MacLennan won Canada’s ninth medal just hours after a pair of rowers came back to win silver. And still, every Canadian medalist is a woman.
John Beeden, the 59-year-old Canadian who rowed from San Francisco to Australia in 209 days, discusses his solo expedition
Ever wonder what it’s like to chase your athletic dream as a member of Canada’s rowing team? Hop in the boat and join our top oarswomen Lindsay Jennerich and Patricia Obee as they train for the World Rowing Cup.
The Olympian opens up about her dark childhood: anorexia, cutting and her troubled abusive mother
By Daniel James Brown
A photographic tour of the Peterborough, Ont. campus
Canada’s team is on a recruitment drive. Do you have what it takes?
‘Find a way,’ read one message. ‘Push for great.’ On Thursday, eight Canadians followed their own advice to a silver medal
Lads from Marlow connected by Olympic dreams and past glories
It’s not exactly a monsoon, but Canada’s medal “drought” is over. In the course of an hour this afternoon, rowers Dave Calder and Scott Frandsen won silver in the men’s pair, Carol Huynh, struck gold in 48 kg women’s wrestling, and before she could even make it through the media interview zone, team mate Tonya Verbeek, won her bronze medal bout.
Probably not. But that isn’t stopping us from adopting the Canadian men’s rowing team as ours—based solely on the video they made in the streets of San Fran last year. Watch the Sony ad that inspired it all before checking out their spoof—shot by team member Kevin Light. (And read Ken MacQueen’s profile of the world champion Men’s Eight team here.)