If not for the coronavirus pandemic, Gen Lalonde would have attempted a third straight win at the Canadian cross-country championships in Abbotsford, B.C., on Saturday. Instead, the national record holder in the 3,000-metre steeplechase will run a solo 10 km time trial.

Another test event for the 2022 Beijing Olympics was called off Saturday, when bobsleigh and skeleton officials cancelled plans to have a training week and World Cup race on a newly built track to end this year's sliding season.