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.
313 athletes named to Team Canada for Rio 2016
CANADIAN OLYMPIC COMMITTEE (July 25) On Monday, the Canadian Olympic Committee announced the full Canadian Team for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, featuring 313 of Canada’s finest athletes.
Mara George wins bronze at diving nationals
MYTOBA (July 24) On Saturday night, George won a bronze in the three-meter Women’s A group at the 2016 Speedo Junior Elite National Diving Championships. Back on Friday night, she won silver in the one-Metre Women’s A Group event.
Sitting volleyball player heading to Rio
THE LANCE (July 22) Leanne Muldrew is hoping to hit her way into the history books.
Winnipeg diver claims silver medal at Junior Nationals
GLOBAL NEWS (July 22) A Winnipeg diver won a silver medal at the Speedo Junior Elite National Championships on Friday at the Pan Am Pool.
Tachinski finishes sixth at U20 worlds
WINNIPEG FREE PRESS (July 21) The 17-year-old Vincent Massey Collegiate runner finished with a time of 2:06:11 and is 'very happy' with result
Winnipeg Olympian Sifuentes ‘suspicious of tons of people’ because of doping in athletics
WINNIPEG SUN (July 21) Imagine you are a world-class runner, standing on the start line, preparing yourself for the biggest race of your life. As you look down the line, sizing up your opponents, you can’t help but wonder if you can trust a single one of them. Are they clean?
Tachinski reaches world 800 final
WINNIPEG FREE PRESS (July 20) With the second-fastest time in her semifinal heat, Winnipeg’s Victoria Tachinski feels she can go even faster in today’s 800-metre final at the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland.
Winnipeg runner will race for gold at World U20 Championships
GLOBAL NEWS (July 20) Winnipeg’s Victoria Tachinski will race in the 800 metre final at the 2016 World U20 Championships in track and field on Thursday.
Road to Rio: Erin Teschuk’s Bison Career as Chronicled on Twitter
NDSU (July 19) North Dakota State's Erin Teschuk will represent Canada in the 3,000m steeplechase at the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in August. Relive her remarkable career as it was chronicled on Twitter over the years.
