Canadians bike, row to medals
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Mountain biker Marie-Helene Premont of Chateau-Richer, Que. captured the silver on a tough and sun-baked course in the suburbs of Athens today, finishing behind winner Gunn-Rita Dahle of Norway.
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FRANCE finally struck cycling gold when Julien Absalon won the mountain bike cross country title today in the last cycling race of the Games.
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Edmonton&#39;s Lori-Ann Muenzer defied two of the world&#39;s best cyclists Tuesday to top the field of 500-metre sprinters, laying claim to the first gold medal ever won by a Canadian track cyclist.
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For those who believe the adage "all Olympic athletes are winners," a Canadian man has dedicated the past 10 days to proving you wrong.
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ATHENS (CP) - Canada is on the board at the Olympics, thanks to a bronze medal Monday from synchronized divers Emilie Heymans and Blythe Hartley. Heymans, from St-Lambert, Que., and Hartley, from North Vancouver, will both go after more medals in their individual diving events later in the Games.
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Erik Guay won for the first time on the World Cup circuit yesterday to give Canada its first downhill victory in 13 years. He was joined in the top 10 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, by two other Canadians -- Jan Hudec (fifth) and Manuel Osborne-Paradis (seventh).
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Chris Hoy claims Great Britain's second gold in the men's one kilometre cycling time trial.
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Australian cyclist Katie Mactier has won silver behind New Zealand world champion Sarah Ulmer in the women&#39;s 3000 metre individual pursuit at the Athens Olympics.
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As of Saturday, the end of the swimming competitions, he had eight medals: Six gold and two bronze. In comparison, Canada has won two silver and a bronze.
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ATHENS - Itâs too soon to panic over Canadaâs sinking Olympic hopes, Canadian officials insisted here today. Talking to reporters a few hours after the Canadian menâs eights rowing team finished a shocking
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On an extraordinary day for Great Britain at the Olympics the gold-medal tally rose to six, thanks to outstanding performances from Matthew Pinsent&#39;s coxless four, yachtsman Ben Ainslie and cyclist Bradley Wiggins.
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US elite triathlete Susan Williams became a media darling on Wednesday when she overcame high temperatures and a crash on the bike to win the bronze medal in the womenâs triathlon at the 2004 Olympic Games in the Athens municipality of Vouliagmeni.
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CBC SPORTS ONLINE - Marie-HÃ©lÃ¨ne Premont of Chateau-Richer, Que., raced to a silver medal in the Olympic women&#39;s mountain bike competition Friday in Athens.
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ATHENS -- Adam van Koeverden has a message for his fellow Canadian athletes -- quit whining about circumstances you can&#39;t control. &quot;You can&#39;t fall into a corner and cry and say the Canadian sports system has let me down. You have to do things for ...
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LAKE LOUISE, Alta. (CP) - Translating potential into podium results remains the challenge faced by Canada&#39;s Alpine ski team. Three Canadians finished in the top 20 of the first women&#39;s World Cup super-giant slalom race of the season Sunday.
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France's Julien Absalon wins gold in the men's mountain bike cross-country.
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Sarah Ulmer won New Zealand&#39;s first Olympic cycling gold medal Sunday, shaving almost two more seconds off the world mark she set Saturday in the women&#39;s individual pursuit.