Victoria, BC – As part of the Coaches Week celebration across Canada, the Canadian Sport Institute Pacific has handed out a pair of grants recognizing the contributions of Advanced Coaching Diploma graduates who have worked with Team BC at the Canada Games. The Advanced Coaching Diploma / Team BC Canada Games Bursary recognizes the commitment…
Santiago del Estero – The UCI BMX World Cup concluded in Santiago del Estero, Argentina, on September 16-17, with Rounds 5 and 6. Tory Nyhaug of Coquitlam, BC, finished third overall in the Elite Men’s standings. In Round 5, James Palmer of North Vancouver, BC, made the men’s final, finishing eighth overall. It was his…
OTTAWA – Cycling Canada is pleased to announce the team of 46 riders that will represent Canada at the Mountain Bike World Championships, to be held in Cairns, Australia, on September 5-10. Team Canada includes an Olympic medalist, former and current world champions, plus some of Canada’s most promising riders for the future. The Cross-country…
Victoria, BC – For the first time in program history, Canadian Sport Institute Pacific (CSI Pacific), in partnership with Cycling Canada, announced a Cycling NextGen roster made entirely of cross-country mountain bike athletes. These riders are set to train in Victoria this season, starting this coming weekend. Victoria’s Cycling NextGen program will bring together 10…
AYLMER, ONT – On Wednesday, the Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) and Cycling Canada named the 19 athletes nominated to represent Team Canada in all cycling disciplines at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games from August 5 to 21. Among the elite group of cyclists nominated are Olympic medallists Tara Whitten and Jasmin Glaesser as well as…
CAIRNS, AUS – The opening round of the Cross-country World Cup in Cairns, Australia, saw two Canadians on the podium, with Catherine Fleury (Canadian National) finishing second in the Under-23 Women, and Catharine Pendrel (Luna) taking fourth in the Elite women. Two Canadian men finished in the top-20 in the Elite Men’s race. In Mountain…
The first words of her Twitter bio are: “2 Olympics | 2 Sports”. It’s a cool and succinct introduction to 26-year-old Georgia Simmerling, who did the Super G at Vancouver 2010, and is now a five-time World Cup medallist in ski cross. Simmerling is looking to add a third sport to that mix. In the…
OTTAWA – When the NextGen program (previously known as the Talent Development Program) was introduced by Own the Podium, the sport of cycling was identified as one of the few summer and winter sports to be given the opportunity to access funds that would contribute to building future champions that were positively trending towards Olympic…
CALI, COLOMBIA – Canada won the gold medal in the women’s team pursuit event at the UCI Track World Cup in Cali, Colombia, and in doing so earned the white jersey as the UCI World Cup leaders. The four-woman team qualified with the fastest time of all countries at the race, 4:21.359, just edging the…
John Willcox, 16, qualified for Canada’s junior national track cycling team in April when he circled the Burnaby velodrome (with a much steeper bank than the West Shore Velodrome) for a total distance of three kilometres in three minutes and 30.92 seconds. “Willcox is an athlete first and foremost, he’s quite talented at picking up…