In the News
Our high performance athletes and sports science experts are often in the news.
We’ve collected relevant recent top stories from a variety of sources around the web about Manitoba athletes and the sport news affecting them.
Kerri Einarson is ready to move out of Jones’s shadow
SPORTSNET (Oct 26) It’s not easy to find the spotlight when you’re curling in the shade cast by Jennifer Jones. Canada’s Olympic gold medallist has won five world championships and a dozen provincial titles in Manitoba.
Who Were the Canadian Engineering Rio Olympic Athletes?
PRACTICEPPEEXAMS.CA(Oct 21) Did you know that 18 of the 314 athletes representing Canada at the 2016 Rio Olympics were engineering grads?
Yes, even Manitoba’s Oly curlers get drug tests — a lot
WINNIPEG SUN (Oct 19) Yes, drug testing is the necessary reality of becoming an Olympic curler. But it can get rather inconvenient.
Carruthers aiming to add Home Hardware Canada Cup Championship to list of accomplishments
CURLING CANADA (Oct 18) Take a look at Reid Carruthers’ list of accomplishments and you’ll see lots of success.
Carruthers rules ice
WINNIPEG FREE PRESS (Oct 17) After a tense war of attrition, it was West St. Paul’s Reid Carruthers who was left standing Monday night at the Canad Inns Men’s Classic in Portage la Prairie.
Dideriksen upsets the Dutch to become world champion in Doha
CANADIAN CYCLING MAGAZINE (Oct 15) Numainville ninth, Kirchmann 14th in fine Canadian display at the UCI Road World Championships in Qatar.
Leah Kirchmann takes 14th place at World Championships
TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN (Oct 15) The UCI World Championships in Doha, Qatar, continued today with the road race for elite women. The team supplied two riders, with Leah Kirchmann for Canada and Sara Mustonen for Sweden.
Jill’s House: It is ok to cry, the importance of letting out your emotions
GLOBAL (Oct 13) When I last left you in March, I was mourning the upsetting loss our team had at the 2016 Canadian Scotties Tournament of Hearts in the semi final game.
Engineer uses 3D printer to help Canadian Paralympic athlete
CANADIAN JEWISH NEWS (Oct 11) Leon Fainstein was one among many Canadians this past summer who were following the Olympic and Paralympic Games in Rio De Janeiro.
