Tag Archives: Olympics

Swimming Canada provisionally nominates six athletes for Tokyo Summer Olympics

January 26, 2021

The COC and Swimming Canada have provisionally nominated six athletes to represent Team Canada at the Tokyo Summer Olympic Games.

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Canada wins big in swimming competition

November 13, 2019

Canadian world champions Kylie Masse and Maggie MacNeil each launched their Olympic season with wins at the opening event in the Pro Swim Series circuit.

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Toronto Pan Am pool to host 2020 Olympic and Para-swimming trials

March 13, 2019

Swimming Canada has announced the Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre (TPASC) as the site of the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Trials.

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Plans to repurpose the Rio Aquatic Centre fail

February 8, 2017

The Olympic Aquatic Centre at Barra Olympic Park near Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, which was designed to be a temporary facility so it could be repurposed to benefit other communities, is now an abandoned stadium.

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Future looks bright for Canadian competitive swimming

August 25, 2016

While different theories concerning the water quality of the competitive pools at the Rio Olympics made worldwide news, the performance of Canada’s women’s swim team made national headlines back home.

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LA 2024 unveils sustainable aquatics venues

August 11, 2016

Renderings of a modernized LA Memorial Coliseum and state-of-the-art temporary aquatics facility on USC’s Dedeaux Field were released by the Los Angeles 2024 (LA 2024) bid committee to demonstrate its commitment to delivering world-class sports facilities with minimal cost and construction.

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