Canada’s Para alpine skiers, young and experienced, look ahead to Milan Cortina

Kurt Oatway wasn’t surprised when he saw just a strip of snow on the slope for the FIS Para alpine world championships in Maribor, Slovenia. While the able-bodied FIS alpine world championships went perfectly in Saalbach-Hinterglemm, Austria, the Para worlds had more than a few rocky moments just over one year before the Milan-Cortina Paralympic Games. “We … Read more

Canada claims team Crystal Globe, Dandjinou wins 1,000m at short track World Tour finale in Milan

Canadian speed skater William Dandjinou capped his dominant short track World Tour season with another gold while Canada won the team Crystal Globe on Sunday at the finale in Milan, Italy. The 23-year-old rising star clocked one minute 23.025 seconds in the men’s 1,000 metres to beat Italian favourite Pietro Sighel (1:23.119) and South Korea’s Jang Sung-woo (1:23.220), claiming his Tour-best eighth individual victory of the … Read more

Canadian short trackers show up in Milan as complete force less than one year from Olympics

The standings would tell you that Canada’s short track speed skating team has enjoyed a thoroughly successful World Tour season. But head coach Marc Gagnon said one thing is still missing. “I have to say that some moments have to be bad to get even better, but the reality is that we didn’t get that … Read more