The Heartbeat

This week's edition of The Heartbeat include events where Canada's athletes will be competing at the World Cup Long Track Speed Skating in Calgary, Short Track Speed Skating in Montreal, Snowboard World Championships in Stoneham (QC) and Quebec City, Figure Skating National Championships in Mississauga, FIS Moguls World Cup in Calgary, Water Polo World Qualifying in Calgary, Luge World Championships in Whistler and Davis Cup Tennis in Vancouver.

Sports being televised or streamed include bobsleigh, skeleton, alpine skiing, tennis, track cycling, cross-country skiing, biathlon, figure skating, speed skating, freestyle skiing and snowboarding. 

Events to meet athletes are being held in Canmore where the Alberta Museum of Nordic Skiing has recently opened and Montebello, QC (near Montreal).

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.

World Cup Long Track Speed Skating
January 19-20, 2013
Olympic Oval
Calgary, AB
Tribute to Kristina Grove on Saturday January 19, 2013 2:30pm
Click here for more info
Click here for tickets
Click here for athlete list

Short Track Speed Skating Canadian Championships
January 19-20, 2013
Maurice Richard Arena
Montreal, QC
Competitors include: Charles Hamelin, François Hamelin, Michael Gilday, Valérie Maltais, Marianne St-Gelais.
Click here for full list of competitors and 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
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

FIS World Cup Moguls
January 26, 2013
Canada Olympic Park
Calgary, AB
Free Event
Spectator Info, click here.
More Info

Tennis - Davis Cup World Group
Canada vs Spain
World Group 1st Round
February 1-3, 2013
Thunderbird Sports Centre
Vancouver, Canada
More Info

Water Polo World Qualifying Tournament
January 30-February 3, 2013
Talisman Centre
Calgary, Alberta
Two teams will qualify to represent the Americas at the World Championships in Spain in July. More Info

Luge World Championships
February 1-2, 2013
Whistler Sliding Centre
Whistler, BC
More info
Races will be streamed live at www.luge.ca

Olympic Sports On Television/Internet
The Last Race
Fifth Estate investigative report about Nik Zoricic's last race when he crashed and died in a World Cup race in Switzerland last year.
Friday January 18, 2013 9pm on CBC
(repeat Saturday 2pm, Sunday 11:30pm)
More info.

Alpine Skiing Men's Downhill - Wengen
Streamed online on www.cbcsports.ca
Saturday January 19, 2013 6:25am
Highlights on CBC television
Saturday January 19, 2013 1pm EST

Women's Downhill - Cortina
Streamed online on www.cbcsports.ca
Saturday January 19, 2013 4:25am
Highlights on CBC television
Saturday January 19, 2013 1pm

Men's Slalom - Wengen
Sunday January 20, 2013 3pm Sportsnet

Speed Skating World Cup
live online at cbcsports.ca
Saturday January 19, 2013 2pm on CBC
Sunday January 20, 2013 3pm on CBC (live East, delayed West)

Figure Skating Canadian Championships
Friday January 18, 2013 3pm on TSN Women's and Pairs Short Program
Friday January 18, 2013 8pm on TSN Men's Short Program
Saturday January 19, 2013 2pm on CTV
Saturday January 19, 2013 5pm on TSN Men's and Pairs Free Program
Saturday January 19, 2013 7pm on CTV
Sunday January 20, 2013 4pm on TSN Women's and Dance Free Program
Saturday January 26, 2013 4:30pm on TSN Exhibition Gala

Vendredi 18 janvier, 2013 15h00 RDS
Vendredi 18 janvier, 2013 20h00 RDS2
Samedi 19 janvier, 2013 14h00 RDS2
Samedi 19 janvier, 2013 18h00 RDS2
Dimanche 20 janvier, 2013 13h00 RDS

Tennis - Australian Open
Daily coverage on TSN, TSN2
en français: RDS, RDS2

Bobsleigh/Skeleton

Women's Bobsleigh
Saturday January 19, 2013 2:30pm Sportsnet ONE
Women's Skeleton
Friday January 18, 2013 11:30pm Sportsnet
(Sat 3:30pm SN ONE)
Men's 2-man Bobsleigh
Saturday January 19, 2013 5pm Sportsnet
Men's Skeleton
Saturday January 19, 2013 4pm Sportsnet
Men's 4-man Bobsleigh
Sunday January 20, 2013 4pm EST Sportsnet West
(later on other Sportsnet stations)
Team event
Sunday January 20, 2013 1pm Sportsnet

Freestyle Skiing: Aerials World Cup
from Val Saint-Côme, QC (recorded Jan 12-13)
Saturday January 19, 2013 3pm Sportsnet (4:30pm SN ONE)
repeated Tuesday and Wednesday on Sportsnet
Competing: Olivier Rochon, Travis Gerrits, Jean-Christophe André, Dave Blais and Sabrina Guérin.

Freestyle World Cup - Moguls and Aerials
from Lake Placid, USA
Sunday January 20, 2013 3pm NBC (recorded January 17-19)
Live timing, click here.
Live stream, click here. Jan 17 1:45pm EST Fri 18 8:15pm EST

Cycling
UCI Track World Cup: Mens & Womens Elite
Saturday January 19, 2013 11:00pm Sportnet ONE

Biathlon - World Cup 6  f
rom Antholz-Anterselva
Click here for live streaming and videos (click on appropriate video - normally the far left (click on arrow to move left) of top row in playlist)
Click here for start list and results

Women 7.5km Sprint January 17, 2013 8:30am EST (2:30pm CET)
Competing: Rosanna Crawford, Zina Kocher, Megan Heinicke, Audrey Vaillancourt
Men 10km Sprint January 18, 2013 8:30am EST (2:30pm CET)
Competing: Jean Philippe Le Guellec, Scott Perras, Scott Gow, Nathan Smith
Women Pursuit January 19 5:45am EST
Men Pursuit January 19 9:15am EST
Women Relay January 20, 2013 4:30am EST
Men Relay January 20, 2013 8:15am EST

World Cup Cross-Country Skiing
(La Clusaz, France)
Ladies 10k/Men 15k January 19, 2013
Ladies 4x5km Relay/Men 4x7.5km relay January 20, 2013
Click here for Live timing
Click here for race videos

Weekly Shows

Objectif Sotchi 
Samedi à 14 h Télévision de Radio-Canada
Animé par Marc Durand
Plus infos

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

FIS Snowboard Magazine
Monday 9pm EST Sportsnet ONE
repeated Thursday 7pm EST, Saturday 2pm Sportsnet ONE

FIS Freestyle Magazine
Monday 8:30pm EST Sportsnet ONE
repeated Thursday 7:30pm EST, Saturday 1:30pm, Sunday 12:30pm SN ONE

Ski TV
Saturday 1pm Sportsnet ONE
repeated Sunday 12pm, Monday 9:30pm, Thursday 9pm SN ONE

Meet/Support Canada's Athletes
Cross-Country Skiing events:
Fast and Female Event for girls 9-19 years
Olympic medallist Sara Renner
Boyz Got Game Event for boys 10-14 years
Olympians Sean Crooks and Gord Jewett

January 20, 2013
Canmore Nordic Centre
More info

While in Canmore, visit the newly opened Alberta Museum of Nordic Skiing
More info

Cross-Country Skiing event:
Fast and Female Champ Chat with 2010 Olympian Madeleine Williams
part of Canadian Ski Marathon
February 9, 2013 3:30-5:30pm
Chateau Montebello, QC
More info
Registration