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 …
Toronto – The 18-players and four alternates nominated to represent Canada in the Paris 2024 Olympic Women’s Football Tournament. Canada Soccer and the Canadian Olympic Committee have announced the roster of athletes to represent Canada at the Women’s Olympic Football Tournament Paris 2024 from 25 July to 10 August. GOALKEEPERS: Sabrina D’Angelo (Welland, Ont.) Kailen Sheridan (Whitby, Ont.) DEFENDERS: Kadeisha …
Ottawa – Team Canada will be represented by five such brave and accomplished athletes at the upcoming Paris 2024 Olympic Games in diving. Caeli McKay will make her second Olympic appearance. The 24-year-old competed at Tokyo 2020 in the women’s 10m synchro. She will compete in both the women’s 10m individual and 10m synchro events at Paris 2024. McKay knows a thing or two …
Ottawa – Team Canada is sending a strong contingent of six wrestlers to compete at Paris 2024. While only one athlete, Amar Dhesi, is a returning Olympian, the Canadian team is filled with champions at both the world and continental levels. The most decorated of these athletes is Justina Di Stasio, who is a past world champion (2018), Pan Am Games champion (2019) and …
