by caadmin | Sep 3, 2012 | Featured, News, Paralmypic, ParaLondon2012
London, UK – Michelle Stilwell of Nanoose Bay, B.C., today won Canada’s second track and field and Canada’s eight medal overall at the 2012 Paralympic Games. Stilwell won gold in the women’s T52 classification 200-metres in a new Paralympic...
by caadmin | Sep 1, 2012 | Featured, News, Paralmypic, ParaLondon2012, ParaSport
LONDON, UK – Virginia McLachlan of Windsor, Ont., today won Canada’s first track and field medal and Canada’s sixth medal overall at the 2012 Paralympic Games. Day one of track and field competition also saw a new Canadian record, a top eight...
by caadmin | Aug 13, 2012 | Featured, London 2012, Marathon, News, Olympic Games
Marathoners have strong showing in difficult conditions For the first time since the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games Canada fielded a full men’s marathon entry at the Olympic Games. The trio of Reid Coolsaet of Hamilton, Ont., Eric Gillis of Antigonish, N.S., and...
by caadmin | Aug 13, 2012 | Featured, London 2012, News, Olympic Games, Track
London, UK – Athletics Canada’s objectives coming in to the 2012 Olympic Games were to improve on Beijing’s showing of one medal and to improve on the sixteenth place finish in the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) country...
by caadmin | Aug 10, 2012 | Featured, London 2012, News, Olympic Games, Track
LONDON, UK – Damian Warner of London, Ont., finished fifth in the decathlon with a personal best of 8442 points in only his tenth full decathlon. Warner registered six new personal bests over the ten events including two in his last five events of competition...
by caadmin | Aug 8, 2012 | Featured, London 2012, News, Olympic Games, Track
LONDON, UK – Derek Drouin of Corunna, Ont., has won Canada’s first track and field and Canada’s 11th medal at the 2012 Olympic Games. Day five at Olympic Stadium also brought three top eight performances and a personal best. Drouin’s medal is...