François Drouin Le travail acharné tout autant que le talent et le dévouement de Marie-Pier Boudreau-Gagnon ont permis à tout un pays de retrouver la fierté de briller à nouveau au firmament des étoiles et des médailles de la nage synchronisée.  À la suite des Jeux olympiques de Pékin, Marie-Pier Boudreau-Gagnon a laissé planer des doutes quant à son éventuelle retraite.

Publication: Le Placoteux
Date: Tuesday July 28th, 2009
Source: http://www.leplacoteux.com/index.asp?s=detail_actualite&I…

Marie-Eve Drolet is hoping for an Olympic podium finish next winter despite a six-year absence from short-track speedskating that followed her relay bronze at the Salt Lake Winter Games in 2002. It took her less than a year to reclaim a spot on the national team and now she has her eye on the final roster going to the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics. My times are even faster than they were before, said Drolet.I feel pretty confident.

Publication: Calgary Herald
Date: Wednesday July 29th, 2009
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Canadian men's Olympic hockey team head coach Mike Babcock (C) flanked by team executive director Steve Yzerman (L) and Kevin Lowe, general manager of the Edmonton Oilers, listen during a news conference in Montreal, June 25, 2009. Babcock was handed the toughest assignment at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics. Steve Yzerman wants to strike a competitive balance. He wants versatile players who are as good without the puck as with it.

Publication: Canada.com
Date: Tuesday July 28th, 2009
Source: http:…

It wasn't the greatest score but in the end it didn't cost me too much.'In women's trampoline, Toronto's MacLennan, seventh at the Olympic Games, lead after the prelims with a score of 66.90.'My routine went pretty good,' she said. 'I travelled a bit in my optional but I managed to pull it back to the middle. I would really like to improve my standing from the Olympics at worlds and I'm working on new orders and routines and see what works best.'Other Canadians leading after prelims are Anita…

La chaîne américaine Fox espère qu'un prochain épisode des "Simpson" lui permettra d'atteindre un sommet de cotes d'écoute juste avant les Jeux olympiques d'hiver à Vancouver. L'épisode qui sera diffusé en février montrera Homer et Marge Simpson alors qu'ils joindront une équipe de curling mixte.

Publication: Metro Montreal
Date: Tuesday July 28th, 2009
Source: http://www.journalmetro.com/culture/article/269638--un-episode-des-simpson-rendra-hommage-au-curling-en-l-honneur-des-j-o

'We are extremely excited to be hosting the highest calibre of Canadian field hockey players in this age group,' said Field Hockey Ontario president Ann Doggett. 'These championships are an important event in the development of young field hockey players.' The winning teams will represent Canada at the Pan American Qualifier for the right to participate in the 2010 Youth Olympics in Singapore. The tournament opens with a women's match between BC White and Alberta at 8 a.m. The first men's game…

Athletics Canada named its team Tuesday for the meet Aug. 15-23 in Berlin, a day after the deadline to achieve the Canadian qualifying standards. The team also includes Gary Reed of Kamloops, B.C., who was fourth in the 800 metres at the Beijing Olympics, and Dylan Armstrong, also of Kamloops, who was fourth in the shot put in Beijing. Canada has teams in the 4x100 men's relay - sixth last summer in Beijing - and 4x400 women's relay, plus the men's marathon World Cup, which is being held in…

Most days, the 1984 Summer Olympics are a lifetime ago for Alex Baumann. But sometimes, the Los Angeles Games seem like they happened yesterday.

Baumann swam for two gold medals and set two world records at the L.A. Games, which celebrated the 25th anniversary of the opening ceremonies yesterday.

"It seems just like yesterday," Baumann said in a telephone interview from Ottawa, where he is an executive director of the Canadian Olympic Committee's Own the Podium program. "You always think back…

Il n'y aura finalement pas de "Miracle sur l'eau" pour le Gatinois Dusko Dakic et ses coéquipiers au championnat du monde de water-polo à Rome, en Italie.

L'équipe canadienne masculine, qui avait surpris jusqu'ici dans le tournoi, s'est inclinée 11-4 en quart de finale contre l'Espagne, classé cinquième au monde. Elle ne s'était jamais rendue aussi loin auparavant à cette compétition, collectionnant les victoires historiques sur son chemin depuis une semaine.

"Le moral est pas mal bas en ce…