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At the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, the Canadian mixed aerials team won bronze in the event’s first Olympic appearance. Sitting down with CBC sports, aerial skiers Lewis Irving, Marion Thénault and Miha Fontaine look back on their last Games, and voice their ambitions for Milano Cortina 2026. Source link

CBC Sports’ daily newsletter previews the world junior hockey championship in Minnesota, where Canada is looking to revive itself after consecutive quarterfinal losses. Source link

A federal judge has dismissed an $800 million US lawsuit filed by the Enhanced Games alleging that World Aquatics, the World Anti-Doping Agency and USA Swimming led an illegal effort to dissuade swimmers and other athletes from competing in its new series. Source link

Former Vancouver Canuck defenceman Willie Mitchell has denied he sexually assaulted a 26-year-old woman at his Tofino, B.C., condo in 2022. Source link

Skate Canada’s move as the first sports federation to announce it will no longer hold major events in Alberta due to the province’s legislation on transgender people’s participation in sports did not come as a surprise to some who know the organization well.  Source link

The bodies that govern hockey and table tennis in Canada say their events in Alberta are going ahead despite the province’s law banning transgender athletes from female amateur sports. Source link

D.C. United has taken Canadian defender Nikola Markovic first overall in the MLS SuperDraft. Source link

The Grand Slam of Curling continues to tinker with a draw-to-the-button shootout to replace extra ends, but the latter is making a comeback in Saskatoon this week. Source link

Former NHL forward Milan Lucic has signed with the Fife Flyers of Britain’s Elite Ice Hockey League, the club announced Thursday. Source link

Three players have been cut from Canada’s roster as the team continues preparations for the world junior hockey championship. Source link