The Heartbeat

This week's edition of The Heartbeat includes events in Lake Louise (alpine skiing), Whistler (bobsleigh/skeleton),  Toronto/Etobicoke (swimming, beach volleyball), Gatineau (national team volleyball) and Québec (cross-country skiing).

Sports being televised include alpine skiing, bobsleigh, skeleton, figure skating, curling and snowboarding.

Events to meet athletes are being held in Halifax, Ottawa, Toronto, Oakville, Ancaster, Hamilton and Richmond.

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.


Swimming Canada Cup
November 23-24, 2012
Heats start at 10am. Finals start at 6pm
Etobicoke Olympium
More Info
Click here for live results.
Competitors include 2012 Olympians Brittany Maclean, Heather Maclean, Savannah King, Alexa Komarnycky, Zsofi Balazs, Samantha Cheverton, Julia Wilkinson, Tera Van Beilen, Martha McCabe, Katerine Savard, Sinead Russell, Colin Russell, Tommy Gossland, Andrew Ford and David Sharpe. 

For full list of competitors and event listings, click here and click here for race start times.

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

Competitors include: Erik Guay, Jon Kucera, Dustin Cook, Jan Hudec, Mike Janyk, Manuel Osborne-Paradis, Conrad Pridy, Morgan Pridy and Ben Thomsen.

IBSF World Cup Bobsleigh and Skeleton
November 19-24
Whistler, BC
More info
Competitors include:
Olympian Melissa Hollingsworth, Sarah Reid, Cassie Hawrysh (skeleton)
Olympic Gold Medallist Jon Montgomery, John Fairbairn, Eric Neilson (skeleton)
Olympic medallists Lyndon Rush, Lascelles Brown and Olympian Jesse Lumsden (Team Rush), Olympian Bob Spring (Team Spring), Olympian Justin Kripps (Team Kripps) (bobsled men)
Olympic Gold Medallist Kaillie Humphries (Team Humphries) and Team Ciochetti (bobsled women)

Beach Volleyball World Cup Trials
Semi-Finals
Friday November 30th
7:30pm
Olympian Josh Binstock & Maverick Hatch vs Christian Redmann & Matt Zbyszewski
8:30pm
Olympian Martin Reader & Sam Schachter vs  Chaim Schalk & Ben Saxton.
Finals Saturday December 1st
6:30pm
The Hangar, Downsview Park
Toronto, ON

Team Canada Volleyball
Intra-squad match at Full Time Training Centre
November 30, December 21
Centre Sportif de Gatineau
More info
2012-2013 Roster

Sprint Québec
Coupe du Monde de Ski de Fond (Cross-Country Skiing World Cup)
7-9 décembre, 2012 Québec, QC
Plus d'infos
More info

Olympic Sports On Television/Internet
Figure Skating Grand Prix Japan
Saturday November 24th 4:00pm EST
Sunday November 25th 2:00pm local
Monday November 26th 12:30am local

Bobsled/Skeleton
YouTube skeleton channel and YouTube Bobsleigh channel with live feeds.
Past videos also available on demand.

FIBT World Cup Bobsled: Women's Skeleton
Friday November 23rd 3pm local Sportsnet (plus 7pm East/Ont)
check listings for repeat telecasts

FIBT World Cup Bobsled: Women's Bobsled
Saturday November 24th 12pm EST Sportsnet ONE

FIBT World Cup Bobsled: 4-Man Bobsled
Saturday November 24th 5pm Sportsnet East/Ont (3pm SN West; 2pm SN Pac)
check listings for repeat telecasts

FIBT World Cup Bobsled: Men's Skeleton
Sunday November 25th 4pm EST Sportsnet ONE

FIBT World Cup Bobsled: 2-Man Bobsled
Sunday November 25th 6pm EST Sportsnet ONE

FIS Snowboard Magazine: Season Preview
Monday November 26th 8:30pm EST Sportsnet ONE
repeated Thursday 8pm EST Sportsnet ONE

Canada Cup of Curling
Wednesday November 28th 10am and 3pm EST TSN
Thursday November 29th 10am and 3pm EST TSN

Alpine Skiing
Snowtime #2
Highlighting latest news from World Cup skiing circuit every week
Friday 1:30pm; replay Saturday 12:00am; replay Sunday 3:30pm CBC Bold

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.

Men's Alpine from Lake Louise
Downhill
1:00pm Saturday CBC
Super-G
3:00pm Sunday CBC local
(live 12:55pm on CBC Bold and online www.cbcsports.ca)

Women's Alpine from Aspen
Giant Slalom First-Run 12:00pm Saturday CBC
Giant Slalom Second-Run 3:00pm Saturday CBC
Slalom 7pm EST Sportsnet ONE
(repeat on SN Ont/East/West/Pac - check listings)

Meet/Support Canada's Athletes
Olympic and Paralympic Swimming
The Big Splash
Monday, November 26, 2012
John Bassett Theatre Toronto
More Info

Simon Whitfield - Barrie Shepley McMaster Tri Clinic
70 min Seminar Talk
Seminar & 1 Morning Clinic
Full Day Tri Clinic including Seminar Talk
Saturday December 1st, 2012
Hamilton, ON
More info

Special Olympic Presentation
Adam van Koeverden and Mark Oldershaw
will discuss their path to Olympic glory as well as dragonboat training and racing strategies.
Toronto, ON
Sunday December 2, 2012
More info

Déjeuner des Championnes Rapides et Radieuses
Marie-Eve Croteau (paralympique - cyclisme), Andréanne Pichette (vélo de montagne), Elise Marcotte (nage synchronisée), Audrey Lacroix (nage), Kristina Valjas (volleyball de plage)
Matinée inspirante pour les filles sportives de 9 à 19 ans
9 décembre, 2012
Québec, QC
Plus d'infos

Olympic Bronze Women's Soccer
Karina Leblanc, Emily Zurrer and Brittany Timko
Saturday Nov 24, 2012 Richmond, BC
More info

Christine Sinclair, Karina Leblanc, Rhian Wilkinson and Diana Matheson
Two hour training sessions for young players
Dec 4 and 6, 2012
Ottawa, Ontario
More info

Dec 7, 8, 9, 2012
Halifax, Nova Scotia
More info

Melissa Tancredi
December 22, 2012 - hour long playing session for boys and girls age 9-14
December 23, 2012 - speech and autograph/photo session
Ancaster, Ontario
More Info