Tag: Canadian athletes
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Team Canada at Milan Cortina: Olympic Medicine for Canada
Canada’s Olympic Mission With the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics on the horizon, Team Canada is not just chasing medals. The journey is framed as a chance to unify a nation under the banner of sport, resilience, and shared pride. Canadian athletes head to Italy carrying years of training, sacrifice, and the weight of expectations from…
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Team Canada at Milan Cortina: Olympics as Medicine for Canada
Canadians Look to the Milan Cortina Winter Games for unity and resilience As Canada prepares to send its best athletes to the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics, the country hopes the Games will offer more than medals. David Shoemaker, a sports commentator and hockey analyst, recently framed the event as a form of national medicine—an opportunity…
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From frozen lakes to the Olympic stage: Maïa Schwinghammer’s road to Milano-Cortina
From a snowmobile in Saskatchewan to the Olympic dream Maïa Schwinghammer’s road to Milano-Cortina wasn’t paved with the usual Olympic fanfare. It began on a frozen Saskatchewan lake, behind a snowmobile and a tow rope, a scene that would plant the seed of a remarkable athletic journey. “I grew up here, in Saskatoon,” she recalls,…
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Canadian ultrarunner Pablo Espinosa Shares Cancer Diagnosis and Rallying Support
Canadian ultrarunner Pablo Espinosa reveals cancer diagnosis In a public update that has resonated through the ultrarunning community, Pablo Espinosa, a prominent figure in Quebec’s endurance racing scene, has disclosed that he has been diagnosed with cancer. The 46-year-old, originally from Argentina and now residing in St. Polycarpe, announced the news after a medical emergency…
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London’s Hockey Stars Chosen for Team Canada at the Winter Olympics in Italy
London-area athletes celebrate a dream come true Two rising hockey talents from the London region are preparing to don the maple leaf on the world stage. Julia Gosling and Ella Shelton, both alumni of local programs and familiar faces to Canadian hockey fans, have earned spots on Team Canada for the Winter Olympics in Italy…