Heartbeat Highlights

The Heartbeat is my weekly newsletter detailing which upcoming events are being held in Canada and which events are being televised or streamed on the internet.

Heartbeat Highlights is a review of those events which will include outstanding results and links to videos of those great performances for those who may not have been able to see the events live.

It was another stellar weekend for our Canadian athletes.

Davis Cup Tennis - Vancouver

Canada's Davis Cup tennis team made history on the weekend beating #1 Seeded Spain to reach the Elite 8 in the Davis Cup for the first time. If you missed it, you can view the highlights from day 1 by clicking here, the doubles highlights here and the day 3 video highlights is here.

Canada will host Italy in the quarter finals April 5-7th. City to be determined.

Summary: Canada 3 - 2 Spain
Milos Raonic def. Albert Ramos 6-7(5) 6-4 6-4 6-4
Frank Dancevic def.  Marcel Granollers 6-1 6-2 6-2
Marc Lopez/Marcel Granollers def. Daniel Nestor/Vasek Pospisil 4-6 6-4 6-7(4) 6-3 6-2
Milos Raonic def. Guillermo Garcia-Lopez 6-3 6-4 6-2
Albert Ramos def. Frank Dancevic 7-5 6-4

Luge World Championships - Whistler

You can view competitions by clicking here and then clicking on the link in the schedule for each event.

Summary:
3rd Women's Event:  Alex Gough
2nd Team Event: Alex Gough, Sam Edney, Justin Snith, Tristan Walker
1st U23 Doubles: Justin Snith, Tristan Walker (4th overall)
5th Men's Event: Sam Edney

To read Luge Canada's summary report, click here. To read Eric MacKenzie's Canadian Press report, click here.

Bobsleigh Skeleton World Championships

The World Championships for Bobsleigh and Skeleton have been held during the past two weekends. Click here for the Bobsleigh Skeleton TV YouTube channel where they have every heat from each event posted. Last weekend, Kaillie Humphries repeated as World Champion with new partner Chelsea Valois.

This weekend was the skeleton and 4 man-bobsleigh competitions.

The highlight for Canada was Sarah Reid who won bronze in the women's skeleton. Click the links for heat 1, heat 2, heat 3 and heat 4 and highlights.

Snowboard Cross World Cup

Blue Mountain Resort in Collingwood was host to the Snowboard Cross World Cup this past weekend. Thanks to CBC Sportsweekend for the telecast.

Men's: 1st Chris Robanske
Click here to view the exciting men's final.

Women's: 2nd Dominique Maltais
Click here to view the women's final that also included Maëlle Ricker.

Short Track Speed Skating

Charles Hamelin has shown that he will be the one to beat next year with a double win at the Sochi test event.

1st Charles Hamelin 500m (Click here for video)
1st Charles Hamelin 1000m
2nd Women's 3000mRelay

FIS World Cup - Deer Valley

Moguls
1st Mikaël Kingsbury (19th consecutive podium)
2nd Alex Bilodeau
Click here for video.

As a sidenote, Sportsnet is televising last weekend's Calgary World Cup today and tomorrow. Check your local listing here.

Dual Moguls

1st Alex Bilodeau
Click here for video of men's final.

2nd Justine Dufour-Lapointe
Click here for video of women's final.

Aerials

2nd Travis Gerrits
Click here or here for video.

FIS Cross-Country World Cup

Just over one year to the 2014 Olympics, the cross-country World Cup was held in the host city, Sochi.

Click here for video highlight. Click here for Haywood Race Report.

Women's relay 3rd Dasha Gaizova and Perianne Jones

FIS Ski-Cross World Cup

2nd: Tristan Tafel
Click here for race video with a very exciting finish.

Sportsnet is replaying the Ski-Cross action today. Click here for local listings.

Water-Polo World Championships Qualifying

Canada's men's and women's teams competed in Calgary this past weekend in the hopes of qualifying for the World Championships. Both teams were successful. Click here to read more.

Objectif Sochi 

Whether you speak french or not, Objectif Sochi which airs on the french CBC network on Saturday afternoons is worth watching. There are some bilingual features and lots of Olympic sport action. Click here to view past episodes.

Road To The Olympics

CBC have launched their Olympic website in anticipation to the 1 year to go to Sochi on Thursday.  Click here for athlete profiles, videos and news.

En Route Vers Les Olympiques 

Radio Canada a aussi lancé leur site Olympique. Plus infos.