The Heartbeat

This week's edition of The Heartbeat includes events in Québec City (long track speed skating and cross-country skiing), Lake Louise (alpine skiing), Toronto (beach volleyball) Nakiska, AB (ski-cross) and Gatineau (national team volleyball).

Sports being televised include alpine skiing, curling and snowboarding.

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

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.

Alpine Canada
Women's Downhill and Super-G
November 30-Dec 2, 2012
Lake Louise, Alberta
Admission is free.
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Competitors include: Larisa Yurkiw, Marie-Michèle Gagnon and Marie-Pier Préfontaine.

Friday, Nov. 30: Ladies’ downhill (12:30 p.m. MT)
Saturday, Dec. 1: Ladies’ downhill (12:30 p.m. MT)
Sunday, Dec. 2: Ladies’ super-G (11 a.m. MT)

Long Track Speed Skating - Canada Cup
November 30-December 2, 2012
Gaetan-Boucher Oval
Quebec, QC
Among the competitors: Kevin Jagger, Suzanne Hamilton, Alexandra Ianculescu, Dustin Miller, Laurent Dubreuil, Muncef Ouardi, Scott Bickerton, Kate Hanly, Alec Janssens, Léo Landry, Richard MacLennan, Lauren McGuire, Tamara Oudenaarden, Kyle Parrott, Tori Spence and Justin Warsylewicz.
Click here for full list of entries and events
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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

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Ski Cross 
National Championships
December 1, 2012 Nakiska, Alberta
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Among the competitors: Kelsey Serwa, Georgia Simmerling and Danielle Sundquist.

FIS Ski Cross World Cup - Nakiska Snowdown
December 8, 2012
The first event of the ski cross World Cup season will consist of 190 of the best skiers from 25 nations.
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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

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, 3pm and 8pm EST TSN
Friday November 30th 10am, 3pm and 8pm EST TSN
Saturday December 1st 1:30pm TSN women's semi-final
Saturday December 1st 7:30pm TSN men's semi-final
Sunday December 2nd 3:00am and 6:00am TSN2 women's and men's semi
Sunday December 2nd 10:30am TSN women's final
Sunday December 2nd 3:30pm TSN men's final

Alpine Skiing
Snowtime
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.
Follow live results here.

Women's Alpine from Lake Louise
Downhill #1
1:00pm Saturday CBC (live Friday 2:25pm on CBC Bold and cbcsports.ca)
Downhill #2
5:00pm Saturday CBC (live Sat 2:25pm on CBC Bold and cbcsports.ca)
Super-G 3:00pm Sunday CBC local (live 12:55pm on CBC Bold and online www.cbcsports.ca)

Men's Alpine from Beaver Creek, USA
(not seeing television coverage of downhill or Super-G)
Giant Slalom 7pm and 11:30pm Sunday Sportsnet ONE
(also various times on Sportsnet Ont/East/West/Pac)

Meet/Support Canada's Athletes

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
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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
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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
Christine Sinclair, Karina Leblanc, Rhian Wilkinson and Diana Matheson
Two hour training sessions for young players
Dec 4 and 6, 2012
Ottawa, Ontario
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Dec 7, 8, 9, 2012
Halifax, Nova Scotia
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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
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