By Staff The Canadian Press Posted August 12, 2024 5:53 pm Updated August 12, 2024 6:08 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size MISSISSAUGA, ONT. – Several members of Canada’s Olympic team were given a hero’s welcome by cheering fans and elated family members at Toronto’s Pearson International Airport as…
The Paris Games are over and the Summer Olympics torch is moving on to Los Angeles in 2028. After Summer McIntosh and Andre De Grasse headlined Canada’s team in Paris, who might be some athletes to watch in four years? Here are 10 Canadians to look out for over the next quadrennial: SUMMER MCINTOSH —…
USA Gymnastics has submitted an appeal against the International Olympic Committee’s decision that gymnast Jordan Chiles must return her Paris Olympics bronze medal in floor exercise. The drama began last week when Chiles’ coach requested that judges review the gymnast’s difficulty score after her floor routine. Though Romanian gymnast Ana Bărbosu was positioned to take…
PARIS – Canada continued its streak of Olympic diving success in Paris, winning at least one medal for an eighth consecutive Games. The Olympics began well for Canadian divers after Nathan Zsombor-Murray of Pointe-Claire, Que., and Saskatoon’s Rylan Wiens won bronze in the men’s 10-metre synchronized event on July 29. It was Canada’s first medal…
TORONTO – Starting pitcher JP Sears halted Vladimir Guerrero Jr.’s 22-game hitting streak as the Oakland Athletics defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 8-4 on Sunday. Guerrero grounded to short in the first inning, flew out to right field in the fourth and grounded into a double play in the seventh and eighth innings. The last…
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted August 11, 2024 3:41 pm Updated August 11, 2024 3:42 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size PARIS – Hundreds of Canadian Olympians have filed into Stade de France to take part in the final spectacle at the Paris Olympics. Swimmer Summer McIntosh and…
PARIS – Canada’s sporting future is looking bright after the Paris 2024 Olympics, with a 27-medal haulthat set a record for a non-boycotted Games. The stars for Canada included plenty of young talent like swimmer and four-time medallist Summer McIntosh, who at only 17 years old is expected to lead the team into Los Angeles…
SAINT-QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France – Bittersweet. That’s how Maggie Coles-Lyster described her ninth-place finish in the omnium at the Paris Olympics, despite turning in one of the standout performances on Canada’s track cycling team. Coles-Lyster positioned herself wonderfully in third after the first three events — the scratch race, tempo race and elimination race — but a…
PARIS – Head coach Glenroy Gilbert loved the resilience he saw from Canada’s athletics team in Paris. Five of Canada’s 27 Olympic medals were won by track and field athletes. While there were mishaps, with some medal favourites missing the podium, there were also a handful of historical moments made under the bright lights of…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size PARIS – Summer McIntosh and Ethan Katzberg are set to carry the Canadian flag into the closing ceremony of the Paris Summer Games after headlining Canada’s record-breaking medal haul at the Olympics. McIntosh, the 17-year-old swimmer from Toronto, won four medals in the pool and became Canada’s…
