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We’ve collected relevant recent top stories from a variety of sources around the web about Manitoba athletes and the sport news affecting them.
Canada puts 5 rookies on Olympic triathlon team
CBC (June 29) Five first-time Olympians — three women and two men — will represent Canada in Rio as a protracted selection process came to an end on Wednesday.
Two Manitoba triathletes bound for Olympics
WINNIPEG FREE PRESS (June 29) Two Manitoba triathletes are now set to wear the maple leaf at the 2016 Rio Olympics. Oak Bluff's Tyler Mislawchuk and Winnipeg product Sarah-Anne Brault are on the five-person team nominated for Rio, the Canadian Olympic Committee announced on Wednesday. The two are among the three women and two men who will compete for Canada in the triathlon, a team composed entirely of first-time Olympians.
Kretz et Brault à Rio pour leurs premiers Jeux
RADIO-CANADA (le 29 juin) Sarah-Anne Brault a été nommée mercredi dans une équipe olympique canadienne de triathlon renouvelée pour Rio. Comme Tyler Mislawchuk, Brault vivra ses premiers Jeux.
Winnipeg’s Leah Kirchmann named to Olympic cycling team
WINNIPEG SUN (June 29) Winnipeg's Leah Kirchmann was named to the Canadian cycling team that will compete at the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janiero in August.
Canadian Triathlon Team Nominated for Rio 2016
CANADIAN OLYMPIC TEAM (June 29) Tyler Mislawchuk, Sarah-Anne Brault among five first-time Olympic competitors nominated to represent Team Canada at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games from August 5 to 21.
CTV Sport Star: Payton Ryz
CTV WINNIPEG (June 28) Manitoba is quickly becoming a triathlon hotbed. Payton Ryz named Sport Star of the Week.
Brandon gymnast vying for Olympic team
WINNIPEG FREE PRESS (June 28) It has been a big month in the life of Brandon's Isabela Onyshko. She's trying to become the first Manitoba gymnast to make an Olympic team in almost three decades.
Ryz pushes herself to a gold medal
SOU'WESTER WPG (June 28) 16-year-old elite triathlete and Vincent Massey Collegiate student Payton Ryz recently placed first at the Triple Threat Junior Elite Triathlon held at Birds Hill Park earlier this month.
Foreman-Mackey solos to victory in Canadian national championship road race
CANADIAN CYCLING MAGAZINE (June 25) Numainville sprints to second place with Leah Kirchmann in third, Bonhomme wins u23 title.