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Founded as a legacy of the inaugural Commonwealth Games in 1930, Commonwealth Sport Canada (CSC) is a founding member of Commonwealth Sport and is responsible for the growth and development of the Commonwealth sport movement in Canada.
Athletics Team Named for 2026 Commonwealth Games
Athletics Canada adds 51 athletes to Team Canada
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Olympic Games Symbolize Hope
(reprint, Toronto Sun, August 5, 2016) ]Richard C. Powers, President Commonwealth Games Canada
Matt Sharpe Wins First Career World Cup Silver Medal in Montreal
Cruising through the course and never losing his leader position in the last two disciplines, Norway’s Kristian Blummenfelt secured the first-ever men’s elite title at the 2016 Montreal ITU Triathlon World Cup.
Penny Oleksiak takes silver in butterfly in Rio, moves in to 2nd place in Canada Commonwealth Cup Standings
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Only a world record could deny Penny Oleksiak, who illustrated that she is not only Canadian swimming’s future and its present by winning the nation’s first Olympic silver medal in women’s 100-metre butterfly on Sunday.
PENDREL WINS MONT-STE-ANNE WORLD CUP FOR RECORD 4TH TIME
(Mont-Sainte-Anne, QC – August 7, 2016) Catharine Pendrel (Luna Pro Team) of Kamloops, BC, won the 12th Mountain Bike World Cup of her career on Sunday at Mont-Ste-Anne, Quebec
Women’s 4x100m free wins Canada’s first Olympic medal at Rio 2016
The team of Sandrine Mainville , Chantal Van Landeghem , Taylor Ruck and Penny Oleksiak – all first time Olympians – delivered for Team Canada at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium on Saturday.
THE ROAD TO RIO - FROM GLASGOW 2014 TO RIO 2016!
53% of 2014 Commonwealth Games Team on 2016 Canadian Olympic Team
Rio-bound Saxton and Schalk reach podium in Klagenfurt
Klagenfurt, Austria, July 31, 2016 – Just a week before Canada’s Ben Saxton (Calgary, AB) and Chaim Schalk (Red Deer, AB) make their Olympic debut on the sands of Copacabana, they picked up a FIVB World Tour bronze Sunday after a three-set win over Bartosz Losiak and Michal Bryl of Poland at the US$800,000 A1 Major Klagenfurt.
Inaugural Commonwealth Sports Summit set to engage, challenge and inspire
In exactly three months, and for the first time, sports leaders and stakeholders from across Canada and the Commonwealth’s 71 nations and territories will come together for the inaugural Commonwealth Sports Summit.
EMILY BATTY WINS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP BRONZE
(Ottawa, ON – July 1, 2016) Emily Batty of Brooklin, Ontario, took Canada’s first medal of the 2016 Mountain Bike World Championships on Saturday in Nove Mesto na Morave, Czech Republic
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