Canadian lugers confident heading to Vancouver
Alex Gough is Canada’s best chance for a medal in Olympic luge and will aim to build upon the solid year she’s already had.
Alex Gough is Canada’s best chance for a medal in Olympic luge and will aim to build upon the solid year she’s already had.
Snowboarder Alexa Loo proved to be ready for the Vancouver 2010 Winter Games after winning a parallell giant slalom silver medal at a World Cup in Kreischberg, Austria, early this year. Loo, member of Canada’s…
The passion and pride Canada carries for its homegrown sport of hockey will be given a whole new light during the 2010 Winter Olympics. Canada’s men’s hockey team may be under immense pressure to bring…
The idea of competing on home snow was just too tempting. That’s what prompted Jason Myslicki, Canada’s participant in nordic combined, to come out of retirement. “I’ve worked extremely hard and found a new passion for…
Grasped in the hands of Clara Hughes, the sight of our nation’s flag waving in the air on Feb. 12 in Vancouver will synchronize the collective desires and expectations of millions of Canadians. These…
Growing up in Lévis, Que., Charles Hamelin was accustomed to cold icy weather and strapping on ice skates. Hamelin and his brother Francois Hamelin would always run around the house every winter skating on…
Defending world champion Jasey-Jay Anderson is looking for his first Olympic medal in the parallel giant slalom before retiring.
Kevin Martin disposed of former world titlists, tenacious provincial rivals, and reigning Olympic champs just to be able to book a flight to Vancouver. That’s where his toughest test is yet to come. The battle…
Canada hopes to field its strongest men’s alpine skiing team in decades with one goal in mind: to break a 16-year Olympic drought without a medal.
Hockey may be Canada’s game, but it is not the country’s strongest event heading into the Winter Olympics in Vancouver. That title belongs to long-track speed skating. The women’s team provided nearly a third of…