The Heartbeat

This week's edition of The Heartbeat includes the following events held in Canada:

• Road Cycling Canadian Championships in QC
• Canoe Kayak Team Trials in Welland
• Canadian Track & Field Championships in Moncton
• Triathlon World Cup and Canadian Championships in Edmonton
• Men's Water Polo Canada vs Serbia in Calgary
• Vancouver Half Marathon
• International Track & Field in Edmonton
• Canadian Badminton Championships in Ottawa
• Canada Cup Swimming in Montreal

Sports events being televised include Canadian Track & Field Championships, canoe/kayak slalom, U19 men's basketball, Team Canada volleyball and beach volleyball.

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

Canadian Road Cycling Championships
June 19-30
Saint-Georges, QC (19-23)
Lac Mégantic, QC (26-30)
More info
Event website
Competitors include Olympians Svein Tuft, Zachary Bell,  Gillian Carleton, Jasmin Glaesser, Denise Ramsden and Joelle Numainville. Also Lex Albrecht, Benjamin Perry, Leah Kirchmann, Adam de Vos, Christian Meier and Hugo Houle.
Women start list
Men start list

Canoe Kayak Sprint Team Trials 2
June 21-23
Welland, ON
More info
This event determines the athletes who will compete at the World Championships in Germany starting August 27.

Competitors include SportCafé founders Antoine Meunier and Etienne Morneau.
Also competing are 2012 Olympians: Emilie Fournel, Hugues Fournel, Ryan Cochrane, Jason McCoombs, Adam van Koeverden, Mark Oldershaw along with 2004 and 2008 Olympians.
Full list of competitors

Canadian Track & Field Championships
June 20-23
Moncton, NB
More info (start lists and schedule)
Choose the events you want to watch on livestream

This event determines the athletes who will compete at the World Championships in Russia starting August 10th.Click here for for chart showing athletes who have reached A or B standards for World Championships qualifications. A maximum of 3 athletes with A standards are selected. If there are less than 3 athletes qualified, one athlete with B standard (and finishing in top 3 at Canadian Championships) will be selected.
Click here for more info on selection criteria.

Triathlon World Cup and Canadian Championships
June 22-23
Edmonton, AB
ITU website
More info
Event info
Competitors include Kyle Jones, Andrew Yorke, Andrew Mccartney, Joanna Brown, Ellen Pennock, Sarah-Anne Brault plus many other Canadians.
Men's Start List
Women's Start List

Men's Water Polo Canada vs Serbia
June 21, 23, 25 8pm
Talisman Centre
Calgary, AB
More info

Vancouver Half Marathon
June 23
Vancouver, BC
More info

Edmonton International Athletics
June 29
Edmonton, AB
More info

Canadian Badminton Championships 
June 25-29
Ottawa
More info

Canada Cup Swimming
June 28-30
Montreal, QC
More info

Tickets

Para Swimming World Championships
August 12-18
Montreal, QC
More info
tickets

Team Canada Basketball vs Team Jamaica
Thursday August 8 and Saturday August 10
Toronto, ON
More info
tickets

Skate Canada
October 25-27
Saint John, NB
on sale June 14th
More info

Olympic Sports On Television

Canoe Slalom World Cup
Saturday June 22 12pm EST Sportsnet ONE
(4:30 EST Sportsnet Ontario and East, 2:30 MT Sportsnet West, 1:30 PT Sportsnet Pacific)
Saturday June 29 11am EST Sportsnet ONE

U19 World Basketball Championships
Canada vs Spain Thursday June 27 8pm EST The Score
Canada vs Croatia Friday June 28 7am EST The Score
Canada vs Korea Saturday June 29 9:15am The Score (8pm The Score)
More info and roster

Volleyball World League
Canada vs Finland
Friday June 28 11:30am EST & 7pm Sportsnet ONE (2pm EST Sportsnet)
Saturday June 29 11:30am EST Sportsnet (5pm Sportsnet ONE)

Livestreams

Beach Volleyball
June 18-23
Rome, Italy
More info

Canadian Track &  Field Championships
June 20-23
Moncton, NB
Choose the events you want to watch on livestream

Other Events (no live feed yet)

Diving Grand Prix
June 28-30
Balzano, Italy
More info

Gymnastics Challenge Cup
June 21-23
Portugal
More info

World Rowing Cup
June 21-23
Eton Dorney (GBR)
More info

Fencing Pan Am Championships
June 16-21
Columbia
More info

Judo Pan Am Open
June 22-23
San Salvador
More info

Support/Meet Canadian Athletes

Ignite Your Inner Olympian
Presented by Real Fit & Equinox
June 25
Victoria BC
Guest Speakers are Simon Whitfield, Adam Kreek and Lindsay Jennerich.
More info