
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.
Kirchmann celebrates Canada Day with time trial win at Giro Rosa
CANADIAN CYCLING MAGAZINE (July 1) Rio Olympian rips 2-km prologue to wear first pink
Rio 2016 Team Canada qualification tracker
CANADIAN OLYMPIC TEAM (July 1) With qualification for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games well underway, this page will help you keep track of the sports and events in which Canada has secured quota places.
Team Canada athletes nominated for Rio 2016
CANADIAN OLYMPIC TEAM (July 1) Canada expects to travel more than 300 athletes to Rio 2016. Names of competitors will be added to this page following each team announcement.
Leah Kirchmann Wins the Giro Rosa Prologue
TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN (July 1) Leah Kirchmann stormed to victory in the prologue of the Giro Rosa to take the biggest win of her career to date.
Canadian gymnastics team nominated for Rio 2016
CANADIAN OLYMPIC TEAM (June 30) The COC and Gymnastics Canada named the eight athletes nominated to represent Team Canada in gymnastics at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games from August 5 to 21.
Mislawchuk, Brault get the call
WINNIPEG FREE PRESS (June 30) In retrospect, the trickiest part of getting an Olympic invitation wasn’t waiting for the call, it was keeping it secret.
Manitoba gymnast Isabela Onyshko secures spot on team Canada for Rio Olympics
CBC NEWS MANITOBA (June 30) Onyshko becomes first Manitoban to make gymnastics Olympic team in nearly 30 years.
Great day for Manitoba sports with four named to Olympic teams
WINNIPEG SUN (June 30) Asked to describe how she felt and what she was thinking as she was named an Olympian, Minnedosa’s Isabela Onyshko could only find a few words.
Winnipegger named to Canadian cycling team for 2016 Olympics
GLOBAL NEWS (June 29) Winnipeg cyclist Leah Kirchmann has been chosen to compete at the 2016 Olympics in Rio.