Congratulations go out to Brooke Voigt of WinSport Canada’s Academy program, after winning a silver medal Sunday at a World Cup slopestyle snowboarding event in Stoneham, Que. It was the third World Cup medal of the 18-year-old’s career. She previously won silvers at World Cup stops in Calgary in 2011 and 2010. Breanna Stangeland, who [...]

Mellisa Hollingsworth used four consistent runs to capture a silver medal Friday at the skeleton world championships in Lake Placid, N.Y. Hollingsworth, who trains at WinSport Canada’s sliding track in Calgary, posted a four-run time of three minutes 42.50 seconds, to finish just back of American Katie Uhlaender, who clocked a time of 3:42.33. “It is just [...]

Calgary’s Jan Hudec hit the super-G World Cup podium for the first time in his career on Friday, finishing second at a race in Crans-Montana, Switzerland. The 30-year-old, a regular at WinSport Canada’s Bob Niven Training Centre in Calgary, was topped only by Swiss star Didier Cuche. “Thank goodness. I’m glad I finally got one [...]

Mother Nature provided the perfect backdrop Thursday for Government of Canada representatives to announce funding to Ski Jumping Canada’s women’s program. The sun gave way to a quick, but heavy, snowfall, as Bal Gosal, Minister of State (Sport), announced the government’s support to the program. Also on hand was Rob Anders, the MP for Calgary [...]

Canadian winter athletes continued to climb to the top of the world over the past several days, led by Calgary’s Kurtis Wenzel. Wenzel first started cross-country skiing at Canada Olympic Park several years ago, and on Tuesday he became the first ever Canadian to take top spot at the Biathlon Junior World Championships in Kontiolahti, [...]

Canadian winter athletes had another great weekend on the medal podium, led by a gold-medal performance by the bobsleigh tandem of Kaillie Humphries and Jenny Cochiti at WinSport Canada’s sliding track in Calgary. Skeleton racer Amy Gough also had a bronze as Calgary hosted the bobsleigh and skeleton World Cup weekend. Both sleds earned $5,000 as part [...]

Nothing like a taste of home to finish the World Cup season. Canada’s Amy Gough shared the third spot on the medal podium on Thursday at WinSport Canada’s sliding track in Calgary, making the most of home ice advantage in the final stop of the World Cup circuit this season. The world championships are next weekend [...]

It was quite the weekend for Canadian winter athletes. And after several tries on the calculator, the numbers add up to 23 medals won by Canadians at World Cups around the world. That total includes 10 goals, six silver and seven bronze from Thursday through Sunday. Many of those athletes have ties to WinSport Canada, including [...]

Canadian skiers stole the spotlight Friday at the FIS Ski Cross World Cup in Blue Mountain, Ont., taking top spot in the men’s and women’s final, along with the silver medal in the men’s final. Calgary’s Brady Leman led the way in the men’s event, with Chris Del Bosco of Montreal finishing in second place. Marielle Thompson [...]

Thursday was quite the night for Canada’s sliders, with three medals at a World Cup bobsleigh and skeleton event in Whistler, B.C. — the site of the 2010 Winter Olympics. Mellisa Hollingsworth won gold in the women’s skeleton race, while Kaillie Humphries and Emily Baadsvik were first in women’s bobsleigh. Helen Upperton and Shelley-Ann Brown [...]