53% of 2014 Commonwealth Games Team on 2016 Canadian Olympic Team

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.

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.

July 02, 2016 : For the second year in a row, Canada’s Sarah Pavan of Kitchener, Ont. and Heather Bansley of Waterdown, Ont. snagged a silver at the Porec Major in Croatia.

(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

Commonwealth Games Canada (CGC) is pleased to announce recent additions to its family:

Andre De Grasse was the fastest man in Oslo, after winning the men’s 100m at the Diamond League event in Norway on Thursday.

Mohammed Ahmed impressed with a bold Canadian record setting 5,000m performance, while Shawn Barber finished second at the IAAF Diamond League event in Eugene on Saturday.

Moscow, Russia, May 29, 2016 - Heather Bansley and Sarah Pavan captured the bronze medal at the US$800,000 Moscow Grand Slam with a win Sunday afternoon over Juliana Felisberta and Taiana Lima of Brazil at the Vodny Stadium Beach Sports Centre.

(Ostend, BEL – May 23, 2016) Team Canada scored an impressive nine medals over the weekend at the second round of the Para-cycling World Cup in Ostend, Belgium, including five gold medals. Canada also finished fourth overall in the nation standings.