Olympic sports catchup: Canadians earn their way to Pyeongchang

It was a jam-packed weekend of high-performance sport around the world, includingCanada'sfigure skaters booking their spots at the Olympics and the Canadian women's bobsleigh team ensuring they'll have three chances at gold in Pyeongchang.

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Veteran skaters ready for Olympics

There will be plenty of familiar facescompeting for Canadain figure skating in Pyeongchangand a few new onesas well.

The Canadian team was announced in Vancouver on Sunday, a day after Olympic veterans Patrick Chan, Gabrielle Daleman, Meagan Duhamel, Eric Radford, Tessa Virtue and Scott Moircaptured national titles.

Patrick Chan is looking to 'own the ice' in Pyeongchang

7 years ago

Duration 1:44

Chan spoke with CBC Sports' after he was nominated to represent Team Canada in figure skating at the Olympic Winter Games PyeongChang 2018

Gabrielle Daleman fights through illness to win Canadian women's title

7 years ago

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Daleman, despite battling pneumonia, turned in a beautiful performance to Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue," to capture the Canadian women's skating title on her 20th birthday

The roster is 17 skaters strong, which will be the largest contingent in South Korea, and features 11 Olympic veterans.

3rd sled's a charm

Three top-15 finishes by Canadian women at Saturday'sbobsleigh World Cup eventmeans the country will have three sleds at theWinter Olympic Gamesfor the first time in the nation's history.

Canadians Rissling and Moyse finish one spot shy of podium

7 years ago

Duration 2:31

The duo of Alysia Rissling and Heather Moyse finished their IBSF World Cup event in St. Moritz, Switzerland, with a two-run combined time of two minutes 16.07 seconds which landed them in fourth place, 0.80 seconds back of the winners.

Alysia Rissling and Heather Moyse were the top Canadiansin fourth place,but it was pilot Christine de Bruin's finish one spot ahead of an American sled for 14thplace that locked up a third entry in Pyeongchang.

Two-time reigning Olympic champion Kaillie Humphriesfinished ninth with brakeman Phylicia George.

On the men's side, Chris Spring piloted his four-man bobsleigh crew to a bronze-medal finish, his second medal in the discipline this season.

Chris Spring sneaks onto podium with bronze medal in St. Moritz

7 years ago

Duration 1:55

Canadian Chris Spring gathered his second medal of the season with a 3rd place finish in the 4-man Bobsleigh Final in St. Moritz.

Vathjeclimbs skeletonpodium

Canadian slider Elisabeth Vathjecontinued to find success on the World Cup circuit, taking bronze in St. Moritz on Friday.

Elisabeth Vathje slides to skeleton bronze in St. Moritz

7 years ago

Duration 2:21

The Calgarian claimed skeleton bronze at the IBSF World Cup stop in St. Moritz, Switzerland on Friday

The podium trip helpedVathjekeep hold ofsecond place in the overall World Cup standings with just one race left before the Olympics.

New trick looking 'Sharpe'

With a World Cup goldassured on Friday,freestyle skier Cassie Sharpe used herfinal run down the halfpipe in Snowmass, Colo., to test out her cork 1080 a full three-rotation spin while flipping upside down in mid-air and she nailed it.

Canada's Cassie Sharpe dominates ski halfpipe World Cup

7 years ago

Duration 1:50

The Comox, B.C. native posted the three highest scores on her way to gold at the FIS Freestyle Ski World Cup in Snowmass, Colorado

That run, which also included a right-cork 900 and a left-cork 700, scored a huge 93.20 points and wrapped upher second straight win and third of the season.

Rookie 'on top of the world'

Ski cross rookie India Sherret notched a career milestone in Idre Fjall, Sweden, on Saturday, taking her first-career podium finish at a World Cup ski cross event.

Canada's India Sherret lands 1st-career podium spot in World Cup ski cross

7 years ago

Duration 3:39

The 21-year-old Canadian finished third in the Ski Cross event, behind France's Marielle Berger Sabbatel, and Sweden's Sandra Naeslund.

The 21-year-old from Cranbrook, B.C., finished behind Swedish winner Sandra Naeslundand silver medallist Marielle Berger Sabbatelof France. She said after the race that she was feeling "on top of the world."

'On top of the world right now': Canada's India Sherret celebrates 1st-career World Cup ski cross podium

7 years ago

Duration 1:01

The 21-year-old Canadian won bronze at the FIS Freestyle Skiing World Cup in Idre, Sweden.