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Damian Warner turns the page on Paris and gets ready to chase an 'elusive' world title
The last time most sports fans saw Damian Warner, the Canadian decathlete was describing how his worst nightmare had come true at the Olympic Games in Paris. Eight months later, Warner says he's turned the page on Paris, but hasn't forgotten its lessons as he takes aim at this year's world championships.
Canada's Éliot Grondin clinches snowboard cross Crystal Globe with silver-medal win in Quebec
Canada's Éliot Grondin won a snowboard cross silver medal at Mont-Sainte-Anne, Que., on Saturday to claim the overall World Cup season title.
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What you need to know about (and how to watch) Grand Slam Track
Some of the world's best track athletes compete in a new professional league that makes its debut this week. Here's what you need to know before the inaugural season of Grand Slam Track begins.
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A Canadian timeline of the 2019 Pan Am Games
The 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru, officially opened on July 26 and closed 16 days later. Scroll through a Canadian timeline of athletic achievement, illustrated by images captured by photographer Carlos Osorio.
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Canadians leave Lima knowing they're ready to take on the world in 2020
The 2019 Pan American Games came to a close at Estadio Nacional on Sunday night, but not before proving that Canada is ready to take on the world at Tokyo 2020. 35 Canadian athletes and teams can now call themselves Pan Am champions, while 152 total medals were won by Team Canada in Peru.
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Korey Jarvis scores freestyle wrestling bronze, but is building to something bigger
Canadian freestyle wrestler Korey Jarvis won a bronze medal on Saturday, defeating Peru's Andreus Gunning by a 7-0 decision at the Pan American Games. But the aim here for the 32-year-old from Elliot Lake, Ont., was always to build his momentum toward world championships, and book his place at the Olympics.
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'A ticking time bomb': Brittany Crew breaks Canadian shot put record (again) for silver medal
Canadian shot put star Brittany Crew said she felt a bump in distance coming, calling it "a ticking time bomb." That blast finally went off at the Pan American Games in Lima, Peru, on Friday, registering a new Canadian record of 19.07 metres and earning her a silver medal.
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Canadian equestrian jumping team makes leap from Lima to Tokyo 2020
Canada’s equestrian jumping team may not be leaving with a Pan American Games medal, but they still accomplished their mission in Lima. The squad of Mario Deslauriers, Erynn Ballard, Lisa Carlsen and Nicole Walker finished fourth in the team event on Wednesday, sealing a berth for Canada in that event at the 2020 Olympic Games.
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Canadian decathletes Warner, LePage relish chance to compete in Lima
Both athletes have hit the Olympic qualifying standards for the 2020 Tokyo Games, so the Pan Ams are a chance to put all their training and practice into competition. Warner's coach, Gar Leyshon, says events like the Lima Games are few and far between.
Pitch perfect: Canadian women's softball team determined to get back where they belong
While the Canadian women's softball team is physically on the field in Lima, their minds are squarely in Surrey, B.C., where later this month they'll get their shot at getting back to the Olympic Games for the first time since 2008. For the team's veterans, the second chance has been more than a decade in the making and encouraged them to come out of retirement.