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.
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.
Biggest day in Manitoba triathlon history
WINNIPEG SUN (June 29) “It's been a long road,” Pallett said. “We've had our program going for 16 years. We started in 2000, and this has always been our goal, to produce some Olympians.”
Ellie Black leads Canadian trio of Rio-bound artistic gymnasts
CBC OLYMPICS (June 29) Ellie Black, Brittany Rogers and Isabela Onyshko of Brandon, Man., have secured three of the five spots on the Canadian artistic gymnastics team for the Rio Olympics in August.
Canadian cycling team nominated for Rio 2016
CANADIAN OLYMPIC TEAM (June 29) Winnipegger road cyclist Leah Kirchmann is among 19 cyclists named to Cycling Canada's Rio Olympic Games Team.
