DADE CITY, Fla. — Giving up was never an option for Rick Kittelstad. Despite a disappointing start Monday to the second round of the University of South Florida Invitational at the Lake Jovita Golf and Country Club, Kittelstad, 21, managed to climb his way back into contention on the back nine, shooting an even par 35.
Canada’s highest-ranked, female, open-water marathon swimmer could be heading to the London Olympics this summer to become the first competitor for Canada in the sport. The 10-kilometre, open-water marathon became an Olympic event for the first time during the Summer Olympics at Beijing in 2008. Zsofia Balazs, 21, said she has more focus this year and will not let her fear of open-water competition stop her from reaching her goal of competing for Canada at the Olympics.
A Scarborough Muay Thai fighter promises to give a knock-out performance to humble his opponent at the end of the month.
There are no pre-game rituals for Canada’s top-ranked Olympic archer, for he has learned to go with the flow. Every afternoon at the Peel Archery Club, 26-year-old Olympian Crispin Duenas shoots over 200 arrows to maintain his consistent form and technique.
As the sun rises over Toronto each morning, Khetag Pliev wakes up and starts his run. The 6:30 a.m. wake up is just the beginning to a long day for one of Canada’s brightest amateur…
When Diane Kelly watched the bobsleigh events at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics, she asked herself why anyone would want to willingly hurl themselves down an ice chute in a metal go-cart.
Without motivation and countless hours of hard work, the University of Toronto mountain bike team wouldn’t be able to train in the centre of Canada’s largest city. Toronto and mountain bikes are two images that…
Three-time Olympic medalist Karen Cockburn has been fueling on the adrenalin rush from jumping on a trampoline and soaring through the air since the age of 12.
Blair McIntosh has been involved in more than 100 major multi-sport and single sport events over the last 28 years, and he’s not done.
Kalisha Keane is unstoppable in collecting points at every game she plays for Canada at the FIBA Americas Basketball Championship for Women in Neiva, Columbia.