Canadian sprinter Aaron Brown walks us through the men’s Olympic 4x100m race that won him his first Olympic gold medal. Do you remember where you were when you witnessed this Canadian Olympic moment? Source link
Nicole Hensley made back-to-back saves in the shootout and the Minnesota Frost earned their fourth straight victory with a 4-3 win over the New York Sirens on Sunday in Newark, N.J. It was the fourth time in seven all-time meetings that a game between the teams was decided in OT and the second this season. New York…
Two Canadian skiers have landed on the World Cup podium in freestyle halfpipe. Calgary’s Brendan Mackay was a silver medallist in the men’s event behind victor Alex Ferreira of the United States at Copper Mountain. Mackay, who won the season-opening halfpipe in New Zealand in September and was fourth in China in early December, ranks…
This is an excerpt from The Buzzer, which is CBC Sports’ daily email newsletter. Stay up to speed on what’s happening in sports by subscribing here. Some sports to brighten the season: World junior hockey championship Last year in Sweden, Canada’s three-peat hopes came to a crashing halt with a quarterfinal loss to the Czech Republic….
Jennifer Gardiner remembers watching the Canadian men and women win double hockey gold on home ice at the 2010 Olympics. There weren’t many opportunities to see women’s hockey close to home for Gardiner, who is from Surrey, B.C. She was only eight years old when Marie-Philip Poulin scored both goals for the Canadian women en…
The Paris 2024 Games did not go according to plan for Aaron Brown. He false-started in the 100-metre heats, instantly disqualifying him from the event. He remembers the moment vividly, explaining he felt his train of thought “went sideways.” “I thought the guy next to me flinched, and I reacted off that,” Brown told CBC Sports’ Anastasia Bucsis in…
Host Anastasia Bucsis is joined by PWHL insider Karissa Donkin to break down 1 thing on every team’s holiday wish list heading into the new year. Source link
This is an excerpt from The Buzzer, which is CBC Sports’ daily email newsletter. Stay up to speed on what’s happening in sports by subscribing here. Here’s a look at how Canadian athletes performed on the international stage over the past couple days: Swimming: Summer puts a ! on 2024 Summer McIntosh wrapped up her incredibly…
Italy’s Sofia Goggia made a stirring return to competition as she won the women’s super-G in Beaver Creek, Colorado on Sunday for her 25th World Cup victory in only her second race since breaking her right leg in February. Goggia covered the Birds of Prey course in a time of one minute 3.9 seconds to beat…
Cornelia Huetter of Austria navigated the tricky and steep terrain Saturday to win the first-ever women’s World Cup downhill held on the Birds of Prey course. Huetter finished in 1 minute, 32.38 seconds to hold off Italian ski racer Sofia Goggia by 0.16 seconds. Lara Gut-Behrami of Switzerland wound up third. Reaching speeds near 79…
