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…
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) 
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) 
Cartoon by Patrick LaMontagne 
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) 
Cartoon by Patrick LaMontagne 
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) 
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)