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- Canadian Olympic Foundation aims to raise $4M for athletes
- The Canadian Olympic Foundation launched a fundraising campaign Thursday that aims to raise $4 million over the next four years for high-performance sport programs to help young Canadian athletes.
- Lindsey Vonn could be ready for start of World Cup season
- Lindsey Vonn's surgically repaired right knee feels so good she could be racing again at the first World Cup stop later in October, five weeks earlier than she originally expected.
- Canadian luge team up 'For Sale'
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- The Canadian national luge team is once again on the hunt for sponsors to join them on their ride as they launched their "For Sale" campaign at the Calgary Olympic Track on Tuesday.
- Bode Miller latest to blast controversial Russian law
- Skier Bode Miller and figure skater Ashley Wagner on Monday became two of the higher profile U.S. athletes to speak out against the anti-gay Russian law that has politicized the upcoming Sochi Games.
- Evan Lysacek's injury woes worsen
- Reigning Olympic figure skating champion Evan Lysacek revealed Monday he's got a torn labrum in his left hip, putting his comeback to compete at the Sochi Games in doubt.
- Munich exploring bid for 2022 Winter Olympics
- Munich is moving forward with a 2022 Winter Olympics bid, and if chosen by the IOC, would become the first city to host both the Summer and Winter Games.
- Charles Hamelin wins again at short-track World Cup event
- Charles Hamelin's already found his top form after just one World Cup of short-track speedskating stop. Hamelin won gold in the men's 1,000-metre event on Sunday, his second victory and fourth trip to the podium of the weekend.
- Sochi Olympic torch lit in Greece
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- The Olympic flame was lit this morning in southern Greece and will now travel about 6,500 kilometres, the longest such relay, before it arrives in Russia for the Sochi Winter Games in February.
- Canada's Ten, Paul, Islam win figure skating bronze
- Vancouver's Jeremy Ten and ice dancers Alexandra Paul and Mitchell Islam of Barrie, Ont., won bronze medals on Saturday at the Nebelhorn Trophy senior figure skating competition.
- All 3 Team Canada Olympic jerseys leaked?
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- A photograph of what is alleged to be all three Team Canada hockey sweaters for the 2014 Sochi Olympic Winter Games has gone viral on social media websites.
- Hamelin wins 2 medals in short-track World Cup event
- Charles Hamelin led the way with a pair of medals, and Marianne St-Gelais added another piece of hardware for Canada Saturday at the ISU short-track speedskating World Cup event in Shanghai, China.
- IOC confident Russia will respect Olympic Charter
- The IOC doesn't have the authority to intervene in Russia's law banning gay propaganda and is convinced there will be no discrimination against athletes in Sochi, a top Olympic official said Thursday.
- Rehearsal of Sochi flame lighting ceremony successful
- Organizers carried out a successful rehearsal Saturday to light the flame for the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, before embarking on a massive relay that will carry the torch as far as outer space.
- Yu-Na Kim to miss Skate Canada International
- Reigning Olympic figure skating champion Yu-na Kim will be sidelined for up to six weeks with a foot injury, which means she won't a setback in her preparations for the Winter Games in Sochi.
- Floods, mudslides prompt state of emergency in Sochi
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- Floods and mudslides caused by heavy rain have prompted Russian authorities to introduce a state of emergency in Sochi, the host city of the 2014 Olympic Winter Games.
- Canadian pair 5th at junior figure skating event
- Julianne Seguin of Longueuil, Que., and Charlie Bilodeau of Trois-Pistoles, Que., placed fifth in pairs on Friday to conclude their first international assignment at the fifth stop on the ISU Junior Grand Prix figure skating circuit.
- IOC inspectors make final visit to Sochi
- International Olympic Committee officials are in Sochi for a final inspection of preparations for the 2014 Winter Olympics.
- Carlo Janka targets Lake Louise for season debut
- Olympic giant slalom champion Carlo Janka will skip next month's World Cup opener, which starts the Sochi Winter Games season.
- Canada's Tanaka earns 1st-ever ski jumping podium
- Canada's Atsuko Tanaka earned her first ever spot on the podium on Sunday with a third-place finish in women's ski jumping in Almaty, Kazakhstan.
- Blog Wharnsby: Exhibitions bring Sochi Olympics into focus
- Canada's women's hockey team learned a lot about the Olympic battle to come during a recent exhibition series in Sochi, Russia, writes Tim Wharnsby.
- Canadian speedskater Francois-Louis Tremblay retires
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- Canadian Short-track speedskater Francois-Louis Tremblay is ending a career that saw him win five Olympic medals.
- French skier Marion Rolland likely to miss Sochi Olympics
- World downhill champion Marion Rolland of France faces a long spell on the sidelines after further tests revealed she ruptured a knee ligament in a training crash last weekend.
- Anastasia Bucsis joins fight against Russia's anti-gay law
- Count Canadian long track speed skater Anastasia Bucsis among those who won't be silenced ahead of the Sochi Olympics, as Russia's laws concerning gay people draw scrutiny.
- Marlies Schild forced to end skiing career
- Martina Schild of Austria confirmed Thursday that she is retiring from skiing five months before the 2014 Sochi Winter Games because of persistent back pain.
- Canadian ice dancers claim silver, bronze in Utah
- Kaitlyn Weaver and Andrew Poje of Waterloo, Ont., and Nicole Orford of Burnaby, B.C., and Thomas Williams of Okotoks, Alta., earned silver and bronze medals in the ice dancing competition Saturday at the U.S. International Figure Skating Classic.
- Canada's Pretorius hopeful for Sochi after surgery
- Canadian ski jumper Alexandra Pretorius still has her sights set on Sochi, even after an ACL tear that required surgery and will require months of rehab before she gets back on her skis.
- Blog Weaver: Edging toward brand new figure skating season
- Kaitlyn Weaver, on the eve of her first 2013-14 competition with Andrew Poje, reflects for CBC Sports on the path the pair have taken towards their goal of skating in the Sochi Olympics.
- Canadian hockey women to renew U.S. rivalry
- The Canadian women's hockey team will face the United States in a six-game series as preparation for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.
- Johnny Weir not competing at Sochi Olympics
- Johnny Weir won't be going to the Sochi Olympics. At least, not as a skater. U.S. Figure Skating confirmed Tuesday that the two-time Olympian did not register for the qualifiers for the national championships, where the Sochi team will be selected.
- Blog Russell: IOC's Bach must escalate doping fight
- As newly elected IOC president, Thomas Bach's biggest challenge will be to prove that what happens at the Olympics is real, writes CBC Sports Weekend host Scott Russell.
- U.S. snowboarder criticizes IOC, Russian law
- Russia's new law banning gay "propaganda" could end up tarnishing the upcoming Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, two-time Olympic gold-medal winner Seth Wescott said, becoming the latest Western voice to condemn the law.
- Alex Ovechkin hopes to carry Olympic torch
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- Alex Ovechkin's balancing act between the Washington Capitals and the Olympics in Russia could get a whirlwind test in a few weeks.
- 4 Canadian freestyle skiers retire ahead of season
- Freestyle skiers Chelsea Henitiuk, Beatrice Bilodeau, Remi Belanger and Jon Vellner retired Wednesday ahead of the start of the competitive season.
- Thomas Bach vows to change Olympics bidding process
- Newly elected IOC President Thomas Bach says he wants to change the bidding process for future Olympics and make sustainable development a key priority.
- Top Swedish skier Byggmark to miss Olympics
- Swedish Alpine skier Jens Byggmark will miss the Sochi Olympics in February after tearing knee ligaments in a training fall
- Thomas Bach faces Olympic-sized challenges
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- New IOC President Thomas Bach will be tested quickly by two troublesome Olympics: the Winter Games less than five months away in Sochi, and a 2016 event in Rio marked by delays.
- Canadian women crush Russia in hockey exhibition
- Veteran forward Hayley Wickenheiser had a goal and two assists to lead Canada to a 9-1 rout of Russia in a women's hockey exhibition game Tuesday at Shayba Arena in Sochi.
- Photos Canada's Olympic off-ice camp
- A collection of photos from the press conference held during the Canadian national men's team orientation camp in Calgary on Sunday.
- Sochi Olympics 1 year away
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- With exactly one year to go until the cauldron is lit in Sochi on Feb 7, 2014, here's a backgrounder on the host city, new events, and Canada's outlook for the 2014 Winter Olympics.
- In Depth IOC presidential race: The 6 candidates
- Meet the six candidates campaigning to succeed Jacques Rogge as the next president of the International Olympic Committee when voting is conducted on Sept. 10
- Canada's Bilodeau, Dufour-Lapointe win dual moguls world championships
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- Alex Bilodeau won his third consecutive dual moguls world championship on Friday, with fellow Quebec native Chloe Dufour-Lapointe winning gold on the women's side.
- IOC's Jacques Rogge tours Sochi as Vladimir Putin looks to contain costs
- IOC President Jacques Rogge says he is impressed by preparations for the Sochi Olympics, which open a year from now.
- Pierre Lueders 'didn't feel welcomed' as Canadian coach
- Bobsleigh legend Pierre Lueders tells CBC's foreign correspondent Susan Ormiston that he chose to work in Russia because he 'didn't feel welcomed' as a Canaidan coach.
- Opinion Groves: Don't train harder, train smarter
- Some people think that, because it's an Olympic year, it must be time for athletes to start training harder. But the the real key, writes former speed skater Kristina Groves, is knowing when to back off.
- Bulgaria's wrestling coach starts hunger strike to protest IOC decision
- Bulgaria's national wrestling team coach Armen Nazaryan has started a hunger strike to protest the IOC decision to drop wrestling from the Olympic program from 2020.
- Profile Canadian Athlete of the Weekend: Kaya Turski
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- Every Monday, the CBCSports.ca team picks a Canadian athlete that excelled on the international stage over the weekend. This week's award goes to world champion freestyle skier Kaya Turski.
- Sochi Olympics faces serious security challenges
- Russian officials claim to have spared no expense on the cutting-edge technology being employed to ensure the 2014 Sochi Winter Games will be "the safest Olympics in history."
- Blog Betting on balance for Sochi Games lead-up
- It is just months away from what will be the biggest moment in many amateur athletes' lives: the Sochi Games. As Cassie Campbell-Pascall writes, the reality is that these athletes have to see the Games as just one of many important moments in their careers.
- Charles Hamelin injured after dominating Canadian trials
- Gold medallist Charles Hamelin was injured at the Canadian team trials on Sunday. Hamelin was forced to withdraw after slamming into the wall during a 1,000-metre semi-final.
- Boston bombing could strengthen Sochi Olympics security
- The naming of two Chechen brothers as the suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing is reviving fears about security at the 2014 Olympics in Sochi, the resort town on the edge of Russia's restive southern republics. But officials insist they are prepared.
- New France St-Louis added as Olympic assistant chef de mission
- The Canadian Olympic Committee confirmed Tuesday morning that France St-Louis will be the assistant chef de mission at the 2014 Sochi Olympic Winter Games.
- Hewitt among Canada's Olympic hopefuls at short track trials
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- Jessica Hewitt remembers the sting of just missing a spot on the Vancouver Olympic team. Hewitt and other Canadian short track speedskaters will look to earn a place on the 2013-14 squad beginning Aug. 7.
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