Winter Sports

 

 

Chan wins Beijing Grand Prix title

Two-time world championships runner-up Patrick Chan grabbed the men’s title at the ISU figure skating Grand Prix Final in Beijing on Saturday with American Alissa Czisny taking the women’s crown.

 
 
 

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Canada’s Brian McKeever clinched a golden hat trick Sunday after taking a gamble and using skate skis in the one-kilometre classic Nordic sprint at Whistler Paralympic Park.
 
 
 

Flag-bearer

 
 
Figure skater Joannie Rochette, who captured the hearts of the nation for her bronze-medal performance in the grief-stricken days following the death of her mother, carried the Canadian flag into the closing ceremonies Sunday night.
 
 
 
 
 

curling

 

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Krismer battles nerves during opening draw

Clint Krismer was burned in his first expoure to the southern playdowns.


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Sask. curler Cory Boutin remains upbeat after dealing with cancer diagnosis

Cory Boutin is living his life to the fullest after dealing with a life-changing diagnosis.


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Team  Finland celebrate their victory against  Sweden in overtime in the women's bronze medal hockey game at Canada Hockey Place in Vancouver, BC during the 2010 Winter Olympics, February 25, 2010.

Finns burst into song after edging Swedes for bronze

The Finnish women’s hockey team celebrated their bronze medal win at Vancouver 2010 Thursday by saluting President Tarja Halonen with a rendition of the country’s national anthem.


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Family matters to Canadian bobsledders

Lyndon Rush and his Canada 1 four-man bobsled team will be busy trying to win an Olympic gold medal on Feb. 26 and 27.


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Manuel Osborne- Paradis

Whistler course will be a true test for downhillers

Give a good-natured wiseass like Manuel Osborne-Paradis a juicy, served-on-a-platter opening and he’s sure to verbally power into it like a downhiller on super fast skis.


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Greg Harder

Making Hay on coast is fine

The Vancouver Giants' bench boss makes no apologies for the fact that he has found a home on the major-junior stage. It's simply a matter of choice for Hay, who has been there and done that in terms of NHL jobs and has no interest in blindly jumping at the next offer that comes along.