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Canada's women setting great example for girls in Tokyo, says Regina sports organization
Canada's entire medal haul at the Olympics has been reeled in by women so far and that has a leader in Regina's sporting community thrilled with what she's seeing in Tokyo. Kaylan Berg is the CEO of G...
Jul 30, 2021 Girls in the Game is a youth sport organization aimed at empowering girls through sport. (Girls in the Game/Facebook)
Penny Oleksiak wins bronze in 200-metre freestyle for sixth Olympic medal
TOKYO - Canadian swimmer Penny Oleksiak has won a bronze medal in the women's 200-metre freestyle at the Tokyo Olympics. It's Oleksiak's sixth career medal, making her Canada's most decorated summer O...
Jul 27, 2021 Canada's Penny Oleksiak swims to take the bronze medal in the women's 200m freestyle final event during the Tokyo Summer Olympic Games, in Tokyo, Wednesday, July 28, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn
Canada in Tokyo - Kelsey Wog - Swimming
Despite a love of both reptiles and the Harry Potter series, swimmer Kelsey Wog played down the fact she may actually be a Slytherin at heart. Wog's parents have been tasked with looking after her bel...
Jul 26, 2021 Kelsey Wog - (Photo files courtesy of Swimming Canada Facebook)
Canada in Tokyo - Tyler Mislawchuk - Triathlon
"I want to win the Olympics." Those are the words of triathlete Tyler Mislawchuk ahead of the Olympic Games in Tokyo. While the 26-year-old is fully aware of the nature of that ambition, it is the onl...
Jul 25, 2021 Tyler Mislawchuk (Photo Credit - World Triathlon)
Fans banned at Olympics; Tokyo under state of emergency
TOKYO - Fans were banned from the pandemic-postponed Tokyo Olympics which will open in two weeks, Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike said after meeting with IOC and Japanese organizers on Thursday. The ban c...
Jul 08, 2021 International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach waves from the vehicle to media upon his arrival in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, Pool)
Jamie Nye: Bettman and the Olympics don't mix; never have, never will
The COVID-19 pandemic may have actually done something good for NHL commissioner Gary Bettman. The pandemic has given him a load of ammunition to say no to sending players to the Beijing Olympics. Rem...
Jun 30, 2021
Jamie Nye: Could the two Michaels in China's custody lead to an Olympic boycott?
In 2022, Canada is to send Sidney Crosby, Connor McDavid and Nathan MacKinnon to the Beijing Olympic Winter Games. But should Canada participate, with the two Michaels still imprisoned? Toronto Sun co...
Dec 17, 2020
Jamie Nye: Latest Olympic 'sport' is just the beginning
The Olympics proves yet again that at its core, the International Olympic Committee is about making money and nothing to do with sport. If you needed any more proof, the IOC has included breakdancing ...
Dec 08, 2020
Jamie Nye: A potential Olympic return to Vancouver should become a norm for host cities
Vancouver is pondering another Olympic bid for the 2030 Winter Games. I'm all for cities reapplying as hosts before their infrastructure ends up needing renovations from their first go-round. The Olym...
Nov 04, 2020
Jamie Nye: Carter Hart showing us what's next for Canada in net for future Olympics
It feels as though we are watching the torch being passed among Canadian goaltenders right before our eyes. We are a year away from really getting into the 2022 Canadian Olympic hockey team debate, as...
Aug 19, 2020
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