3 Manitoba speed skaters aim to follow in steps of legendary local Olympians, inspire next generation
Manitoba has a long and decorated Olympic history in long track speed skating that dates back 90 years.
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Sofia Goggia Olympic downhill title defence in doubt after Sunday crash in Italy
Sofia Goggia is going to need to recover in a hurry from a series of injuries following another crash on Sunday if she's going to be able to defend her Olympic downhill title next month.
Canada's Brianne Jenner, women's hockey team embracing uncertainty of Beijing Games
In a career that already includes an Olympic gold medal and numerous accolades for club and country, Brianne Jenner describes this year as among the most impactful.
Beijing Olympic Committee lowers threshold for producing negative COVID-19 test
The Beijing Olympic Committee and Chinese authorities are lowering the threshold for producing a negative COVID-19 test for any participant arriving at the Games, dropping the cycle threshold (Ct) value from 40 to 35.
The X Games gave some Canadian Olympic contenders a big lift
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Moguls star Mikaël Kingsbury leads Canada's 24-member Olympic freestyle team
Mikaël Kingsbury has already captured Olympic gold. He's climbed the World Cup podium more than a hundred times.
China's Xi meets International Olympic Commission's president in Beijing
BEIJING :China's President Xi Jinping met International Olympic Commission (IOC) President Thomas Bach in Beijing on Tuesday afternoon, just over a week before the Winter Games are due to kick off on Feb. 4 within a "closed-loop" bubble.
US downhill skier Breezy Johnson to miss Beijing Olympics with knee injury after training crashes
American skier Breezy Johnson, one of the top medal contenders in the women’s downhill, will miss the Beijing Olympics after injuring her knee in a training crash. Johnson Ad/> /> Beijing 2022Rocket Ryding reveals secret sober ingredient that fired him to World Cup lift offA DAY AGO that she damaged cartilage in her right knee following a crash in Cortina d’Ampezzo, when she ”immediately felt a massive crack in my knee.” ”It was a large chunk of cartilage that is partially dislodged,” Johnson wrote. /> Johnson had been in great form this season, finishing second in three World Cup downhill races in December to establish herself as one of the favourites in Beijing.