13 years after the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in BC, the Whistler Sliding Centre and its staff continue to breathe new life into Canadian sliding sports.
Canadians regained women’s Olympic hockey gold, returned to soccer’s men’s World Cup after a 36-year absence and hoisted the Davis Cup world tennis championship for the first time.
In a groundswell of advocacy, athletes in bobsleigh and skeleton, boxing, gymnastics, rowing, soccer and figure skating among others waged wars this year against leaders in their sports, levelling allegations of toxicity and abuse.