If the quality and depth of Canadian summer sport performances through 2022 was an accurate barometer.
Of course, this isn’t a traditional sport cycle for summer Olympians, as a one-year postponement of Tokyo 2020 caused by COVID-19 compressed the traditional schedule and there are just 19 months to go before the opening of the Paris Games.Article content
“Athletics and swimming are significantly ahead of where they were at the midpoint of the Tokyo quadrennial. And the other sport that has really springboarded is judo. “They won three medals at the worlds this year; that is phenomenal. They had one medal at the midpoint of the Tokyo quadrennial.” “I think what is really exciting for Canada is we have more depth across a number of different sports, so now the focus is on helping athletes and teams, making sure everything is addressed, particularly in the final year heading into Paris and that those athletes and teams that have a had a top five performance, we’re really focusing on helping them achieve their performance goals at the Games.
The beach volleyball team of Brandie Wilkerson and Sophie Bukovec took silver at the worlds but won’t be together for Paris. Wilkerson will pair with Melissa Humana-Paredes and Bukovec with Sarah Pavan.Article content
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