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Canada had a lot of bad luck at these games. 26 medals is a good result (tied with 2010 for second highest ever, but down from 4 years ago's 29).
 
4 gold medals is a disaster. Own the Podium's goal is to be the #1 nation in winter sport (sadly I think this means overall medals, not necessarily golds) by 2030 or 2034. In 2016, the OTP and the national federations realized not funding the future would eventually come to a games where Canada struggled, and these would be those games. Besides snowboarding, all NF's likely did not meet their goals for these games. The future does sort of look bright? But if Canada wants to own the podium, it will need to win medals in the nordic disciplines. A review is currently underway which could see all four Nordic Nf's merged under one banner, which tbh would be smart at this point. I hope this is just a blip in the radar for Canada and in 2026, we bounce back.

In Canada trolling Russia continues: A square right outside the Russian Consulate in Toronto is renamed "Free Ukraine Square"
 
https://globalnews.ca/news/8670004/free-ukraine-square-toronto-russian-consulate/

is in 

Lol this had me 
 
 

This is certainly interesting: https://oneelevenmg.com/jennifer-jones-joining-forces-with-team-zacharias-for-last-chapter-of-playing-career/

will host the 2029 Canada Summer Games.

@NearPup

If you scroll down here: https://home.mycloud.com/public/41cda176-25d1-4dc8-a2af-083c4058c06a/folders/u6obr23davosllr5rqq5sp73 you will see it.

If you scroll down here: https://home.mycloud.com/public/41cda176-25d1-4dc8-a2af-083c4058c06a/folders/u6obr23davosllr5rqq5sp73 you will see it.

Shooting will have the same number of quotas (256) as in 2019 and same sports program as in Paris. All available quotas will be handed out at the 2022 Pan American Shooting Championships in November, with the winners of each individual event (24 quotas) at the CAC and South American Games also being awarded a quota.

sssshhhhh...please, remember that the 1976, Fencing Olympic Champion is reading...don't give him this kind of idea...

Here's a summary for weightlifting qualification (in Spanish)
 
Basically they are using the combined team scores from the 2021 and 2022 Pan American Championships and awarding quotas based on nation rankings.

Gushe and team won the brier! Going to the worlds and its likely their last tournament as a four.

Team Canada  
 
Men
Bolade Ajomale - 60 m
Cameron Proceviat - 1500 m
Damian Warner - Heptathlon
Ehab El-Sandali - 3000 m
John Gay - 3000 m
Marco Arop - 800 m
 
Women
Gabriela DuBues-Stafford - 3000 m
Julie-Anne Staehli - 3000 m
Kyra Constantine - 4x400 m
Lauren Gale - 4x400 m
Lindsey Butterworth - 800 m
Lucia Stafford - 1500 m
Madeleine Kelly - 800 m
Micha Powell  - 400 m / 4x400 m
Michelle Harrison 60 m hurdles
Natassha McDonald - 4x400 m
Sage Watson - 4x400 m
Sarah Mitton - Shot put
 
Provisionally selected athletes:  
Men’s 60m 
1. Benjamin Williams 
Men’s 400m 
1. Philip Osei 
2. Jalon White 
Men’s 800m 
1. Olivier Desmeules 
2. Stephen Evans 
Men’s 1500m 
1. Aaron Ahl 
2. Kevin Robertson 
3. Jean-Simon Desgagnes 
4. William Paulson 
5. Kieran Lumb 
Men’s 3000m 
1. Rory Linkletter (met WA standard) 
2. Thomas Fafard 
3. Aaron Ahl 
Men’s 60mH 
1. Joseph Daniels 
Women’s 60m 
1. Jacqueline Madogo 
Women’s 400m 
1. Sage Watson 
Women’s 800m 
1. Aurora Rynda 
2. Addy Townsend 
3. Victoria Tachinski 
Women’s 1500m 
1. Addy Townsend 
2. Madison Heisterman 
Women’s 60mH 
1. Mariam Abdul Rashid 

The men have also qualified to the World Aquatics Championships (women were already qualified). Though it looks like Argentina is starting to become a major player in our continent after just barely losing to Canada and Brazil

Canada's women's team just beat the defending Olympic Champs USA 6-5!! At the Intercontinental Cup in Lima. Not sure of the strength of the USA team, but this win is big!

Brian Yang beat the current World Champion Loh Kean Yew of Singapore at the German Open!
 
I see big things for Brian this year!

Clearly the solution is to feature all Canadian athletes in the Sobeys commercials.

Official Sailing Qualification system: https://www.snipe.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Sailing-Country-Qualification-System-ENG-Published-2022-03-03-1.pdf

Nothing too unexpected.
 
There's a rule that at least three nations must compete for the event to be valid (this might happen in some events), additionally for the mixed events, the crews must be mixed (so no single gender crews qualifying quotas).
 
Hopefully the other sports publish their qualification pathway soon.

Official Sailing Qualification system: https://www.snipe.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Sailing-Country-Qualification-System-ENG-Published-2022-03-03-1.pdf

YIKES.
 
 

Just out of sincere curiousity and in no way meant as an 'attacking' question: how would it be fair to athletes (other than this Kuliak dude) to take away medals they won fair and square (presumably) weeks before their government decided to attack another nation? It won't 'teach them a lesson', because government and people won't care, and the only ones who do care (the athletes) had nothing to do with the whole thing.

Florence Brunelle just became a triple World Champion at the World Junior Championships (500, 1000 and 3000 m relay), Ann-Sophie Bachand also won silver in the 500 and looked really good. If they both continue, along with Kim Boutin and Courtney Sarault, we have a strong foursome for Milan 2026.

The men on the other hand, NO MEDALS since 2016, and that was won by, you guessed it Steven Dubois. 

Sorry my mistake. It's not Frances first medal, but probably first relay medal ever.