Author: Virginia Whitehead

The track and field events kicked off Friday at the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo. And at the end of the evening, an event not to be missed was the men’s 10,000m final, where we learned a new Olympic King would be crowned. There was even a chance to see Mohamed Ahmed sign the first Canadian medal in history at this distance. Earlier this year, it was hoped that London and Rio Olympic gold medalist Mo Farah (Somali-born) could defend his title for the last time. But Farah, 38, was unable to meet Olympic standards in the national tests conducted before…

The Montreal Canadiens had a new goalkeeper coach: Quebec Eric Raymond. • Read also: “The Dream of Youth” – Matthew Perrault • Read also: Gary Bateman was surprised that Logan Melox was chosen by the Canadian The 49-year-old Raymond worked as a goalkeeping coach with the Hartford Wolfpack in the AHL from 2016-2017 until 2019-20. He also worked as a goalkeeper development consultant with the New York Rangers during the same period. Montrealer privately trained goalkeepers Igor Shesterkin and Alexander Georgiev with Wolf Pack during his time in the New York organization. Raymond enjoyed a successful career as a goalkeeper…

(Tokyo) The Canadian women’s rowing team won the gold in the top eight class at the Tokyo Olympics. Posted on Jul 29, 2021 at 9:12 PM Updated Jul 30, 2021 at 12:25am The Canadian team made a big lead at the start of the race and never looked back in the Sea Forest Channel, finishing in a time of five minutes 59.13 seconds, 91 milliseconds from its closest cohort. This is Canada’s first gold medal in the event since the 1992 Barcelona Olympics. New Zealand (6:04:04) took the silver and China (6:01:21) took the bronze. To everyone’s surprise, the Americans…

Hockey operations chief and general manager Doug Armstrong announced Thursday that the St. Louis Blues have signed two-part, one-year contracts for goalkeeper Charlie Lindgren as well as forwards Matthew Becca and Nathan Todd. • Read also: The Bad Choice for a Canadian: Reform Instead of Apologizing • Read also: Free Agents: A great goalkeeper in the NHL Lindgren, 27, played three games for Laval Rocket in the American Hockey League last season, maintaining a 2-1-0 record and 2.34 goals against average. Over the course of his career, the 6’1” and 182lb goalkeeper has also appeared in 24 regular season games…

The addition of Quebec continues in the Rocket de Laval. After refueling over the past few weeks, the team has continued to add significant numbers since yesterday. This time, it was Jean-Christophe Bodin who took the road to Laval. Laval Roquette announced on Thursday that the team has agreed terms of a contract for one season (2021-2022 – AHL, one component) with Quebec striker Jean-Christophe Boudin.#GoRocket pic.twitter.com/XA61YDFXcv – Rocket de Laval (RocketLaval) 29 July 2021 He signed a one-part contract with the rocket directly. So he can’t go to Montreal, but he can’t go to Trois-Rivieres either. So the Rocket…

Cycling from St. George’s For information from Jackman’s website, the endurance athlete and his employer found himself in mandatory quarantine upon his return by the Canada Border Services Agency. Simon Leblanc wanted to travel overland to Lake Placid, in the United States, for a competition scheduled for July 25. This was his last chance to qualify for the Ironman World Championships in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii. So he left on July 11 for training towards the American border, located 45 kilometers from his home. The goal was to figure out how to get a waiver of the Lake Placid event without flying.…

It is Canada’s first medal in rowing in the Japanese capital and tenth overall. So far, mathematicians have won all of them. The 2018 World Champions, Fillmer and Janssens finished behind the New Zealanders and athletes in the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC). The Canadian duo got off to a great start and quickly got nearly one boat ahead of the New Zealand representatives. Filmer and Janssens were still ahead after 1,000 metres, but the gap between them and their pursuer had been cut in half. In the second part of the race, the New Zealand rowers managed to take the…

(Paris) The International Tennis Federation (ITF) announced, on Wednesday, that the Olympic tournament matches will start at 3 pm instead of 11 am from Thursday, after many players complained of the sweltering heat in the Ariake Tennis Stadium Tokyo Park. Posted Jul 28, 2021 at 8:34 am “It is in the interest of the health and well-being of the players and […] “Due to the high temperatures and humidity in Tokyo, matches will begin at 3:00pm on Thursday 29th,” the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) said in a statement. This decision “was made on the recommendations of the International Olympic…

In winning the bronze medal in the 200-meter freestyle, swimmer Benny Oleksiak took home her sixth Olympic medal of her career on Tuesday at the Tokyo Games. • Read also: Quebec weightlifter Maud Charon covers herself in gold • Read also: Tokyo Games: Judoka Catherine Beutchmin Benard wins bronze • Read also: JO-2020: The day Simone Biles collapsed The 21-year-old joins Cindy Claassen and Clara Hughes as the most decorated Olympian in Canadian history. She also became the country’s most decorated female athlete at the Summer Olympics. Oleksiak holds a silver medal in the 4x100m freestyle in Tokyo, as well…

early this morning, Marc-Andre Fleury was traded to the Chicago Blackhawks. The Golden Knights agreed to receive little (or nothing) in return for Flower’s full salary. What we learned is that the primary stakeholder learned of the transaction via Twitter. The knights had never contacted him before and the shock was great. Even his agent recognized him on Twitter. While Marc-Andre Fleury has yet to hear from anyone with the Vegas Golden Knights, it appears he has been traded in Chicago. Marc Andre will take time to discuss his situation with his family and seriously assess the future of hockey…