Canadian talent runs deep
If there’s one thing this country can say about the future of winter sports here, it’s that Canada has range. Of the nine medals coming home from the Winter Youth Olympic Games, six are from different sports. “Our athletes saw …
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Five bronze on Day 9
Jan 22, 2012
A distinctly Canadian characteristic was on display in Innsbruck Saturday: determination. After a slow start for Canada at these Winter Youth Olympic Games, our Canadian team demonstrated its wide-ranging talent to add five bronze medals to the podium tally of …
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DAY 8 DELIVERS ANOTHER PODIUM
Jan 21, 2012
SLALOM: Veronica Remme from Blue Mountains, Ont., won silver in the women’s slalom event with a two-run total of 1:21.25 Friday in overcast conditions at Patscherkofel Mountain in Austria Friday. “I tried to ski to my potential and go as …
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Silver on the slalom course
Jan 20, 2012
Nobody can do it alone, especially when you’re taking on the best the world. Veronica (Roni) Remme understands this and gave a big shout out to all her supporters in Canada after the 15-year-old skied her way to a silver …
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Canada goes big on Day 7
GOLD MEDAL STYLE: It was our snowboarders who found the top of the Youth Olympic Games podium first for Canada on Thursday as Audrey McManiman from Saint-Ambroise de Kildare, Que and Michael Ciccarelli from Ancaster, Ont. both cruised the men’s …
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Gold shines twice for snowboarders
Jan 19, 2012
Gold was twice as nice for Canada Thursday as Audrey McManiman and Michael Ciccarelli charged the mens’s and women’s Snowboard Slopestyle course in Kuhtai, Austria. “I can’t believe it!” said McManiman, 16, after clinching Canada’s first gold medal of the …
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First medal for Canada
CURLERS CLIMB TO PODIUM: The curling team took ownership of Canada’s first medal at the Winter Youth Olympic Games Wednesday by knocking off Sweden 6-4 for bronze in dramatic fashion. “I’m so proud to be here, so proud to be …
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Curlers claim bronze
Jan 18, 2012
It didn’t come easy, but Canada held on to curl its way to a dramatic bronze medal against Sweden Wednesday at a roaring Innsbruck Exhibition Centre at the Winter Youth Olympic Games in Austria. The victory marks Canada’s first podium at …
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Scoffin leading by example
To say Thomas Scoffin is mature for his age would be an understatement. In 2007, at age 12, this Whitehorse Curling club member stepped on to the ice to skip at the junior national championships as the youngest curler in …
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Hockey team dominates on Day 5
SHUTOUT WIN: Canada’s men’s Ice Hockey team dominated the host Austrian squad Tuesday at the Tyrolean Ice Arena in Austria as netminder Sam Walsh collected a 9-0 shutout in his tournament debut. “It was a little nerve-wracking the last couple …
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