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Canada makes history at Rio 2016 after back-to-back Olympic medals
Canada are back on the podium after a historic run at the Rio 2016 Women’s Olympic Football Tournament. Canada won five of six matches to claim their second consecutive bronze medal, culminating their...
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CBC’S COVERAGE OF THE RIO 2016 OLYMPIC GAMES
August 19, 2016 – CBC’s coverage of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games comes to an end this weekend, but not before more Canadian athletes attempt to add to the country’s medal total. Some of the Canadians in...
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Statement from Evan Dunfee on today’s 50km race walk
What a day, 4th place at the Olympics in a new National Record. I couldn’t be more proud of my efforts out on the course today, I know that I left everything I possibly had out there and I can’t ask...
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Men’s 4x100m win Bronze And Set A New Canadian Record
The men’s 4×100-metres quartet of Akeem Haynes from Calgary, Alta., Aaron Brown from Toronto, Ont., Brendon Rodney of Hamilton, Ont., and Andre De Grasse of Markham, Ont., combined to set a new...
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CBC CELEBRATES RIO 2016 WITH LIVE COVERAGE OF THE CLOSING CEREMONY, TOMORROW
August 20, 2016 – CBC is Canada’s ticket to what promises to be a spectacular celebration, with coverage of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games Closing Ceremony on Sunday beginning at 6 p.m. ET (3 p.m. PT). The...
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LIFE IS JUST ACE FOR KO AS PARK LEADS RACE FOR OLYMPIC TITLE
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: World No. 1 Lydia Ko chose the perfect moment to register the first hole-in-one of her life today – and that sweetest of seven-iron shots could potentially lead her to the...
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Canadian Women Finish Mid-Field in Olympic Triathlon Race
Rio de Janeiro—A trio of young Canadian women put their fitness to the ultimate test for the first time in an Olympic race, on a course that was flat out punishing in Rio de Janeiro, and it got the...
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Jorgensen wins triathlon at 2016 Summer Olympics
RIO DE JANEIRO – Four years ago at the 2012 London Olympics, former Wisconsin track and field runner and swimmer Gwen Jorgensen saw her medal dreams dashed in the bike portion of the triathlon, as she...
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Burroughs Goes 1-2 at Rio Olympics
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – Jordan Burroughs (74 kg/163 pounds) went 1-2 in his second appearance in the Men’s Freestyle Wrestling Competition at the Olympic Games on Friday. In the Round of 16, Burroughs...
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A WALK IN THE OLYMPIC PARK FOR INBEE
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: Inbee Park of the Republic of Korea captured Asia’s first Olympic golf gold medal when she completed a remarkable recovery from injury to underline her status as one of the...
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The CAS dismiss appeal by the Russian Paralympic Committee
The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) on Tuesday (23 August) dismissed an appeal by the Russian Paralympic Committee against its suspension by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC). The IPC...
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IGF Statement on Successful Olympic Games For Golf
Peter Dawson, President of the International Golf Federation, said: “We are delighted by the strong showing of golf during the Olympics. We were always confident that we would deliver high-quality...
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Pope Francis wishes athletes good luck for the Rio 2016 Paralympics
Pope Francis on Wednesday (24 August) wished good luck to everyone competing at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games during an audience with four Para athletes in St Peter’s Square. During his weekly audience...
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IPC announces 2016 Visa Paralympic Hall of Fame inductees
The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has announced five individuals who will be inducted into the Visa Paralympic Hall of Fame during the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. Athletes Junichi Kawai,...
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Athletics Canada ends Olympic Games with 6 podiums, places 8th in IAAF Table
The Games have come to a close in Rio de Janeiro with Canada finishing eighth on the IAAF Placing Table, and tenth in the medal count with six podiums. At the 2012 London Games Canada won one medal...
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Welcome home party planned for Olympian Moleschi
A parade and a touch rugby competition are part of a welcome home reception taking place this Saturday, August 27, for Williams Lake’s own Olympian Kayla Moleschi. Everyone is invited to Williams Lake...
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Canada scale new heights on the back of Rio success
Canada’s bronze medal win at the Women’s Olympic Football Tournament Rio 2016 saw the North Americans reach their highest-ever position of fourth in the latest FIFA/Coca-Cola Women’s World Ranking....
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Canadian Blind Sports nominates 12 goalball players to Team Canada for Rio...
Scarborough, Ont. – The Canadian Blind Sports Association and the Canadian Paralympic Committee are proud to announce the 12 athletes nominated for selection to Team Canada in men’s and for the Rio...
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Uzbekistani Powerlifter Ruza Kuzieva Committed Anti-Doping Violation
The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has announced that the Uzbekistani powerlifter Ruza Kuzieva committed an anti-doping violation earlier this year but will not face a period of ineligibility...
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Rio 2016 Paralympic Games debrief concludes in Tokyo
The debrief into the Rio 2016 Paralympics concluded in Tokyo, Japan, on Wednesday (30 November) with the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) stressing that despite the success of the Games there...
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