Paris – Paris Olympics 2024 was an incredibly successful Olympic Games for Team Canada, who walked away with 27 medals in total — 9 gold, 7 silver, and 11 bronze. The Closing Ceremony for Paris 2024 took place at Stade de France, the site of several of Team Canada’s Olympic medals! The Canadian contingent was led into the ceremony by …
Paris – When the Olympic Games were last held in Paris in 1924, Canadian athletes won four medals, none of which were gold. Now a century later, there are almost seven times as many medals on the board! There are all sorts of fun facts to be pulled from Team Canada’s success at the first Olympic Summer Games in eight years …
Ottawa – Team Canada will send 338 athletes to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, a group that includes 316 accredited athletes and 22 accredited alternates. Among the accredited athletes on the Canadian Olympic Team there are 193 who identify as female or will compete in women’s events, and 123 who identify as male or will compete in men’s events. This marks the …
Ottawa – While many across Canada are feeling the freeze, some of Team Canada’s hopefuls for Paris 2024 are heating up. Summer McIntosh started off her year with three impressive wins south of the border, while Jessica Guo battled her way onto a fencing World Cup podium in the Olympic city, and a couple of Canadian tennis stars are advancing at …
Fukuoka – Canada’s Summer McIntosh, 16 was able to retain her world title in the women’s 200-metre butterfly final at World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka, Japan. She finished in two minutes, 4.06 seconds, and set a new world junior record. Australian Elizabeth Dekkers won silver in 2:05.46, and American Regan Smith got bronze in 2:06.58.
TORONTO – Summer McIntosh of Toronto has set a world record in the women’s 400-metre freestyle event at the Canadian swimming trials. McIntosh, 16, finished the 400-metre event in three minutes, 56.08 seconds, breaking the record of 3:56.40 that was set last year by Australia’s Ariarne Titmus.
