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Rio 2016 News

Death at Paralympics

Death at Paralympics

Sep 17, 2016 / 5:21 pm

An Iranian cyclist died after crashing in a road race at the Rio de Janeiro Paralympics on Saturday. He was Bahman Golbarnezhad, aged 48, the International...

Paralympian ready to die

Paralympian ready to die

Sep 11, 2016 / 4:34 pm

Marieke Vervoort lives with nearly unbroken pain. The Belgian has an incurable, degenerative spinal disease, sleeps only 10 minutes some nights, and in 2008 she...

Paralympic silver in the pool

Paralympic silver in the pool

Sep 11, 2016 / 4:04 pm

Canadian swimmer Aurelie Rivard added to her Paralympic medal collection on Sunday, capturing silver in the women's 200-metre individual medley. The...

Triathlon silver for Canada

Triathlon silver for Canada

Sep 11, 2016 / 6:58 am

For five kilometres, Stefan Daniel ate up the ground on his competition along Copacabana Beach. But 5K wouldn't be enough, and the 19-year-old from Calgary...

MLA wins Paralympic gold

MLA wins Paralympic gold

Sep 10, 2016 / 9:10 am

Canadian wheelchair racer Michelle Stilwell added another Paralympic title to her illustrious resume. The 42-year-old from Parksville sped to victory in the T52...

Shark attack drives swimmer

Shark attack drives swimmer

Sep 10, 2016 / 7:12 am

Before Achmat Hassiem hops onto the Paralympic starting blocks in Rio, he'll close his eyes and think of Scarlet. She's the 16-foot great white shark...

Paralympic gold

Paralympic gold

Sep 9, 2016 / 7:52 pm

Swimmer Aurelie Rivard won Canada's first gold medal at the Paralympic Games, and she did it in commanding fashion. The 20-year-old from...

Paralympic games get going

Paralympic games get going

Sep 7, 2016 / 6:08 pm

The Paralympic Games opened Wednesday with 4,350 athletes demonstrating first-hand their creed: "The heart knows no limits; everybody has a heart."...

Bearing our flag

Bearing our flag

Sep 6, 2016 / 12:22 pm

When David Eng made his Paralympic debut 12 years ago in Athens, coach Mike Frogley would jot down a word each day and pin that word on the wall. They were...

Russian ban upheld

Russian ban upheld

Aug 31, 2016 / 10:19 am

UPDATE: 10:20 a.m. Switzerland's supreme court says it has dismissed Russia's appeal to compete at the Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro. The Swiss Federal...

Paralympics 80% unsold

Paralympics 80% unsold

Aug 24, 2016 / 7:44 pm

Nearly 80 per cent of the tickets for next month's Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro remain unsold, but sales have increased sharply since the end of the...

Athletes return Tuesday

Athletes return Tuesday

Aug 22, 2016 / 12:00 pm

Members of Canada's Olympic team — including closing ceremony flag-bearer Penny Oleksiak — will be back on home turf bright and early Tuesday...

Pan Ams springboard to Rio

Pan Ams springboard to Rio

Aug 22, 2016 / 11:31 am

The chef de mission of the Canadian Olympic team believes there was a Pan Am effect at work. The 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto just over a year ago...

Japan PM as Super Mario

Japan PM as Super Mario

Aug 22, 2016 / 9:44 am

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's brief but showstopping gig at the Olympics closing ceremony as the Nintendo game character Super Mario offered a...

Ruck, proud Canadian

Ruck, proud Canadian

Aug 22, 2016 / 6:00 am

The future of Canadian swimming at the international level appears to be in good hands. 16-year-old swimmers Penny Oleksiak and Kelowna-born Taylor Ruck stole...

Bright future in track

Bright future in track

Aug 21, 2016 / 8:20 pm

Peter Eriksson was worried when the sun went down on Day 1 of the Olympic track and field competition. The team had arrived in Rio shouldering big expectations...

Oleksiak bears the flag

Oleksiak bears the flag

Aug 21, 2016 / 5:47 pm

Penny Oleksiak led Canada to the podium four times at the Rio Olympics. It was only fitting then that she led the Canadian delegation into Maracana Stadium for...

Lochte admits wrongdoing

Lochte admits wrongdoing

Aug 21, 2016 / 2:23 pm

American swimmer Ryan Lochte said he over-exaggerated what happened at a Rio de Janeiro gas station and acknowledged it was his "immature behaviour"...

Stripping in protest

Stripping in protest

Aug 21, 2016 / 1:47 pm

Two Mongolian wrestling coaches stripped off their clothing to protest the result of a bronze medal match, a bizarre turn in a day where officiating was highly...

Canada surpasses Rio goal

Canada surpasses Rio goal

Aug 21, 2016 / 10:27 am

Canada won 22 medals at the Rio Olympics to finish 10th in the overall medal standings. Here is a look back at Canada's medal performances: DAY 1 ON THE...

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