Ottawa – Phillip Kim, also known as B-Boy Phil Wizard, will become Team Canada’s first Olympic breaking athlete at Paris 2024. Hailing from Vancouver, he heads into the inaugural Olympic breaking competition with a standout resume. He won the 2022 WDSF World Breaking Championship title in between world silver medals in 2021 and 2023. This past fall, he qualified for …
Ottawa – Turning back the clock, few would see it coming. When Ethan Katzberg steps into the throwing circle at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, he will do so not only as one of Canada’s first men’s hammer throw Olympians since James Steacy at London 2012 but as a relative youngster amid a tremendous rise in his event. At 22 years old, he’s heading …
Ottawa – Six athletes and their horses will represent Team Canada in the dressage and eventing equestrian disciplines at Paris 2024. They join the contingent of jumping athletes and horses previously named to Team Canada in June. In dressage, Camille Carier Bergeron (Finnländerin), Jill Irving (Genesis) and Naïma Moreira Laliberté (Statesman) will join forces once more. Carier Bergeron and Moreira Laliberté were on the team that won …
Ottawa – About 12 athletes are ready to tackle one of the biggest stages in the world as Team Canada has named the women’s rugby sevens athletes nominated to compete at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Canada’s Olympic roster includes three players returning from Tokyo 2020: Olivia Apps, Keyara Wardley, and Charity Williams. This will be the second Olympic appearance for Apps and …
Ottawa – Paris 2024 is set to be a memorable Olympic Games for Team Canada basketball fans. For the first time in 24 years, Canada will send both men’s and women’s basketball teams to the Olympic tournaments. Not only that, both teams are star-studded and competitive. Canada’s men’s roster features 11 players with NBA experience. Last summer, Canada captured a historic …
Ottawa – Team Canada shined at the Artistic Swimming World Cup circuit Super Final in Budapest, Hungary. The Canadian swimmers won three medals in the first two days of competition, and added to their haul Sunday with a bronze medal in the team free event. With 281.36 points, the Canadian swimmers were edged out by Mexico in second place (335.64) …
Ottawa – The quartet of Kacie Bosch, Paige Crozon, Katherine Plouffe and Michelle Plouffe showed encouraging dominance heading into Paris 2024, which concluded with a 21-11 victory in the final against Dallas 3XBA. After Dallas took their only lead of the game by scoring the first points of the match, Canada never looked back. Michelle Plouffe alone scored more points than her opponent (14) while …
CALGARY – This summer, Canadians will come together to cheer on Team Canada at the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Summer Games. Canada’s athletes will inspire us to believe in the power and possibility of sport. They are invested in making Canada proud, and the Government of Canada is invested in setting athletes up to do their best. Today, during …
Ottawa – At Paris 2024, Team Canada will be competing in women’s water polo for the second straight Olympic Games. Seven of the athletes who were with the team at Tokyo 2020 are back for another Olympic appearance while six athletes will make their Olympic debut. Eleven team members were with Team Canada in the fall of 2023 as they took home the …
Ottawa – Many athletes have started on their path to the Olympic Games from the playground. Not with drills or targeted practice under the eye of a coach, but with arguably the most important element of all sports–play with peers. Playgrounds are a foundational space for unstructured play. They are where we learn to bond, to foster tolerance, test our …
