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NHL to Olympics
Olympics.ca, September 3, 2021Photo credit: Free photo 83064902 © creativecommonsstockphotos – Dreamstime.com After missing the Olympic Games in 2018, NHL players will return to their country’s rosters for Beijing in 2022. An agreement between the NHL, NHLPA and the IIHF signed in September will allow for a break in the regular season NHL schedule for…
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Frotten headed to Tokyo
Canadian Paralympic Committee, July 30, 2021 Wheelchair racer Jessica Frotten will make her Paralympic debut when she heads to Tokyo for the Games at the end of August. Frotten —who was born in Whitehorse, but lives and trains out of Regina— was one of 16 athletes named to Canada’s Para athletics team. She’ll be competing in the T53 class in…
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Gaudet Tokyo bound
Canadian Paralympic Committee, July 27, 2021Photo credit: Badminton Canada Regina’s Frank Gaudet has been selected to accompany Canada’s first-ever Para badminton athlete, Olivea Meier at the Paralympic Games in Tokyo. The sport is making its Paralympic debut at the Tokyo Summer Games and Meier will compete in the women’s SL4 singles tournament. She is currently ranked No. 11…
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Female Coaches in Tokyo
Written by: Matt Johnson for Sask SportPhoto credits: Canada Basketball and Diving Canada/Francois Mittens I think it’s awesome for other coaches. I think it’s awesome for any female athletes to realize that it’s not a man’s sport. It’s not anybody’s sport, it’s sport and you do your job and you do it well, you can…
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Opening Ceremony
Wiens represents Canada at the Opening Ceremony Saskatchewan diver Rylan Wiens was one of 30 Canadian athletes to march in the opening ceremony for the Tokyo Summer Olympics. Wiens, from Pike Lake, will compete in the 10-metre platform event starting Aug. 6. At the opening ceremony, he joined Canadian flag bearers Miranda Ayim from women’s…
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Kozun at Paralympics
Paralympics.ca, July 22, 2021Photo credit: Canadian Paralympic Committee Melfort’s Julie Kozun was among the 11 athletes named to represent Canada in women’s sitting volleyball by the Canadian Paralympic Committee and Volleyball Canada at the Tokyo Paralympic Games next month. All 11 athletes are returning from the bronze medal performance at the 2019 Parapan Am Games including Kozun. She is one…
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Before Opening Ceremonies
Gilbert and Canadian softball team split first two games Softball made its return to the Olympics on Wednesday and Team Canada, including Saskatoon outfielder and pitcher Jenny Gilbert, celebrated the occasion with a 4-0 win over Mexico in their first round robin game. A pair of RBIs in the first inning gave the red and white an early…
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Goncin, Ostepchuk at Paralympics
Paralympics.ca, July 19, 2021Photo credit: Canadian Paralympic Committee Saskatchewan’s Nik Goncin and Garrett Ostepchuk were two of the 12 athletes named to the Canadian men’s wheelchair basketball squad who will compete at the Tokyo Paralympic Games. Goncin was with the Canadian team at the Paralympic Games in Rio in 2016, while it will be Ostepchuk’s…
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Team Canada Notes
Olympic.ca, July 19, 2021 The Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) announced that three-time Olympic team member in women’s basketball Miranda Ayim and co-captain of Canada’s men’s rugby sevens team Nathan Hirayama will be Team Canada’s flag bearers for the Tokyo Olympic Games Opening Ceremony. It is the first time in Summer Games history that an Olympian…
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Cheer on Sask
After a lifetime of hard work and dedication to sport, 13 individuals from Saskatchewan will represent Canada at the Olympic Summer Games July 23 to August 8 in Tokyo. The Saskatchewan contingent includes one official, two support staff, three coaches and seven athletes with ties to the province.  Pike Lake’s Rylan Wiens, who will compete…