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Three bronze to Glasgow 2014 haul
Glasgow, SCO - Three bronze were added to the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games medal haul today bringing the total Athletics (Track & Field) count at the Games to 16. Shawnacy Barber of Toronto, Ont., Cam Levins of Black Creek, B.C., and Angela Whyte of Edmonton,...
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Commonwealth team win five medals
Glasgow, SCO - The Canadian athletics Commonwealth team took home five medals on day four of track and field competition at the Commonwealth Games. Derek Drouin of Corunna, Ont., and Brianne Theisen-Eaton of Humboldt, Sask., won gold; Jessica Zelinka of London, Ont.,...
Sultana Frizell wins CWG Gold
Glasgow, SCO - The Canadian track and field team won two medals within about 30-minutes of time on the second day of competition at the 2014 Commonwealth Games. Both medals were won in throwing events, Sultana Frizell of Perth, Ont., won gold in the hammer and Tim...
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Olympic Games improvement
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 ranking. The team...
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Ottawa Race Weekend economic impact
The 2014 Tamarack Ottawa Race Weekend supported $32.3 million in economic activity for the Province of Ontario, of which $21.8 was in Ottawa, according to a newly released economic impact assessment produced by the Canadian Sport Tourism Alliance. Overall the event...
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Series announces new 10km
Vancouver, BC - The Lower Mainland’s newest run is the Vancouver Eastside 10k. The event will be a premiere Canadian 10 km road race, bringing some of the best runners from within the province and across the nation to Vancouver this fall to compete. Boasting a unique...
Simon Bairu retires
Simon Bairu of Regina, Sask., has officially announced his retirement. Bairu, a cross country standout with the Wisconsin Badgers of the NCAA, and later with Canada's national team program, won seven national cross country titles and two national titles on the track...