The Comeback Ice Princess
Canadian figure skating pair Maxime Deschamps and Deanna Stellato-Dudek won gold at the 2024 World Figure Skating Championships in Montreal in March, acclaiming 40-year-old Stellato-Dudek as the oldest female figure skater to win this title.
Flyway Heroes
Adventure, science and athletic performance sum up Wings of Survival, a 30,000-kilometre human and avian expedition for endurance athlete Leanna Carriere and ecologist Timm Döbert.
Conquering Mountains
A week after competing in his first Olympic games in Beijing, halfpipe snowboarder Liam Gill found himself in spectacularly different terrain: teaching kids to shred in the bush in the Northwest Territories.
Leading the Charge from the Back
Martinus Evans didn’t set out to be a game changer in the sport of running, yet through the development of the Slow AF Run Club, that’s exactly what he’s doing.
Born and raised in Detroit,...
Pillar of Strength
A gold medal around her neck, Nicole Rakowski beams at the camera clad in a sparkly blue string bikini, silver dangle earrings, and four-inch crystal “posing” heels.
It was her first bodybuilding competition, but the...
David Nicholson is Achieving His Dream
Fireworks illuminate the nighttime vault; beneath the spectacle, Brandenburg Gate; beneath the gate, a thousand-strong multitude; within the multitude, one David Nicholson; and, upon his neck, three gold medals and a single silver.
Nicholson, a...
Pursuing Peak Perspective
The world’s 14 tallest peaks range between 8,012 and 8,848 metres but are somehow no comparison to the mountains Jill Wheatley has already conquered. What started out as a normal Wednesday for a sports...
Matt Devine is Cycling Across Canada for Purpose
In three to five years, Matt Devine was told he would likely have a major medical event like a heart attack or stroke—and it would likely end his life. A horrible statistic for anyone,...
Fighting the Stigma
Latoya Shauntay Snell remembers the time well. It was about a week before Hurricane Sandy hit land and devastated the U.S. that Snell received a devastating diagnosis of her own.
Snell’s doctor told her that...
Finding His Own Way
At 14, many boys are playing sports and adjusting to being teens. However, Peter Field was adjusting to life without his sight.
Field was diagnosed with glaucoma, an eye disease causing optic nerve damage that...
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Tripping on Tuolumne County
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