Tag: Olympics

Evelyn Walsh is hanging up her competitive figure skates to hit the books this fall.

Damian Warner’s coach will petition for lane assignment rule changes after the Olympic decathlon champ suffered a hamstring tear early in a 400-metre race that knocked him out of the world track and field championships this past weekend in Eugene, Ore.

Evelyn Walsh and Trennt Michaud will compete at Skate Canada International and the MK John Wilson Trophy in England as part of their 2022-23 figure skating season. The local pair, who train in Brantford, will be in Mississauga Oct. 28-30 and Sheffield, U.K.,  Nov. 11-13 trying to qualify for the ISUA Grand Prix of figure […]

Port Elgin’s Josh Cassidy will serve as a flag-bearer for Canada’s team at the opening ceremonies of the Commonwealth Games starting next week in Birmingham, England. The Paralympic long-distance racer will share the honour with weightlifter Maude Charron, of Rimouski, Que., Commonwealth Sport Canada announced Thursday. “These two athletes exemplify everything our team needs and […]

Damian Warner is ready.

Alysha Newman is putting another frustrating performance at a big-time event in her rear-view mirror. The Canadian pole vault star was so despondent after failing to make the qualifying height at the world track and field championships this past weekend in Eugene, Ore., she wrote on Instagram she wasn’t “sure where to go from here […]

Damian Warner is Athletics Canada’s 2021 athlete of the year.

Damian Warner’s reign as king of international combined events is off to a roaring start. The 32-year-old Londoner launched his 2022 season by winning the seven-event heptathlon title with 6,489 points at the world indoor track and field championships Saturday at Belgrade, Serbia. The Olympic decathlon gold medalist ran a strong 1,000-metre race in two […]

‘It’s been challenging in different ways.’

Maggie Mac Neil isn’t slowing down one bit.