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Seven months from Paris: A look back on 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games
Fifteen athletes with ties to Saskatchewan competed at the 2020 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games in Tokyo, many of whom will be looking to represent their country once again this summer in Paris.
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Artistic Swimming: Two Sask athletes on track for Paris
Syndey Carroll was joined by Canadian teammate, Kenzie Priddell at the 2024 Santiago Pan American Games in November. The Saskatchewan athletes joined Canada’s artistic swim team, taking third in every event. The thought of representing Canada in artistic swimming at the 2024 Olympic Summer Games in Paris is anything but routine for Sydney Carroll.
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Paralympic Recap Day 9
Babey, Canada take silver in Para hockey It’s another Paralympic silver medal for Saskatoon head coach Ken Babey and the Canadian Para hockey team after they fell to the United States 5-0 in the gold medal game on Day 9 of the Winter Games in Beijing. A teeing penalty by the United States eight minutes…
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Paralympic Recap Day 8
Hudak finishes seventh In her last individual event of the Beijing Winter Paralympics, Prince Albert’s Brittany Hudak finished seventh in the women’s standing 10-kilometre Para Nordic cross country race on Day 8 of the Games. Hudak completed the distance in a time of 43 minutes and 16.3 seconds, just under two minutes behind Ukraine’s Oleksandra…
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Paralympic Recap Day 7
Hudak wins second bronze Prince Albert’s Brittany Hudak won her second of two medals at the Beijing Winter Games in the women’s standing 12.5-kilometre biathlon race. Hudak posted a time of 49 minutes and one second to capture the bronze medal, behind Liudmyla Liashenko of Ukraine who took gold and Zhiqing Zhao of China who…
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Paralympic Recap Day 6
Men’s Para hockey to face South Korea in semifinals Team Canada is scheduled to face South Korea for the second time in four days, as the two teams meet in the semifinals. In their first matchup, the Canadians, led by head coach Ken Babey of Saskatoon, blanked South Korea 6-0. They’ll look to dominate again when…
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Paralympic Recap Day 5
A look ahead for Hudak and DeJong Prince Albert’s Brittany Hudak looks to compete in her fourth event of the Games on Day 7. Hudak is set to race in the women’s biathlon 12.5-kilometre on March 10 at 10:20 p.m. (SK time). An event in which she placed third at the 2018 Paralympic Games. Also…
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Paralympic Recap Day 4
Hudak races to sixth-place finish Just one day after her bronze medal finish in the women’s standing 15-kilometre cross country event, Prince Albert’s Brittany Hudak finished sixth in the women’s standing biathlon 10-kilometre course. She completed the race with a time of 37 minutes and 43.1 seconds, one minute behind Ukraine’s Iryna Bui who…
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Paralympic Recap Day 3
DeJong captures first-ever medal in Para snowboard Biggar’s Lisa DeJong made history in her Paralympic debut taking silver in the women’s Para snowboard cross SB-LL2 final and earning Canada it’s first-ever Para snowboard medal at the Games. After a solid qualifying run on Day 2, DeJong executed a strong, clean run ahead of Brenna Huckaby…
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Paralympic Recap Day 2
DeJong into cross finals Biggar’s Lisa DeJong made her Paralympic debut on Day 2 of the Winter Games in Beijing as she took to the course for the women’s Para snowboard cross qualification event. Competing in the LL2 class, DeJong finished the qualified for the finals with the fourth-fastest time of one minute and 12.22…