac Neil posted a winning time of 55.59 seconds to place first Read more
Team Canada has won their first medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo in 2021. On Sunday in Japan, and Saturday evening in Canada, the Canadian team comprised of swimmers Penny Oleksiak of Toronto, Ontario, Kayla Sanchez of Scarborough, Read more
At the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, we really did not know what to completely expect from Canada’s female swimmers. They had the potential to be good based on their results over the previous season. No one would 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
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
According to Mike Stubbs of 980 CFPL London, world champion Maggie Mac Neil of London, Ontario set the National Collegiate Athletic Association record outright this weekend in the women’s 100 yard butterfly on Friday. Mac Neil posted a time of Read more
Three Canadian Olympic gold medalists will receive the Order of Canada according to The Canadian Press on Friday. They are figure skaters Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir of London, Ontario, as well as swimmer Mark Tewksbury of Calgary, Alberta. Virtue Read more
There will be no national championships at the Canadian university level in basketball, hockey, swimming, track and field, volleyball, and wrestling in 2020-21 due to coronavirus according to Signa Butler of CBC Sports on Thursday. The decision to cancel the Read more
Nine-time Canadian Paralympic gold medalist Benoit Huot of Longueuil, Quebec, has been named the Canadian Chef de Mission for the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England, according to the Canadian Press on Tuesday. Huot won nine gold medals in swimming for Read more
According to the Canadian Press on Thursday, Kelsey Wog of Winnipeg, Manitoba, and Aboubacar Sissoko of Montreal, Quebec, have been named the 2020 Canadian University Sports athletes of the year on Thursday. Wog was the star of the 2020 Canadian Read more