Tricia Smith was unanimously re-elected as president of the Canadian Olympic Committee on Sunday. Smith, a four-time Olympian and Olympic rowing silver medallist, first took over the role in 2015. The Vancouver native was re-elected to the International Olympic Committee in October. Marie-Huguette Cormier, Hubert Lacroix, Jaquie Parchment and Saäd Rafi were re-elected to the COC … Read more
The U.S. Center for SafeSport fired CEO Ju’Riese Colon on Tuesday in the latest and most visceral sign of a crisis that began after revelations the centre had hired an investigator who would later be charged with rape. The centre told The Associated Press about Colon’s removal in an email. It brought an abrupt end … Read more
How Canada prepares to win another Olympic gold medal in women’s hockey is going to be dramatically different. The six-team Professional Women’s Hockey League is now able to provide a lot of what Hockey Canada did, meaning women will not move to Calgary to spend half a year trying out for the 2026 team in … Read more
Took a look behind-the-scenes on how the Olympic torch for the 2026 Milano-Cortina Games was designed, and developed. Source link
Olympic champion Lukas Martens of Germany has broken the men’s 400-metre freestyle record at the Swim Open Stockholm. German clocks 3:39.96 to break compatriot Paul Biedermann’s mark from 2009 The Associated Press · Posted: Apr 13, 2025 9:41 AM EDT | Last Updated: 1 hour ago Germany’s Lukas Martens, pictured at Paris 2024, became the first … Read more
Canada’s Brad Jacobs defeated Austria’s Mathias Genner 8-2 to secure a semifinal berth at the BKT World Men’s Curling Championship. Jacobs, Marc Kennedy, Brett Gallant and Ben Hebert needed only seven ends to complete the victory at the Temple Gardens Centre in Moose Jaw, Sask. The Calgary-based team brought in alternate Tyler Tardi in the … Read more
The path of sprinter Kenny Bednarek has been far from easy or conventional. Plenty of uphill climbs, too. His experiences, though — foster care, being adopted, going the community college route, constantly overshadowed — has only added power to his alter ego, “Kung Fu Kenny.” That version of him emerges when he steps on the … Read more
With the 2026 Milan-Cortina Olympics less than a year away, organizing committee CEO Andrea Varnier said he has “absolutely no doubt” that sliding sports will be held in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy, after testing went well last week. There was concern that the venue for bobsled, luge and skeleton might not be ready in time for … Read more
American snowboarder Chloe Kim and Australia’s Scotty James won the halfpipe gold medals at the world championships on Saturday in Corvatsch, Switzerland. Kim scored 93.50 in her first run during the women’s final for her third world title after wins in 2019 and 2021. She did not compete at the last edition. The 15-year-old Sara Shimizu … Read more
Italy appears to be one big step closer to having the sliding events at next year’s Milan-Cortina Olympics on its own track after all. The International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation said Friday that it has declared this week’s testing period at the Cortina d’Ampezzo track “successful” and that it looks forward to the 2026 Olympics being … Read more
