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.
Great Scott, she’s done it again
WINNIPEG FREE PRESS (Aug 20) Canadians wanted gold, but Manitoban will treasure a second Olympic bronze.
Local athlete returns home to Manitoba after Rio Games
CTV WINNIPEG (Aug 19) The 18-year-old was the only gymnast from Canada who qualified for two finals at the games, the all-around and balance beam.
Rio 2016: Olympic gymnast Isabela Onyshko returns to Manitoba
GLOBAL NEWS (Aug 19) The 18-year-old was mobbed by the crowd just moments after landing at Winnipeg’s James Armstrong Richardson International Airport.
Manitoba gymnast Isabela Onyshko calls Rio Olympics ‘a dream come true’
CBC MANITOBA (Aug 19) Manitoba Olympian Isabela Onyshko came home Friday to a warm welcome from 200 friends and family at Winnipeg's Richardson International Airport.
Canada makes history at Rio 2016 after back-to-back Olympic medals
SOCCER CANADA (Aug 19) Canada are back on the podium after a historic run at the Rio 2016 Women's Olympic Football Tournament.
Bison alum Desiree Scott wins second consecutive Olympic bronze medal when Canada women’s soccer team defeated host Brazil 2-1 in bronze medal match at Rio 2016 Olympic Games
GOBISONS (Aug 19) At the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, former Manitoba Bisons player and Bison coach Desiree Scott was in the starting lineup for Canada women's soccer team when they captured a second consecutive Olympic bronze medal with a thrilling 2-1 victory over host Brazil in the bronze medal match at Corinthians Arena in Sao Paulo, Brazil on Friday, August 19.
Canadian talent in triathlon worth investing in for next Olympics: Feschuk
THE STAR (Aug 18) Winnipeg’s Tyler Mislawchuk finished 15th and he just turned 22 Friday.
Former gym teacher salutes 4 Olympic athletes from same Winnipeg high school who made it to Rio
CBC MANITOBA (Aug 18) Gisele Hudson has been glued to her TV and iPad since the 2016 Olympic Games started and she has a good reason to be. Four of the athletes at this year's competition in Rio went through the sports program she helped start in 2001 in Winnipeg.
Mislawchuk shows promise, Yorke guts out finish for Canada in Olympic triathlon
CHRONICLE HERALD (Aug 18) The takeaway of the Olympic men's triathlon for Canada on Thursday was Tyler Mislawchuk's upside for Tokyo four years from now. The day before his 22nd birthday, the Oak Bluff, Man., athlete was 15th in his Olympic debut.
