March Snapshots: A roundup of local sports action
The Ottawa Sportspage’s monthly summary of sports news in the nation’s capital.
The wait goes on…
Ottawa-bred fencer was finally set to make her Olympic debut at age 33, but vows to push on after Tokyo Games postponement.
Kelleigh Ryan’s journey to the Olympic Games is a tale of dogged determination and full-on devotion to a sport that dominates all aspects of her life.
Olympic champ Wiebe delivers inspiration to young volunteers who watched her win Tokyo berth in Ottawa
It was a special moment – Ottawa’s Olympic hero claiming a return trip to the Games in her hometown – rendered all the more unique for the few who got to witness it live.
La flexibilité et le support du programme Sports Individuels de Louis-Riel a permis au membre de l’équipe nationale de biathlon à poursuivre ses rêves
Le biathlète Zach Connelly adore respirer de l’air frais, et c’est ce qu’il a obtenu quand il a transféré à Louis-Riel pour sa dernière année d’école secondaire.
Comme beaucoup d’athlètes élites, Connelly trouvait que le système scolaire typique n’embrassait pas ses ambitions.
Flexibility and support in Louis-Riel’s individual sports program allowed biathlon national development team member to pursue his dreams
Biathlete Zach Connelly loves nothing more than a breath of fresh air, and that’s what he got when he transferred to Louis-Riel for his senior year of high school.
Not the way Wiebe pictured it, but Olympic wrestling champ qualifies for second Games in Ottawa
By Dan Plouffe Rio 2016 Olympic wrestling champion Erica Wiebe booked her return trip to the Olympic Games with her fourth victory of the day at the Pan-American Olympic Qualification Tournament on Mar. 14 inside an almost eerily quiet Shaw Centre, closed to spectators due to the COVID-19 outbreak. “It’s the first step,” Wiebe said…
2016 Olympic wrestling champ rebounds from rough 2019 to chase Tokyo Olympic berth in Ottawa
Erica Wiebe’s road to the 2020 Pan-American Olympic Wrestling Qualification Tournament featured some big bumps along the way, but the defending Olympic champion now says the tough trek to get to Tokyo 2020 has only made her stronger.
