Brittany Crew broke her own Canadian record in the shot put on Friday in her first major meet of the summer. The 24-year-old from Mississauga, Ont., threw 18.60 metres to finish third at the IAAF world challenge meet in Madrid, topping her previous best of 18.58 she set early last season.

Growing up in a small northern Ontario town, Eric Radford struggled with his sexuality and was tormented by people who told him figure skating wasn't a sport for boys. But he stayed true to himself, becoming an Olympic champion and a hero back home — with the street named after him to prove it.