The Heartbeat

This holiday edition of The Heartbeat is the last one for 2012. With the Christmas holiday, there aren't any live events to attend in Canada. Sports being televised or streamed include ski-cross, cross-country skiing, bobsleigh, alpine skiing, snowboarding and year end review. Events to meet athletes are being held in Ancaster, Oakville and Regina.


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.

If you're in a town or city having a White Christmas, I hope you enjoy the winter wonderland. Wishing you a very Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays and Happy New Year!

Olympic Sports On Television/Internet

Ski Cross - Innechenn, ITA
Sunday December 23, 2012 7:00pm Sportsnet ONE
(also Sportsnet later in the evening, check local listings)

World Cup Cross-Country Skiing
Saturday December 22, 2012 4pm CBC (from last weekend)
Canmore Women's 15km and Mens 30km Skiathlon

Monday December 24, 2012 1:00am on CBC Sports Late Night
(12:30 Windsor and Regina)
Canmore Men's and Women's Sprint Finals Encore
Canmore Women's 15km and Men's 30km Skiathlons Encore (LOCAL)

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

Women's Downhill from Are
Saturday December 22, 2012 3pm CBC

Men's Slalom from Madonna Di Campiglio
Saturday December 22, 2012 5pm EST CBC
 Follow live results here.

There are also races next weekend.

Women's Bobsleigh
Saturday December 22, 2012 3:00pm Sportsnet ONE (replay)

Dew Tour from Breckenridge- Snowboard/Freeski (from Dec 13-16)

Ski Big Air
Sunday December 23, 2012 2pm Sportsnet ONE
Monday December 24, 2012 6am Sportsnet ONE

Ski Slopestyle
Friday December 21, 2012 10pm Sportsnet ONE
Sunday December 23, 2012 5pm Sportsnet ONE

Ski Super-Pipe
Sunday December 23, 2012 11pm Sportsnet ONE
Monday December 24, 2012 7am Sportsnet ONE

Snowboard Slopestyle
Sunday December 23, 2012 3am Sportsnet Pacific and West
Monday December 24, 2012 9am Sportnet ONE

Snowboard Superpipe
Monday December 23, 2012 1:00am and 8am Sportsnet ONE

UCI Track World Cup
Saturday December 22, 2012 12:00pm Sportsnet ONE
Sunday December 23, 2012 3:00pm Sportsnet ONE

Sportsnet Year In Review: Fuelled By Fans
December 25, 2012 6am-12pm repeated every half hour

Les Jeux Olympiques 2012 (Meilleurs Moments)
Lundi 24 décembre, 2012 22h30 RDS

FIS Snowboard Magazine
Monday 8:30pm EST Sportsnet ONE
repeated Thursday 8pm EST Sportsnet ONE

Meet/Support Canada's Athletes
Olympic Bronze Women's Soccer

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

Diana Matheson, Robyn Gayle, Melanie Booth, and Rhian Wilkinson
Training sessions for children and women December 27-28, 2012
Oakville, Ontario
More info

Snowboarding Mark and Craig McMorris
December 22, 2012 7pm
Fundraiser for Kid-Sport including silent auction, autograph and photo session.
Regina, Saskatchewan
More info