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TORONTO – The moment every athlete dreads came just 11 days ago for Karina LeBlanc, when she walked off the pitch as a player for the last time. The 35-year-old from Maple Ridge, B.C., officially retired when her Chicago Red Stars were eliminated in the semifinals of the National Women’s Soccer League semifinals, and said Thursday,…
TORONTO – On Thursday, the Canadian Olympic Committee (COC), and Deloitte launched Game Plan – a high performance athlete wellness and transition program designed to give Canadian athletes new tools to pursue excellence during and beyond their sporting careers. The COC and Deloitte also announced the renewal of their partnership through 2032 – an unprecedented term…
OTTAWA – Swimming Canada’s Board of Directors has a new look after the organization’s Annual General Meeting Saturday in Ottawa. Edmonton’s Cheryl Gibson was elected president, while the board welcomed Hugh Wakeham as its newest member. Gibson, a Chartered Accountant and lawyer, is a partner at the law firm of Dentons Canada LLP, and has been…
VICTORIA, BC – Greater Victoria athletes and coaches who competed in the 2015 Pan Am and Parapan Games were celebrated today in a public event at Centennial Square in Victoria. Athletes and coaches signed autographs and mingled with kids at activity stations provided by event partners the City of Victoria, PISE (Pacific Institute for Sport…
At only 19 years of age, Andi Naude has already made herself known on the World Cup circuit after finishing 5th overall during the 2014-2015 season. As the only mogul skier out of the West Coast on both the women’s and men’s World Cup teams, Naude takes pride in representing Western Canada. “It’s really an…
The summer is over and Canadian swimmers are already looking ahead to the Rio de Janeiro 2016 Olympic Games. But before completely turning the page on 2015, here is one final look at some numbers that stood out at the FINA World Junior Championships. “Finishing fourth on the overall Championships points trophy shows our depth…
VICTORIA, BC – After a record breaking week of competition at the TORONTO 2015 Parapan Am Games, British Columbia-linked athletes and guides captured 30 medals for Canada. Canadian Sport Institute Pacific, The Ministry of Community, Sport and Cultural Development, ViaSport, the PacificSport provincial network and the BC Games Society would like to congratulate the athletes,…
KAZAN, Russia – Canada doubled its medal total as both Ryan Cochrane and Emily Overholt captured bronze to wrap up FINA World Championships Sunday in Kazan, Russia. Ryan Cochrane earned Canada’s third bronze medal of the championships thanks to a time of 14:51.08 in the men’s 1,500-m freestyle. Italian Gregorio Paltrinieri won in a European…
TORONTO – Nathan Stein won a pair of medals as Canada’s swimmers continued to collect the hardware at the 2015 Toronto Parapan American Games. Stein, of Maple Ridge, B.C., made his first trip to the podium Monday morning, finishing second in the S10 100-meter freestyle in 58.52 seconds. Alec Elliot, of Kitchener, Ont., was third in…