Once Hamel discovered para-snowboard, the world was her limit
Canadian para snowboarder Sandrine Hamel was unaware her sport existed until she was 19 years old.
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The perpetual forward motion of Paralympian Tyler Turner
Tyler Turner likes to live on a razor’s edge, and four-and-a-half years ago, a mysterious accident cost him his legs.
DeJong’s historic Paralympic snowboard medal was team effort
Lisa DeJong cemented her name in Canadian sport history this month by winning the country’s first Paralympic medal in snowboarding.
Canada makes history on day 16
Canadians had something else to be ecstatic about besides winning medals; Canada made history by winning three gold medals on day 16, bringing their total count to 13 overall, the most ever won by a host…
U.S. dominates day 7, Canada strikes gold
Canada picked up its third gold of the Games thanks to London Ont., native Christine Nesbitt’s performance in women’s 1000 metre speed skating. With the gold, Canada pushed its medal total to eight, leaving them…
McTwist seals gold for Shaun White
To no one’s surprise, American Shaun White repeated as the gold medallist in the men’s halfpipe final on Wednesday night at Cypress Mountain. After posting a score of 46.8 out of 50 on his first…
Ricker gives Canada its second gold medal
Canadian Maelle Ricker captured the gold medal in the women’s snowboard cross event at the Vancouver Olympic Games. Ricker dominated the race from the beginning with a big jump and led the course from start…
Canada looks to add to medal total on Day Four
Manuel Osborne-Paradis will look to keep the Canadian gold rush going on Monday when he competes in the Men’s downhill. Paradis has eclipsed Erik Guay, who was the most recognizable Canadian in alpine events coming…
Canuck snowboarders look to change history
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…
Anderson leads men’s snowboard team in Vancouver
Defending world champion Jasey-Jay Anderson is looking for his first Olympic medal in the parallel giant slalom before retiring.