The Heartbeat

Happy New Year! With 400 days to go to the Sochi Olympics, our winter athletes are in full swing in the hopes of representing Canada in 2014!

This week's edition of The Heartbeat include events being held in Calgary, Thunder Bay, Stoneham (Quebec), Quebec City, Mississauga and London, Ontario.

The Snowboard World Championships are being held in Stoneham and Quebec and the World Figure Skating World Championships are being held in London.

Sports being televised or streamed include cross-country skiing, bobsleigh, skeleton, alpine skiing, and snowboarding.

Events to meet athletes are being held in Canmore.


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.

Speed Skating
Canadian Championships/Canada Cup 2
January 3-6, 2013
Olympic Oval
Calgary, AB
More info

Cross-Country Skiing
Nor-Am/World Jr/World Senior Sprint Trials
January 3-6, 2013
Lappe Nordic Centre
Thunder Bay, ON
More info

Snowboard World Championships
January 17- 27, 2013
Stoneham Mountain Resort, Quebec
Slopestyle January 17 (9:50-15:20) & 18 (9:50-13h40)
Halfpipe January 20 (9:40-13:00)
Snowboard Cross January 24 (10:30-14:30) & 26 (11h-13:10)
Parallel Giant Slalom January 25 9:00-15:00
Parallel Slalom January 27 9:00-15:00

Ilot Fleurie, Quebec City
Big Air January 18 (19:00-22:00) & 19 (17:00-20:30)

Canadians competing include Olympic gold medallists Jasey-Jay Anderson, Maëlle Ricker, and Olympic bronze medallist Dominique Maltais.
Click here for National Team members.
More info

Figure Skating
Canadian Championships
January 18-20, 2013
Hershey Centre
Mississauga, ON
Canadians competing include Olympic gold medallists Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir and World Champion Patrick Chan.
More info

World Championships
March 11-17, 2013
Budweiser Gardens
London, Ontario
More info

Olympic Sports On Television/Internet
World Cup Cross-Country Skiing
Tour de Ski (7 Stage competition)
Current Canadian overall standings after three stages:
Alex Harvey 4th
Len Valjas 13th (3rd in stage 3)
Ivan Babikov 21st
Devon Kershaw 22nd

Click here for Live timing
Click here for race videos

January 3, 2013 Toblach/Cortina, Italy
Men's Pursuit 12:15 CET (8:15am EST)
Ladies Pursuit 15:15 CET (11:15am EST)

January 4, 2013 Toblach, Italy
Ladies 5K 11:15 CET (7:15am EST)
Men's 5K 12:30 CET (8:30am EST)

January 5, 2013 Val di Fiemme, Italy
Ladies 10K 12:30 CET (8:30am EST)
Men's 15K 13:30 CET (9:30am EST)

January 6, 2013 Val di Fiemme, Italy
Ladies Pursuit 11:45 CET (7:45am EST)
Men's Pursuit 12:50 (8:50am EST)

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 Slalom Zagreb
Streamed online on www.cbcsports.ca
Friday January 4, 2013 9:40am First Run, 12:25pm Second Run
Highlights on CBC television Saturday January 5, 2013 5pm

Men's Slalom Zagreb
Streamed online on www.cbcsports.ca
Sunday January 6, 2013 4:45am First Run, 7:55am Second Run
Highlights on CBC television Sunday January 6, 2013 1pm

Follow live results here.

Women's Bobsleigh
Friday January 4, 2013 2pm Sportsnet
(Kaillie Humphries going for her 9th win in a row)

Women's Skeleton
Friday January 4, 2013 3pm Sportsnet

Men's 2-man Bobsleigh
Friday January 4, 2013 1pm Sportsnet East (8pm West, 7pm Pacific)
Saturday January 5, 2013 4pm Sportsnet ONE

Men's Skeleton
Friday January 4, 2013 2pm Sportsnet East (11pm West, 12am Pacific)
Saturday January 5, 2013 5pm Sportsnet ONE

Men's 4-man Bobsleigh
Saturday January 5, 2013 5pm Sportsnet (6pm Sportsnet ONE)

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

Meet/Support Canada's Athletes
Cross-Country Skiing
Olympic medallist Sara Renner
Fast and Female Event for girls 9-19 years

Olympians Sean Crooks and Gord Jewett
Boyz Got Game Event for boys 10-14 years
January 20, 2013 Canmore Nordic Centre

More info