Quebec's Patricia Colgan, Manitoba's Rebecca Birss, and Marcus Wedawin of the Northwest Territories had standout performances Sunday, racking up multiple medals as the 2026 Special Olympics Canada Summer Games wrapped up in Medicine Hat.
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Team Québec defeated Team Manitoba 50–23 in the men’s basketball gold medal game to close out the 2026 Special Olympics Canada Summer Games with gold.
At just 16 years old, Marcus Wedawin finished his first Special Olympics Canada Summer Games with one gold and three silver medals. Marcus won gold in the 200m Freestyle, added individual silvers in the 50m and 100m Backstroke, and helped his team to silver in the 4x50m Freestyle Relay.
Rebecca Birss earned three silver medals and one bronze in Level 3 Rhythmic Gymnastics. Birss took silver in the All Around, Mixed Apparatus and Rope, adding bronze in Clubs to finish her 2026 Special Olympics Canada Summer Games with four trips to the podium.
The 2026 Special Olympics Canada Summer Games in Medicine Hat comes to a close on Sunday after countless inspiring performances from athletes across the country. Medals were won, records were broken and, most importantly, memories were made in Medicine Hat.
Patricia Colgan put together a standout Special Olympics Canada Summer Games in Level 2 Rhythmic Gymnastics, finishing the week with four gold medals and one silver. Colgan took gold in the All Around, Mixed Apparatus, Hoop and Ribbon, along with silver in Clubs.
Scottie Scheffler catches a tough break as his bunker shot bounces off a sprinkler head and rolls into water.
Canadian men will join the world-champion women when flag football makes its debut at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics after they beat Mexico in overtime in the bronze medal game on Sunday.
The Canadian women's national flag football team upset the American women in the 2026 IFAF flag football world championships final to win gold in Düsseldorf, Germany. The Canadian women previously won the IFAF world championship in 2010 and 2014, defeating the USA both times.
Arsenal's Riccardo Calafiori fires in the opening goal in the first minute of the game to score the fastest goal in FA Community Shield history.
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SportsCentre brings you the best moments from the sports world on Saturday, August 15th.
Canadian Summer McIntosh was out-touched for gold by 0.02 seconds in the women’s 200-metre individual medley at the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships on Saturday. The reigning Olympic and world champion from Toronto took silver behind China's Yu Yiting, who set a championship record with a time of two minutes 7.45 seconds.
The Pan-Canadian women's soccer team brought together athletes from Ontario and Quebec to compete as one at the National Games. Among the highlights was Alessia Simone’s goal against Team BC, helping the Pan-Canadian Team to the 3–0 victory and gold medal.
A crowd favourite on the powerlifting platform, Aaron Higgins earned three silver medals in the 93.01–105kg weight class, including a new personal best in the bench press.
Team Manitoba’s Vesta Orchard earned four medals across track and field events, taking gold in mini javelin and running long jump, silver in the 400m and another silver as part of the 4x100m relay.
Special Olympics Team Ontario's James Walker earned three gold medals in the push-pull competition in the 105.01–120kg weight class. Walker lifted 212.5kg in the deadlift and 102.5kg in the bench press, taking gold in both events and adding a third gold for his combined push-pull result.
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