To say that Andrew Stewart-Jones has landed on the RADAR is an understatement.
The former national-level cross-country skier from the Nakkertok Nordic club recently switched to a new sport, registering surprising results at races, and with Rowing Canada’s series of evaluating tests.

LONDON – There they were at Olympic Stadium in London, the Ottawa pair of Jason Dunkerley and guide Josh Karanja, setting the pace not only for the best T11 men’s 5,000-metre competitors in the world, but also for 80,000 fans, who rose out of their seats and did the wave in sync with the leaders.

It was maybe Canada’s most heartbreaking moment of the 2012 Olympics – the improbable bronze medal victory of the men’s 4x100-metre relay team suddenly taken away due to one step on the lane line.

Ottawa natives Isabel Ménard and Jamie-Lee Rattray wore the maple leaf in an under-22 women’s hockey exhibition series against the U.S.

Two Ottawa wrestlers recently competed at world championships – Augusta Eve of the National Capital Wrestling Club placed fifth in the 40 kg division at the cadet worlds, while Western Mustang and NCWC grad Ilya Abelev placed 11th at the junior worlds.

Born in a family of paddlers, it almost seemed like destiny that Ian Mortimer would become a paddler himself. But nothing could predict the love and hard work that he would put into the sport during a career that included seven years on the Canadian senior national team.

Coming home has resulted in a ticket to the Rugby Sevens World Cup for Canadian national team member Julianne Zussman.

LONDON – Patrice Dagenais brought home his first Paralympic medal on the final day of competition, only hours before attending a spectacular Closing Ceremonies featuring Coldplay, Rihanna, and Jay-Z. For “Pico”, as he’s known to his teammates, it was the culmination of a lifelong dream to compete at the highest levels of sport.