After a year filled with challenges brought about by the pandemic, these six Olympians and Paralympians returned from Tokyo and Beijing with medals. From the left are Nicolas-Guy Turbide, Miha Fontaine, Sabrina Duchesne, Mayor Bruno Marchand, Aurélie Rivard, Laurent Dubreuil and Lewis Irving. (Photo by Cassandra Kerwin) City Hall welcomes local Olympians and Paralympians Cassandra Kerwin cassandra@qctonline.com After all the upheaval and excitement surrounding the Tokyo and Beijing Olympic and Paralympic Games, on May 18, six medallists…
2022 PARALYMPICS: Larocque, Lehoux, Petit among 49 Paralympians in Beijing Luc Lang luclang@qctonline.com Three athletes from the Capitale-Nationale region will be among the 49 athletes, including four guides, who will…
Team captain Marie-Philip Poulin is all smiles after
winning her third gold medal in four Olympics in women’s hockey. (Photo courtesy of Canadian Olympic Committee via Twitter) 2022 WINTER OLYMPICS: Local athletes bring home five of 26 Team Canada medals Luc Lang luclang@qctonline.com Athletes from the Capitale-Nationale region are coming back from the 2022 Winter Olympics in…
Cartoon by Patrick LaMontagne Canadian Pride…
Lewis Irving reacts positively to his scores after his last jump in the freestyle aerials mixed team event. Irving, Miha Fontaine and Marion Thénault won the bronze medal. (Photo courtesy of Canadian Olympic Committee via Twitter) 2022 OLYMPICS: Local skiers grab bronze in mixed team aerials Luc Lang luclang@qctonline.com The Quebec trio of freestyle aerial skiers composed of Lewis Irving (Quebec City), Miha Fontaine (Lac-Beauport) and…
Cartoon by Patrick LaMontagne CARTOON: Olympic events we don’t want …
2022 OLYMPICS: Stoneham’s Laurie Blouin just misses medal, women’s hockey team rolling Luc Lang with QCT staff luclang@qctonline.com Snowboarder Laurie Blouin of Stoneham finished just shy of the podium, placing…
Beijing’s National Stadium, also known as the Bird’s Nest, is the site of the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2022 Olympic Winter Games. (Photo from Wikimedia Commons, Creative Commons licence) 2022 Winter Olympics: Beijing welcomes world’s athletes as COVID-19 hovers over Games Luc Lang luclang@qctonline.com The games of the XXIV Winter Olympiad will officially start on Feb. 4, when the…
Beauceville’s Marie-Philip Poulin will once again captain Team Canada at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. Poulin and her teammates will look to avenge their shootout loss to the United States in the 2018 gold medal game. (Photo courtesy of COC/Vincent Ethier) 2022 Olympics: Can Team Canada surpass its 2018 medal haul? Luc Lang luclang@qctonline.com Every Olympic Games, the same question surfaces: how many medals can Canada win? There are a lot…
2022 Olympics: Fifteen local athletes aim for Olympic glory Luc Lang luclang@qctonline.com Fifteen athletes from the greater Quebec City region will compete at the Winter Olympic Games in Beijing, and…