Team Canada’s Summer McIntosh, left, and Ethan Katzberg pose in front of the Eiffel Tower at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games in France on Sunday, August 11, 2024. Photo by Darren Calabrese/COC *MANDATORY CREDIT* Canadian athletes come home with record 27 Olympic medals Luc Lang luc@qctonline.com The Games of the XXXIII Summer Olympiad, in Paris, France, concluded on Aug. 11. Canadian athletes are bringing…
Team Canada’s Jean-Simon Desgagnes competes in men’s 3000m steeplechase qualifiers at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games in France on Monday, August 5, 2024. Photo by Leah Hennel/COC *MANDATORY CREDIT* Local athletes impress at the Paris Olympic Games Luc Lang luc@qctonline.com The curtain has dropped on the Olympic Summer Games in Paris, sending home 10,500 athletes from around the world….
Team Canada’s Tyler Mislawchuk competes in men’s triathlon during the 2024 Paris Olympic Games in France on Wednesday, July 31, 2024. (Photo by Kevin Light/COC) OPINION: Bravo to French leaders for ‘taking the plunge’ Pauline Kerr pauline@qctonline.com A lot of focus with the Summer Olympics has been on the Seine River. The river has played…
Thomas Bach, president of the International Olympic Committee, announced Aug. 10 that he will not seek a re-election. Bach, a 1976 Olympic gold medalist in team fencing for Germany, has been at the helm of the IOC for the past 12 years and his second term will end in 2025. He officially closed the Paris 2024 Olympic Games on Aug. 11. (LL)
(Photo: IOC/Greg Martin) EYE ON SPORTS: IOC president won’t seek another term…
Eyeru Gebru, an Ethiopian cyclist on the Refugee Olympic Team, waits for the start of the women’s road race on Aug. 4 in front of the Eiffel Tower. Paris took advantage of its many historical landmarks to hold events of the 2024 Summer Olympics. (Photo courtesy of the IOC/Alexander Hassenstein) …
Félix Auger-Aliassime of L’Ancienne Lorette, and his partner Gabriela Dabrowski of Ottawa are all smiles after winning the bronze medal in the mixed doubles tennis tournament at the Paris 2024 Olympics on Aug. 2. (Photo courtesy of the COC/Darren Calabres) Auger-Aliassime and Dabrowski capture bronze in mixed doubles tennis Luc Lang luc@qctonline.com élix Auger-Aliassime of L’Ancienne-Lorette became the first regional athlete to capture an Olympic medal, in the mixed doubles…
Canadian Ethan Katzberg, celebrates after winning the gold medal in the hammer throw event, on Aug. 4, at the Summer Olympic Games in Paris. Katzberg became the first Canadian gold medalist in a throwing event since Etienne Desmarteaux’s gold medal at the Olympic Games in St. Louis, in 1904. (Photo courtesy of the COC/Adrian Wyld) A golden Summer for Canada at the Olympic Games Luc Lang luc@qctonline.com The Games of the XXXIII Olympiad don’t end in Paris until Aug. 11 but Canadian swimmer Summer McIntosh…
Swimmer Summer McIntosh proudly shows her silver medal after finishing second in the women’s 400-metre freestyle on July 27. It was Canada’s first medal at the Paris 2024 Games. (Photo courtesy of the COC/Leah Hennel) Canada swimming in medals after first week of Olympics Luc Lang luc@qctonline.com The 2024 Summer Olympic Games officially started on July 26 in Paris, France, with a spectacular opening ceremony,…
The athletes will parade on the Seine River, in front of 660,000 spectators. The parade will end at the Eiffel Tower with ceremonies taking place across the river at the famous Jardins du Trocadéro. (Screenshot) World’s eyes turn to Paris as Summer Olympics open Luc Lang luc@qctonline.com Three years after Tokyo hosted the last Summer Olympic Games, which were delayed by a year due to…
Boxer Tammara Thibeault, of Saint-Georges de Beauce, will try to better her fifth place earned at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021. Thibeault will box in the 75-kilogram class in Paris. She is currently ranked third in the world by the International Boxing Association. The tournament starts on July 31. (Photo courtesy of the Canadian Olympic Committee/Leah Hennel) Ten local athletes make 315-strong Canadian Olympic team Luc Lang luc@qctonline.com The Canadian team will have a total of 337 athletes (315 accredited and 22 alternates) for the Olympic Games…