The Heartbeat

This week's edition of The Heartbeat include events in Montréal, Calgary, Winnipeg, Gatineau, London and Edmonton.

Sports being televised or streamed include Freestyle World Ski Championships, Nordic Skiing World Championships, Paralympic Alpine Skiing World Championships, World Junior Figure Skating Championships, World Junior Curling Championships, alpine skiing, The Brier, speed skating, biathlon, gymnastics and diving.

Events to meet/see/support athletes are being held in Winnipeg and Toronto.


If you are participating in or know of an event that could be featured in The Heartbeat, please contact me: suzanne[at]sportcafe[dot]ca or via Twitter @olympichearts.

The Heartbeat is updated throughout the weekend,

check back for updates and added live stream links.

Follow me on Twitter @olympichearts for reminders/updates

Short Track Speed Skating
National Team Selections
March 1-March 3, 2013
Maurice Richard Arena
Montréal, Québec
More info

Diving Winter Senior National Championships
February 28-March 3, 2013
Pan Am Pool
Winnipeg, Manitoba
More info, live video and live results
Competing: Olympic medallists Jennifer Abel, Meaghan Benfeito and Roseline Filion.

Diving Canada Cup - FINA Grand Prix
International Competition
Tickets on sale March 1st, 2013
Gatineau, QC
More info
Ticket info

2013 Brier - Curling
March 2-10, 2013
Rexall Place
Edmonton, AB
More info

Long Track Speed Skating
Canada Cup Finale
March 6-11, 2013
Olympic Oval
Calgary, AB
More info

World Figure Skating Championships
March 13 - 17, 2013
London, Ontario
More info
Ticket info

Olympic Sports On Television/Internet

Live Video Chat with Lyndon Rush and Jesse Lumsden
Crystal Globe Winners - 2 man bobsleigh
Thursday February 28, 2013 8pm EST
Click here.

Men's Downhill from Kvitfjell
Saturday March 2, 2013 live 5:25am CBC and cbcsports.ca
Highlights at 12pm on CBC
(Note: CBC website has said live on television before but it didn't happen - it was live online)

Men's SG from Kvitfjell
Sunday March 3, 2013 First run: 3:55am Second run: 6:55am on cbcsports.ca
Highlights 4pm EST Sportsnet Ontario (2pm Pacific, 3pm West)

Women's Downhill from Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Saturday March 2, 2013 7pm EST on Sportsnet ONE
(SN West and Pacific on Sunday)
Sunday February 24, 2013 2pm local CBC

World Junior Figure Skating Championships
Thursday March 7 12:00am EST on CBC Bold
Friday March 7 12:00am EST on CBC Bold
Saturday March 2, 2013 1pm EST CBC
Sunday March 3, 2013 2pm local CBC

Curling - 2013 Brier
(en français: RDS/RDS2)
Saturday March 1 Draw #1 3:30pm Draw #2 8:30pm TSN
Sunday March 3 Draw #3 10:30am Draw #4 3:30pm Draw #5 8:30pm
Monday March 4 Draw #6 3:30pm Draw #7 8:30pm
Tuesday March 5 Draw #8 3:30pm Draw #9 8:30pm
Wednesday March 6 Draw #10 3:30pm Draw #11 9:30pm
Thursday March 7 Draw #12 10:30pm Draw #13 3:30pm Draw #14 9:30pm
Friday March 8 Draw #15 10:30am Draw #16 3:30pm Draw #17 9:30pm

Curling - World Junior Championships
February 28-March 10, 2013
Sochi, Russia
Friday March 1st Women Canada vs Scotland 10am EST
Saturday March 2nd Men Canada vs Czech Republic 10am EST
Sunday March 3rd Men Canada vs Sweden 5am EST
Monday March 4th Men Canada vs Czech Republic 5am EST
Tuesday March 5th Canada vs USA 10am EST
Thursday-Sunday Matches to be determined
live stream schedule
live stream and match videos 
Official website

Figure Skating - Four Continents
Thursday February 28, 2013 12:00am CBC Bold
Friday March 1, 2013 12:00am CBC Bold

Cross-Country Skiing World Championships 
February 28 – Women’s 4x5 KM Relay
March 1 –Men 4x10 KM Relay
March 2 – Women’s 30 KM Classic Mass Start
March 3 – Men’s 50 KM Classic Mass Start
More info

Freestyle World Ski Championships
March 2-10, 2013
Voss/Oslo, Norway
Official website

Halfpipe
March 4 Qualifications
March 5 Finals 1:25pm on cbcsports.ca

Moguls
March 5 Qualifications
March 6 Finals 7:55am on cbcsports.ca

Aerials
March 6 Qualifications
March 7 Finals 7:55am on cbcsports.ca

Dual Moguls
March 7 Qualifications
March 8 Finals 7:55am on cbcsports.ca

Slopestyle
March 8 Qualifications
March 9 Finals 7:55am on cbcsports.ca

Ski-Cross
March 10, 2013

Paralympic Nordic World Championships 
February 25-March 5, 2013
Solleftea, Sweden

IBU Biathlon World Cup #7
February 28-March 3, 2013
More info
Live stream

Long Track Speed Skating World Cup #8
March 1-3, 2013
More info
Live stream

Diving Winter Senior National Championships
February 28-March 3, 2013 (Winnipeg)
Schedule, live video and live results

Gymnastics: American Cup
Saturday March 2, 2013 1-3pm NBC

Weekly Shows 
Objectif Sotchi 
Samedi à 14 h Télévision de Radio-Canada
Animé par Marc Durand
Plus d'infos

Snowtime
Highlighting latest news from World Cup skiing circuit every week
Friday 1:30pm; replay Saturday 12:00am; replay Sunday 3:30pm CBC Bold

FIS Snowboard Magazine
Monday 9pm EST Sportsnet ONE repeated Thursday 7pm EST,
Saturday 2pm Sportsnet ONE

FIS Freestyle Magazine
Monday 8:30pm EST Sportsnet ONE
repeated Thursday 7:30pm EST, Saturday 1:30pm, Sunday 12:30pm SN ONE

Le Grand Saut
Émission de 8 semaines qui commence le 20 février, 2013 19h
Chaîne de télé V
Quatre vedettes Québécoises vont s'entrainer chaque semaine et vont participer à une compétition devant les médaillés Olympiques Alexandre Despatie et Jennifer Abel.
Les juges, la foule et les téléspectateurs choisiront le(la) gagnant(e).

Meet/Support Canada's Athletes

Indoor Volleyball March Break Camp
With Olympian Josh Binstock and Maverick Hatch, Kristina Valjas and Jamie Broder
March 11-15, 2013
Havergal College, Toronto
More info

Olympic speed skating medallist Susan Auch
Will be speaking at the Winter Senior Nationals (Diving)
March 3rd, 2013 1:20pm
Pan Am Pool
Winnipeg, MN