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Canada's women claim World Cup speed skating sprint gold, Stolz completes hat trick
Canada's sprinters ensured the host team didn't leave Calgary's speed skating World Cup without a medal, while American star Jordan Stolz completed his hat trick at the Olympic Oval on Sunday.
Stolz victorious again, Ghiotto sets world record at speed skating World Cup in Calgary
American speed skating star Jordan Stolz stayed undefeated this World Cup season with a victory in the men's 1,000 metres in Calgary.
Denny Morrison gives Olympic silver medal to speed skating teammate Gilmore Junio
Canadian speed skater Denny Morrison has given his Olympic silver medal to Gilmore Junio. Junio vacated his spot in the men's 1,000 metres in the 2014 Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia, so Morrison could race it.
Curling and teen life collide in Canadian documentary 'Curl Power'
The combination of teenagers and curling might seem an odd pairing for a documentary, but "Curl Power" weaves rocks and rings into a coming-of-age story.
'I want to prove I'm back': Olympic freestyle ski champ Cassie Sharpe combines motherhood and halfpipe
2018 Olympic gold medallist and 2022 silver medallist in women's halfpipe Cassie Sharpe thought she might retire when daughter Louella was born in 2023. The yearning Sharpe felt watching her friends and rivals drop into the pipe in Aspen, Colo., confirmed the freestyle fire still burned within her.
On thin ice: Canadian speed skaters fear loss of ice at Calgary's Olympic Oval
The fastest ice in the world is on borrowed time. Calgary's Olympic Oval is a legacy of the 1988 Winter Games in the city and the oldest of three covered speed skating ovals in Canada. The building that turns 38 years old this year has been a centre of international, university and community sport well past its expected life cycle.
2026 Olympics on the horizon for Canadian ski jumping world champion Alex Loutitt
The words "why not me" are tattooed on the back of Alexandria Loutitt's hand between her thumb and wrist. That motto has served her well. The 2026 Olympic Games in Milan-Cortina, Italy, are on the horizon for Canada's first world champion in ski jumping.
Summer McIntosh wins CP female athlete of year in overwhelming vote
No explanation required was the consensus among voters for The Canadian Press award for 2024 female athlete of the year. Summer McIntosh was the overwhelming choice among sports editors, producers and reporters across Canada because of the Toronto swimmer's electric performance in Paris.
Canada's women's pro sports landscape transformed in 2024 with arrival of PWHL, NSL, WNBA
The Professional Women's Hockey League played a first season and started a second, the Northern Super League fired its engines for an all-Canadian women's soccer launch, and the WNBA announced its arrival in Canada. Women's professional sports in Canada reached a critical mass in 2024.
Canada's efforts to combat abuse in sports saw slow progress in 2024
Steps to make Canadian sports safer were made in 2024, but to what end? A national commission began cross-country public consultations, an online registry of people sanctioned or under investigation for maltreatment in sport went live and a seismic shift in handling future complaints was announced.