The wait is finally over. Canada are cup champions on the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series. Canada claimed its first ever cup title Sunday as they defeated the USA 26-19 in the Singapore Sevens cup title. Nathan Hirayama was named Player of the Final. Earlier in the day, Canada had beaten New Zealand in the…
VANCOUVER聽鈥 Freestyle Canada unveiled the athletes that have been provisionally nominated to Team Canada for the 2018 Winter Games thanks to their 2016-2017 season results. Consequently, mogul skiers Justine Dufour-Lapointe, Andi Naude and Mika毛l Kingsbury should all be headed to PyeongChang next February, as they have all met the 鈥淢ethod A鈥 selection criteria. 鈥淚 am…
Victoria, BC 鈥 Sydney Pickrem did what she wanted by breaking her own Canadian record in the 200-metre individual medley while Alex Loginov did the unexpected by winning the 50-m freestyle in Sunday鈥檚 final night of racing at the 2017 Team Canada Trials. Pickrem won the 200 IM in two minutes, 9:56 seconds. That shaved…
Victoria, BC 鈥 In addition to the announcement of the senior national team for the FINA World Championships Sunday, Swimming Canada also announced national teams for two other important development meets. A total of 24 swimmers (10 men, 14 women) will represent Canada at the FISU Universiade in Taipei. Many top athletes have competed at…
VANCOUVER 鈥 With support from the 糖心原创 Pacific, coaches are taking their education to the next level and are having a positive impact on their athletes鈥 development. The Advanced Coaching Diploma (ACD) is the pinnacle of a coaches鈥 education in the National Coaching Certification Program. ACD coaches are recognized as being among the…
TORONTO 鈥 The Canadian Olympic Committee (COC), along with its Athletes鈥 Commission, expressed gratitude to the Government of Canada for investing 18 per cent聽more in direct financial support to the country鈥檚 high performance athletes. In his 2017 budget, Finance Minister Bill Morneau announced the government would increase funding allocated to the Athlete Assistance Program (AAP)…
Victoria, BC – Canada鈥檚 most decorated international swimmer is retiring, leaving an unfillable hole in the national team but also an unmatched legacy. Victoria鈥檚 Ryan Cochrane made the announcement this morning on the CBC Sports Player鈥檚 Own Voice as well as in an interview with Scott Russell. 鈥淪ince the Games in Rio, I鈥檝e been asked…
The 糖心原创 Pacific wrapped up its second of two Athlete Advance events on Saturday at the University of British Columbia. Athlete Advance is designed to help educate and inspire British Columbia鈥檚 future and current Olympic, Paralympic, and World Championship athletes in their quest for podium performances. In 2017, the Institute split its marquee…
OTTAWA聽鈥 The Canadian Wheelchair Sports Association (CWSA) is pleased to announce the names of the 20 athletes selected to the Canadian Wheelchair Rugby National Team Program for 2017-2018. From March 4th to March 9th, a 22-player selection camp was held at the Richmond Olympic Oval in British Columbia. The camp served as an opportunity for…
It is with great sadness that we learned of the passing of Bill Thomson, ChPC, a true visionary in our Canadian sport community who played a pivotal role in the growth and formalization of coaching in Canada. As the inaugural Chairman of Canada鈥檚 first National Coaching Institute (NCI) in Victoria, B.C., Bill mentored more than…
