Thursday, May 22, 2014

Where are Canadian athletes competing this weekend? Find out in this week's The Heartbeat



If you know of an event that could be featured in The Heartbeat, feel free to contact me suzanne[at]sportcafe.ca or via Twitter @olympichearts

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Upcoming Events in Canada

Racquetball Canadian Championships
May 18-24
Brossard, QC
More info

Keep up to date with the results from Racquetball Canada's National Championships! Great matches today.

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Mountain Bike Canada Cup
May 23-25
Charlevoix, QC
More info

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Gymnastics Canadian Championships
May 26-31
Ottawa
More info

Canadian Championships next week in Ottawa! Come watch Canada's top trampolinists compete for the national title!

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Swimming Zajac Canada Cup
May 23-25
Vancouver
More info
Competitors include: Ryan Cochrane, Katerine Savard, Hilary Caldwell, Tera Van Beilen and American (Canadian) Missy Franklin.

Off to Vancouver for Mel Zajac with my Bears

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Marathon Canadian Championships
May 24-25
Ottawa
More info
Event website
live tracking
Eric Gillis and last year's winner Rob Watson will battle it out for top Canadian in the marathon. While Lanni Marchand will race the 10k without injured Krista Duchene who will commentate the races. Click here to read more about Krista's plans for this weekend.
Click here for Athletics Canada marathon preview article.

Reid Coolsaet will pace Eric Gillis. Click here to read more about his fitness.

Excited for what is sure to be a great weekend in the nation's capital.

We're getting excited for the this weekend! We will be broadcasting the and the Full Marathon on

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Diving World Series
May 30-June 1
Windsor
More info
Tickets
Event website

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Canoe Kayak National Selections #2 (Jr & U23)
May 31-June 1
Dartmouth, NS
More info

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Volleyball World League Canada vs Finland
May 31-June 1
Calgary
More info

Your chance to see Team Canada who qualified for the World Championships last weekend. Click here to read more.
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Canadian Olympic Parade of Champions
June 6
Calgary
More info
10am – Calgary Stampede Pancake Breakfast begins
11:30am – Parade of Champions begins
11:30am – Parade of Champions Celebration begins at Olympic Plaza
2pm – Event ends

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Televised Events

Mountain Bike World Cup
Friday May 23 4pm Sportsnet ONE
Sunday May 25 3:30pm Sportsnet ONE
Monday May 26 8:30pm Sportsnet ONE

Click here to read Catharine Pendrel's blog post about her return to competition from a broken collarbone. This will be her first World Cup after competing in Mont Tremblant last weekend.
Click here for Cycling Canada preview article and list of competitors including Pendrel and Emily Batty.

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Canoe Kayak Sprint World Cup #3
Saturday May 24 11am Sportsnet ONE
Sunday May 25 11am Sportsnet
Monday May 26 12pm Sportsnet ONE
livestream
If you missed last week's World Cup #2: livestreamstart lists and results

markadejonge Me and my coach after winning K1 200m at World Cup 2 in Czech Republic (via Instagram)



markadejonge
 Thanks all for the happy comments following my race! We're at the airport now waiting to fly to Hungary for the next World Cup. (via Instagram)

Back on the race course Tomorow 9 am. World Cup 3 in Hungary. 3 fast days coming up!


Nice SportCafé/Fournel tank!

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Diving Grand Prix (pre-recorded from Gatineau)
Saturday May 24 12:30pm Sportsnet

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Giro d'Italia
daily coverage continues 8:30 am and evening highlights 11pm
Ryder Hesjedal (Garmin Sharp)
Svein Tuft (Orica GreenEDGE)

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International Ice Hockey World Championship
daily coverage starts May 9 on TSN/TSN2
Quarterfinals Thursday May 22 8:45am, 9:45am, 12:45pm (CAN vs FIN), 1:45pm
(Canada's QF rebroadcast at 8pm TSN)
Semifinals Saturday May 24 7:30am, 11:30am
Bronze medal game Sunday May 25 9am
Gold medal game Sunday May 25 1:30pm

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French Open Tennis
daily coverage starts May 25 TSN/TSN2/RDS/RDS2

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Other Events and Livestreams

Water Polo World League (Women)
May 20-25
California
More info
Click here for Water Polo Canada preview article.

Water Polo Canada (Facebook)
Canada claimed a 15-6 victory against Japan today in their second official match-up at the Intercontinental Tournament in California. Despite having only managed a narrow 6-5 lead at the half, the Canadian women got fired up on the offense in the second half, which resulted in the decisive 15-6 score at the end of the game. Good job ladies! Next game CAN-USA is tomorrow May 22 at 7:30 Pacific Time.
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Table Tennis Australian Open
May 21-25
Australia
More info
livestream

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Beach Volleyball Prague Open
May 21-25
Czech Republic
More info

Bansley/Pavan beat MacTavish/Whitaker in Canadian derby in their first match in a main draw at 2-1 (19-21 21-13 15-8)

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Fencing Grand Prix and World Cups
May 22-25
Multiple locations
More info

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Canoe Kayak World Cup
May 23-25
Hungary
More info
Event website
Televised on Sportsnet/Sportsnet ONE
livestream

Etienne Morneau (Facebook)
On the bus to Szeged, Hungary. Satisfied with our 5th place yesterday in the K2 200m. We will be racing next weekend in the final World Cup of the season! 

huguesfournel(Instagram) Milan (7th), Racice (5th), now Szeged for the final stop on the World Cup Tour! So far so good but a podium would be nice :) stay tuned!

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Mountain Bike World Cup
May 23-25
Czech Republic
More info
Televised on Sportsnet ONE (see above for more detail)

Bonne chance pour la Coupe du monde à Nove Mesto

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Athletics World Relays
May 24-25
Bahamas
More info
global livestream and television coverage info
YouTube Channel coverage
Click here for schedule (5:30pm-9pm ET)
Click here for Athletics Canada preview article.
4x100m Gavin Smellie, Dontae Richards-Kwok, Jared Connaughton, Justyn Warner, Segun Makinde
4x100m Women Phylicia George, Crystal Emmanuel, Shai-Anne Davis, Khamica Bingham, Kimberly Hyacinthe
4x400m Tremaine Harris, Philip Osei, Daundre Barnaby, Daniel Harper, Michael Robertson
4x400m women Jenna Martin, Noelle Montcalm, Wendy Fawn Dorr, Carline Muir, Sarah Wells.

And is off to the Bahamas for the !

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