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What happened in Olympic sports over the weekend

lundi 31 octobre 2016

It was a golden weekend for many Canadian athletes in action across the country and around the world, from the figure skating rink in Mississauga, Ont. to the bobsleigh track in Calgary.

Here's a look at what you may have missed this weekend:

Skate Canada dominated by Canadians

The latest Grand Prix of Figure Skating event was simply owned by the host country's skaters. Patrick Chan, Megan Duhamel and Eric Radford, and Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir all took gold in their events, while Kaetlyn Osmond won women's silver and Kevin Reynolds captured bronze in men's.

Take a look back at the golden performances below.

Patrick Chan wins sixth Skate Canada International title0:49

Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir take Ice Dance gold at Skate Canada1:20

Meagan Duhamel and Eric Radford win third straight Skate Canada International title0:58


Edin steals Masters final from Jacobs

The Grand Slam of Curling had many of the rinks vying to be Canada's representatives in Pyeongchang in 2018, and the men's final even featured the reigning Olympic champion rink of Brad Jacobs up against Niklas Edin of Sweden.

However, the Swedish foursome took a thrilling win, stealing a victory in an extra end to become the first non-Canadians to win the Masters event.

Niklas Edin becomes first non-Canadian skip to win Grand Slam of Curling Masters1:23

On the women's side, Rachel Homan's Ottawa foursome came into the final as defending champs, but it was another Ontario rink that took the title.

Allison Flaxey, third Clancy Grandy, second Lynn Kreviazuk and lead Morgan Court, took the longest way possible into the final after finishing round-robin play with a 2-2 record, but rolled through the playoffs to reach the final.

A huge score of four in the fifth end against Homan secured the first-ever Grand Slam title for the Caledon, Ont., rink.

Allison Flaxey wins Grand Slam of Curling Masters0:37


History made in Calgary

Kaillie Humphries and Justin Kripps wracked up wins at the Canadian Bobsleigh Championships in Calgary. Both pilots led their two-man and four-man teams to their respective titles. For Humphries, it was a historic win as it marked Canada's inaugural four-man women's team title.


Canadian Trail

Swimmer Michelle Williams and snowboarder Max Parrot turned some heads this weekend, while nominees for the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame class of 2016 were announced. Get the full details in the video player below.

Road to the Olympic Games: Canadian Trail for Saturday, October 291:33

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What happened in Olympic sports over the weekend

What happened in Olympic sports over the weekend

lundi 24 octobre 2016

It may only be October, but winter sports made their return in a big way this weekend. Canadians and other international stars were in action across the globe, from the figure skating rink in Chicago to the slopes in Austria.

Here's a look back at what you may have missed this weekend in the world of high-performance sports.

Canadian duo golden

The first Grand Prix of Figure Skating event of the season was a golden one for Canada's Julianne Seguin and Charlie Bilodeau at Skate America in Chicago on Saturday.

Canadian duo wins pairs competition at Skate America8:20

The Canadian pair recorded a total score of 197.31, vaulting the Quebec skaters from Friday's third-place result (66.49) in the short program to first on Saturday. 

Seguin, 19, and Bilodeau, 23, landed an impressive triple twist along with a side-by-side triple toe-double toe in their gold-medal performance. 

This is the best result for Seguin and Bilodeau on the Grand Prix circuit after winning bronze in two events last season.

In other Canadian action at Skate America, Gabrielle Daleman finished just off the podium in fourth while Nam Nguyen posted a personal best in the men's short program on the way to a sixth-place finish.

Japan's Shoma Uno landed three quadruple jumps en route to the men's title while the American hosts were tops in the women's and ice dance events. Ashley Wagner won the women's title, while brother and sister duo Alex and Maia Shibutani took ice dance gold.

Team tryouts

World Cup team selection camps are underway for Canada's best bobsleigh, luge and long track speed skaters looking to represent the country this season on the international stage.

​Click on the video player below to see how stars like Kaillie Humphries, Denny Morrison and Alex Gough fared this weekend.

Road to the Olympic Games: Canadian Trail2:07


Slopes are open

The alpine skiing World Cup also began this weekend, and two of the sport's biggest stars picked up right where they left off. Lara Gut, the overall women's World Cup champion last season, captured the first giant slalom event, while Alexis Pinturault held off Marcel Hirscher for the men's win.

Marie-Michele Gagnon was the only Canadian skier in competition over the weekend and skied to a 17th-place finish in her season debut.

The competition also marked the return of Olympic and world giant slalom champion Ted Ligety. The American returned to the slopes nine months after tearing the ACL in his right knee in a training accident. He finished fifth.

Medals still to be found in the pool

It wasn't all winter sports this weekend — the pool is still open. Canada's Katerine Savard swam to bronze at a FINA World Cup event on Friday in Singapore.

The Olympic bronze medallist from Pont-Rouge, Que., swam the 100-metre butterfly in 57.24 seconds, just behind Olympic champion Katinka Hosszu of Hungary (56.02), and Jeannette Ottesen of Denmark (56.08).

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