Top Results For: Summer Olympics

Calgary runner Rory Linkletter has shattered a national running record, becoming the first Canadian to run a half-marathon in less than one hour. Heather Yourex-West speaks with Linkletter about his achievement, and the goals he’s setting ahead of the 2028 Summer Olympics.

After testing athletes across 17 Canadian cities, RBC Training Ground has announced their Top 100 finalists. The sole New Brunswicker among them being Canada Summer Games champion cyclist and speedskater Molly Flynn from Fredericton. Johnny James spoke with the 16-year-old dual athlete about once again representing the province on a national stage and how she...

The Manitoba Special Olympics Summer Games serve as a qualifier for athletes hoping to represent the province at the nationals next year.

Athletes from Special Olympics Peterborough brought home gold, silver and bronze from the recent 2025 Special Olympics Summer Games. Madeleine McColl has details.

It’s an infusion of dance, music and culture. Break Dancing – or Breaking – has been gaining in popularity since its debut in the Summer Olympic Games. Our Norma Reid profiles two men who will represent Calgary at the upcoming national championships.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spoke to Team Canada athletes in Ottawa on Wednesday, thanking them for “seeing the very best of us,” as they competed this past summer in Paris. Decked out in a Team Canada Lululemon Olympic jacket, Trudeau bellowed, “Thank you for reminding us that Canadians rock!”

About a year after they were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics officially kicked off on Friday with opening ceremonies, which saw a pared-down event with a vastly smaller number of athletes from participating countries taking to the field but stunning fireworks still lit up the sky to try and...

British Columbia gets firefighter back-up from Mexico, as the province’s emergency crews work tirelessly to battle dozens of wildfires. Plus, the western U.S. is enduring another fire season for the history books, with climate change fuelling the extreme conditions . Meanwhile, new poll numbers ahead of a potential late summer federal election show the Conservative...

Surrey’s Amar Dhesi ready to represent Canada and his family at Summer Olympics. Jay Janower introduces you to the Canadian Olympian, whose family’s wrestling roots run deep.

In just over a year, all eyes will be on Paris as the top athletes from across the world compete in the 2024 Summer Olympic Games. But as Craig Momney reports, the search is already on for the next crop of talent that could represent Canada in the future.

Warren Woods, host of ‘The Green Zone’, breaks down Saskatchewan’s showing at the Olympic Summer Games and the mark our athletes are making on the Rio 2016 stage.

Tue, Aug 16: As the first Canadian to win back to back gold in the summer Olympics, Rosie MacLennan celebrates and talks about her recovery from a severe concussion.

It’s estimated the 2016 Summer Olympics will bring about 400,000 tourists to Brazil and among those is Spruce Grove’s Mike Partington, who has already been to three other Olympics. Gord Steinke spoke to him on Monday.

Canadian Olympic sensation Penny Oleksiak was back to school on Tuesday just like thousands of other high school students. Oleksiak, who won four medals in Rio, is looking forward to getting back to a normal routine after her whirlwind summer.

Fri, Jul 22: Erica Wiebe and Jasmine Mian are members of the National Women’s Wrestling team headed to Rio for the Summer Olympics. Both women also moved from their hometown Ontario to Calgary to pursue their dream of stepping on the podium 2016 Games. Global’s Brendan Parker reports.

Japan on Friday extended a state of emergency in Tokyo and other areas to June 20, as the COVID-19 pandemic shows no signs of easing less than two months before the Summer Olympics are set to begin. Japan has seen a record number of COVID-19 patients in critical condition in recent days, even as the...

Despite growing backlash, Olympics officials insist the Tokyo Summer Games are still on track for July, as Japan deals with a worsening COVID-19 crisis. Crystal Goomansingh reports.

Gyms have reopened and summer sports have resumed, but combat sports are still waiting for the green light from public health. Global’s Laura Casella speaks to the Quebec Olympic Boxing Federation President Ariane Fortin ahead of their meeting with government officials to try and find a concrete solution in order to resume safely.

We look at the post-vaccination plans underway in Canada, and what it means for your summer plans. As Alberta’s hospitals fill up with a record number of COVID-19 patients, political unrest is pulling Premier Jason Kenney’s focus. Plus, why oncologists warn Canada may soon see a tsunami of new cancer cases. Finally a Canadian boxer...

Annie Gagnon of the Canada Sport Institute joins Global News Morning Calgary live via Skype to discuss how Team Canada is preparing for the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics.