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.
Canadian track and field championships: 6 races to watch
CBC (July 7) Sifuentes, Teschuk and Furlan look to clinch their Olympic berths at Athletics Canada's Rio Olympic Trials this week.
Winnipeg runner Nicole Sifuentes on a quest to make Canada’s Olympic team in Rio
NATIONAL POST (July 5) Upon graduation from the University of Michigan, Nicole Sifuentes felt like a real-life MythBuster working as a forensic engineer.
Rosa Round-up: Leah Kirchmann takes Giro Rosa’s first pink jersey on Canada Day
ELLA CYCLING TIPS (July 2) The first stage win and first pink jersey in this 10-day stage race were up for grabs in tonight’s prologue.
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.
