Clara Hughes finished her career with a bang. In her final Olympic race, Canadian 5000m specialist Clara Hughes went out in style with a bronze medal finish in the women’s 5000m long track speed skating on Wednesday. Hughes, gold medallist in Torino 2006, won her sixth medal as an Olympic athlete, matching the record held by fellow [...] Continue Reading

If anyone can appreciate a silver lining, it’s Kristina Groves. The Ottawa native and gold medal favourite won silver in the 1,500m on Sunday, just 0.25 seconds behind Irene Wust of the Netherlands. The Dutchwoman blazed a trail to gold in a time of 1:56.89. Martina Sablikova of the Czech Republic took the bronze. It was the second consecutive 1,500m Olympic [...] Continue Reading

An entire nation breathed a sigh of relief on Sunday as Canada finally wins a gold medal on home soil, courtesy of freestyle mogul skier Alexandre Bilodeau. The Rosemere, Quebec native came into the medal round as the second-to-last skier to go, facing the task of dethroning reigning Olympic gold medalist Dale Begg-Smith of Australia, who [...] Continue Reading

Canada’s second medal of the Olympic Games came down to just 0.03 seconds. In a tight 3,000-metre race, Kristina Groves held on to win the bronze medal at the Richmond Olympic Oval on Sunday. Groves, of Ottawa, raced in the second-to-last pair and finished with a time of 4:04.84, putting her in third place with two skaters remaining. With [...] Continue Reading