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Shiffrin’s Beijing lesson helps after another big-race DNF
United States' Mikaela Shiffrin speeds down the course during the super G portion of an alpine ski, women's World Championship combined race, in Meribel, France, Monday, Feb. 6, 2023. (AP Photo/Marco Trovati)
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Canada’s Marion Thenault scores silver in World Cup aerials
Left to right: second-place, Marion Thenault of Canada; first-place, Danielle Scott of Australia; third-place, Fanyu Kong of China celebrate on the podium after the women's aerials World Cup competition Friday, Feb. 3, 2023, in Park City, Utah. (AP Photo/Jeff Swinger)c
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Canada’s Mackay, Karker earn World Cup medals in freeski halfpipe
MAMMOTH, CALIFORNIA - FEBRUARY 03: Men's FreeSki Halfpipe US Grand Prix third place David Wise #3 of the United States, winner Birk Irving #4 of the United States, and second place Brendan Mackay #2 of Canada pose following Finals competition on day three of the Toyota U.S. Grand Prix at Mammoth Mountain on February 03, 2023 in Mammoth, California. (Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images)
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Njegovan disappointed that only five teams allowed to apply for pregnancy exemption
Wild Card 1 skip Selena Njegovan directs a shot as they play Newfoundland and Labrador at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts at Fort William Gardens in Thunder Bay, Ont. on Wednesday, Feb.2, 2022. With three members of Team Lawes trying to balance pregnancy with curling this season, Njegovan was pleased her squad received an exemption to add an out-of-province replacement player for the national championship.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan
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What could a permanent Olympic city look like? Salt Lake City offers a glimpse
Olympic gold medallist Derek Parra, now the senior director of sport at the Utah Olympic Oval, poses for a photograph on Jan. 27, 2023.
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Ukraine steps up efforts to lobby global sports leaders to bar Russia from 2024 Paris Olympics
FILE PHOTO: Olympic rings to celebrate the IOC official announcement that Paris won the 2024 Olympic bid are seen in front of the Eiffel Tower at the Trocadero square in Paris, France, September 16, 2017. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier/File Photo
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Canada’s Kingsbury continues torrid pace with World Cup silver in moguls
PARK CITY, UTAH - FEBRUARY 02: (L to R) Mikael Kingsbury of Team Canada in second place, Matt Graham of Team Australia in first place, and Benjamin Cavet of Team France in third place celebrate on the podium following the Men's Moguls Finals on day one of the Intermountain Healthcare Freestyle International Ski World Cup at Deer Valley Resort on February 02, 2023 in Park City, Utah. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images)
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U.S. snowboarders sue former coach alleging sexual abuse
From left: Zoe Gillings of Great-Britain, Callan Chythlook-Sifsof of the United States, Maelle Ricker of Canada, Alexandra Jekova of Bulgaria, Lindsey Jacobellis of the United States, the winner, with the blue bib, and Dominique Maltais of Canada compete during the final at the women's snowboard cross World Cup race in Veysonnaz, Switzerland, Sunday, Jan. 22, 2012.
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Canadian Olympic Committee follows IOC lead on Russia, Belarus in 2024 Olympics
Canadian Olympic Committee CEO David Shoemaker is shown in Toronto on Monday, July 5, 2021. Canada is so far resisting calls from other countries to step up pressure to keep Russian and Belarusian athletes out of the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn
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Lucia Stafford finding success on the track back in Toronto with longtime coach
BELGRADE, SERBIA - MARCH 18: Lucia Stafford of Canada CAN competes during the Women's 1500m Heats on Day One of the World Athletics Indoor Championships Belgrade 2022 at Belgrade Arena on March 18, 2022 in Belgrade, Serbia. (Photo by Srdjan Stevanovic/Getty Images for World Athletics)
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Curling Canada says pregnancy exemption to be expanded in 2024
Wild Card team skip Casey Scheidegger, right, delivers a rock as third Cary-Anne McTaggart, left, and second Jessie Haughian sweep as they play Prince Edward Island at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts at Centre 200 in Sydney, N.S. on Sunday, Feb. 17, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan
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Poland expects broad coalition to call for ban on Russian, Belarusian athletes at 2024 Olympics
FILE - A Russian flag is held above the Olympic Rings at Adler Arena Skating Center during the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia on Feb. 18, 2014. Russia and its ally Belarus have been invited to compete at the Asian Games in the next step to qualify athletes for next year’s Paris Olympics. The arrangement has been brokered by the International Olympic Committee. The IOC indicated on Wednesday that it favours allowing Russians to compete at the 2024 Olympics as neutral athletes. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)
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Two-time world champion David Murdoch named Curling Canada’s new high-performance director
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Curling Canada under fire for limiting eligibility for pregnancy exemptions
Wild Card team skip Casey Scheidegger releases a rock as they play Ontario in championship pool action at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts at Centre 200 in Sydney, N.S. on Thursday, Feb. 21, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan
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Pelletier says solving safe-sport crisis requires buy-in from all levels
Canada's new sport integrity commissioner Sarah-Eve Pelletier is seen in this handout image received May 18, 2022. Sarah-Eve Pelletier was appointed Canada's first sport integrity commissioner at a time sport desperately needs one. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Office of Canada’s Sport Integrity Commissioner **MANDATORY CREDIT**
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Latvia threatens to boycott 2024 Paris Olympics if Russian athletes allowed to compete
FILE PHOTO: Olympic rings to celebrate the IOC official announcement that Paris won the 2024 Olympic bid are seen in front of the Eiffel Tower at the Trocadero square in Paris, France, September 16, 2017. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier/File Photo
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Boxer Wladimir Klitschko joins fight against IOC plans to let some Russians compete at 2024 Olympics
FILE - Former heavyweight boxing world champion Wladimir Klitschko leaves after a meeting with German Economy and Climate Minister Robert Habeck in Berlin, March 31, 2022. Olympic gold medalist Wladimir Klitschko has joined Ukraine’s fight against IOC plans to let some Russians compete at the 2024 Paris Summer Games, it was announced Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2023. The former heavyweight world champion has suggested in a video message sports leaders will be accomplices to the war if athletes from Russia and its military ally Belarus can compete at the next Olympics. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, file)
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Canadian snowboarder Mark McMorris defends X Games slopestyle gold
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Zelensky decries neutrality in sports at time of war
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky gestures as he speaks during a joint press conference with his Finnish counterpart following their talks in Kyiv, on January 24, 2023, amid Russia's military invasion on Ukraine. (Photo by Sergei SUPINSKY / AFP) (Photo by SERGEI SUPINSKY/AFP via Getty Images)
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Canada’s Devin Gibson suffers first loss in Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship
Canadian flyweight Devin (The Canadian Assassin) Gibson is shown in action March 12, 2022, at BKFC Fight Night: New York 2 at the Seneca Allegany Resort & Casino Event Center. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Nick Vespe **MANDATORY CREDIT**
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Canada’s Rahneva slides to skeleton bronze at world championships
From left, second-placed Kimberley Bos of Netherlands, winner Susanne Kreher of Germany and third-placed Mirela Rahneva of Canada stand on the podium of the women's skeleton race at the IBSF World Championships in St. Moritz, Switzerland, on Friday, January 27, 2023. (Mayk Wendt/Keystone via AP)
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Arctic Winter Games a family affair for siblings Brooklyn and Jordan Wills
In this handout photo taken Nov. 26, 2022 at the Team Alberta North Arctic sports trials in Slave Lake, Alta., Jordan Wills participates in the one-foot high kick discipline. The Arctic Winter Games are a family affair for siblings Brooklyn and Jordan Wills of Team Alberta North. Mother Ashleigh is a team mission staff member and father Cory previously competed and coached at the Games. Two of their aunts were also competitors and their grandmother is a mission staff member who previously coached and judged at the Games. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Team Alberta North **MANDATORY CREDIT**
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Canada’s Devin Gibson looking to make mark in Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship
Canadian flyweight Devin (The Canadian Assassin) Gibson (left) is shown in action against Kody Murray, March 12, 2022, at BKFC Fight Night: New York 2 at the Seneca Allegany Resort & Casino Event Center. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Phil Lambert **MANDATORY CREDIT**
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IOC seeks pathway to let Russians compete at Paris Olympics
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World track body propose no ban on transgender athletes
FILE - World Athletics President Sebastian Coe holds a press conference at the conclusion of the World Athletics meeting at the Italian National Olympic Committee, headquarters, in Rome, Nov. 30, 2022. Track and field's governing body is facing renewed criticism for a proposal to allow transgender athletes to continue competing in top female events, although with stricter rules. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia, File)
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Dozens of educators call for federal inquiry into ‘widespread’ abuse in Canadian sports
The Canadian flag flies near the Peace tower on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on June 17, 2020. The body representing interpreters working on Parliament Hill is warning a pilot project meant to address a shortage of professionals in their field risks jeopardizing the quality of translation services throughout the federal government. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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Canadian rugby women finish 11th while men place 14th at New Zealand Sevens
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Eileen Gu golden again in World Cup halfpipe, Canada’s Rachael Karker, Noah Bowman finish on podium
Rachael Karker of Canada competes during the women's World Cup freestyle ski halfpipe event in Calgary, Alta., Saturday, Jan. 21, 2023.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
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Waterloo’s Caitlin Kraemer returns after gold-medal game heroics
Canada's Caitlin Kraemer, centre, celebrates with teammates after scoring past Sweden's goalkeeper Felicia Frank, left, during the Women's U18 Ice Hockey World Championship match between Canada and Sweden at the Ostersund Arena, in Ostersund, Sweden, Sunday, Jan. 15, 2023. (Per Danielsson/TT News Agency via AP)
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Special Olympics help people with intellectual disabilities lower risk of depression, study finds
Special Olympics Canada athlete Carly Bryden (right) sits with TSN anchor Kate Beirness during a fundraiser in 2019 in this handout photo provided January 20, 2023. Since the COVID-19 pandemic Bryden has become non-verbal and only communicated with her family by text message. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Special Olympics Canada *MANDATORY CREDIT*
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Canada picks up three medals at freeski halfpipe World Cup, Gu wins gold
China's Ailing Eileen Gu, centre, celebrates her victory with second place finisher Canada's Rachael Karker, left, and third place finisher Hanna Faulhaber, of the United States, on podium following the women's World Cup freestyle ski halfpipe event in Calgary, Alta., Thursday, Jan. 19, 2023.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
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Canadian freestyle skier Rachael Karker skies for joy post-Beijing
Bronze medalist Rachael Karker of Canada poses during a medal ceremony for the women's freestyle skiing halfpipe competition at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Friday, Feb. 18, 2022, in Zhangjiakou, China. After the win, what Karker wants to do in her first season is just take a breath and ski.THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Alessandra Tarantino
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Canadian middleweight Marc-Andre Barriault to fight on high-profile UFC 285 card
Marc-Andre Barriault is kicked by Krzysztof Jotko during UFC 240, in Edmonton on Saturday, July 27, 2019. American Chidi (Chidi Bang Bang) Njokuani knocked out Quebec middleweight Marc-Andre (Powerbar) Barriault in just 16 seconds on the undercard of a UFC Fight Night card Saturday. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson
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Piper Gilles, Paul Poirier headline Canadian figure skating worlds team
Ice dancers Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier, gold medallists at last month's ISU Grand Prix Final, will miss next week's Canadian figure skating championships after Gilles underwent an appendectomy. Gilles and Poirier compete during the Ice Dance Free Dance at the figure skating Grand Prix finals at the Palavela ice arena, in Turin, Italy, Saturday, Dec. 10, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP - Antonio Calanni
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Madeline Schizas holds off Kaiya Ruiter to win Canadian figure skating title
Madeline Schizas of Ontario performs during the senior women free program at the Canadian Figure Skating Championships in Oshawa, Ont., on Saturday, January 14, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
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Ackland, Gushue advance to Canadian Open curling playoffs
A curling rock is releasedt at the Brier in Brandon, Man. Tuesday, March, 5, 2019. The head of Curling Canada is bullish about the organization's financial position. There's enough money to tend to the sport's grassroots as well as substantially enlarge the prize purse of the season's major events. And that's with a TV contract about to expire. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward