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Commonwealth Alumni Brent Hayden wins bronze medal at Olympic Games

Brent Hayden of Mission, B.C., made history Wednesday as he won the bronze medal in the men’s 100-metre freestyle at the Olympic Games in a race in which less than a second separated the eight finalists.

Antoine Valois-Fortier Earns Olympic Bronze Medal

London, UK – July 31, 2012 (Sportcom) – After a twelve year wait, Antoine Valois-Fortier earned Canada another Olympic medal in Judo, Tuesday in the Under 81 kg category.

Filion and Benfeito win the Olympic bronze medal in 10-metre synchro

July 31, 2012 LONDON – Roseline Filion of Laval, Que., and Meaghan Benfeito of Montreal nailed their final twisting dive to assure themselves the bronze medal in the women’s 10-me

Weightlifter Girard wins Canada's 3rd bronze of day

Christine Girard of White Rock, B.C., finished third in the women's 63 kg weightlifting division on Tuesday in London, picking up Canada's fourth bronze medal of the Olympics and third of t

Heymans, Abel capture Canada's 1st medal at London Olympics

Emilie Heymans and Jennifer Abel have given Canada its first medal of the London Games. The diving pair claimed bronze in the women's three-metre synchronized event Sunday. The podium is familiar ground to Heymans. The 30-year-old native of St. Lambert, Que., is the first female diver in history to win a medal in four straight Olympic Games. “It’s really great. And I hope it’s going to inspire the other athletes to do well and to do their best over the next two weeks,” Heymans said.Abel won her first medal after making her Olympic debut at Beijing four years ago. The 20-year-old from Laval, Que., also won a silver with Heymans in the event at last year's world championships.

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Canadian Olympian Richard Weinberger wins World Cup race

ROBERVAL, Que. – Canadian Olympic team member Richard Weinberger of Victoria won the gold medal on Thursday in the men’s 10 kilometre race at the FINA open water World Cup circuit. It was Weinberger’s first career World Cup win.

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Make It Happen: Dream It. Live It

The Make It Happen program is an exciting and unique Toronto 2015 Games initiative that brings together high-performance athletes and Grade 9 and 10 students to inspire them to set achievable goals, get involved in their communities and pursue healthy, active living. Based on the success of a small pilot test in fall 2010, the program was expanded to include 20 schools in southern Ontario for the 2011–2012 school year, with the hopes of expanding it year over year to 2015.

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Canadian Sport Policy 2012 – Now Available

Following two years of preparation the renewed Canadian Sport Policy (CSP) 2012 was endorsed by Federal, Provincial and Territorial Ministers responsible for sport, physical activity and recreation

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Canadian Olympic team swimmers display impressive form at Canada Cup

July, 07, 2012 MONTREAL – With the Olympic Games set to start in three weeks, Canadian Olympic nominee Barbara Jardin of Montreal has been able to control her excitement as she races at the Canada Cup swimming competition, her last event before London 2012.

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