The Heartbeat

This week's edition of The Heartbeat includes events in Calgary (speed skating), Victoria (rowing), Toronto/Etobicoke (swimming) and Lake Louise (men's skiing).

Sports being televised include the NYC marathon, the Steve Nash directed documentary Into The Wind about Terry Fox, The Canada Sports Hall of Fame gala, internet stream of swimming and London 2012 defining moments.

Events to meet athletes are being held in Toronto, Ottawa and Winnipeg.

Keep reading for more detail.

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.





Long Track Speed Skating

Fall World Cup Long Track Team Trials
November 1-4
Olympic Oval Calgary
Calgary, Alberta

The Fall Word Cup Team Trials event are a selection competition for the fall World Cups.

More Info


National Rowing Championships

November 9-12
Elk Lake, Victoria, British Columbia
An elite regatta for singles and pairs designed to rank the top Canadian rowers. 

More Info


Swimming Canada Cup

November 23-24, 2012
Etobicoke Olympium
Hosted by Etobicoke Swimming and Swimming Canada

Ticket Information
All Session Passes (Heat Sheets included) $20.00
Preliminaries only $ 5.00
Finals only $10.00

More Info


Alpine Canada

Men's Downhill and Men's Super-G
November 23-24, 2012
Lake Louise, Alberta
Admission is free.
More info


Olympic Sports On Television/Internet
All times are EST


Into The Wind
Saturday November 3rd 10pm TSN2
Documentary about Terry Fox
directed by Steve Nash and Ezra Holland
debuted at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival


New York City Marathon
Sunday November 4th 9am Sportsnet
Race Website

Canada Sports Hall of Fame Gala
Sunday November 4th 3pm Sportsnet
More info about Inductees

Swimming World Cup

November 2 and 3 11:15 GMT (7:15am EST) from Beijing, China
November 6 and 7 start time TBC from Tokyo, Japan
November 10-11 start time TBC from Singapore

All live streaming on FINATV website. Click here.

2012 Summer Olympics: Defining Moments
Thursday November 8th 7-9pm TSN2

Alpine Skiing
Alpine skiing schedule on CBC, click here for schedule.
Alpine skiing schedule on Sportsnet, click here for schedule.

Television coverage starts on CBC on November 24th and on Sportsnet on December 10th.


Meet Canada's Athletes

Aerial Skiing
Travis Gerrits fundraiser - Share the Dream
November 3rd
Milton, Ontario
More info


Alpine Canada and Alpine Ontario
Sochi 2014 fundraiser for
Phil Brown and Madison Irwin
November 5, 2012
Toronto
More info

Olympic and Paralympic Swimming
The Big Splash
Monday, November 26, 2012
John Bassett Theatre
Toronto
More Info