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What the Ukrainian athletes have done at the Paralympics is remarkable.
20 athletes have won 28 medals = 10 gold. 10 silver. 8 bronze. Second-most at the Games.
It's their most successful Winter Paralympics.
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GOLD FOR CANADA -- GOLDEN GOODBYE
BRIAN MCKEEVER WINS HIS 16TH GOLD MEDAL AT THE PARALYMPICS
HIS 20TH PARALYMPIC MEDAL
GREATNESS
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The Olympic Paralympic medal funding gap issue is really a microcosm of the broader issue.
There needs to be a collective shift on value and importance placed on the Paralympics.
Sponsors. Media. Stakeholders. Representation. This is a complete and total communal effort.
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What became apparent to me while working on this story is how many people had no idea Canadian Paralympians were not paid for medals while Olympians were.
To say there's frustration is an understatement.
The gap is staggering.
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Chantal Peticlerc, one of Canada's most greatest athletes with 14 gold and 21 medals won in her career, would have made $375,000 for all of her podium performances at the five Paralympics in which she competed.
Instead she didn’t receive a single dollar.
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Canadian Olympic athletes who won medals in either Tokyo or Beijing are being financially rewarded for their efforts — $20,000 for a gold, $15,000 for a silver and $10,000 for a bronze
Canadian Paralympians who reached the podium in those same Games won't receive a single dollar
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JUST IN
The International Paralympic Committee is investigating and have asked CCTV for an explanation after President Andrew Parsons speech, with a clear and direct call for Peace, at the Opening Ceremony was censored in China.
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Canadian women’s gold medal soccer game: 4.4 million viewers.
Canadian women’s gold medal hockey game: 2.7 million viewers.
Both were the most watched games of the Summer and Winter Olympics.
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Marie-Philip Poulin.
The only hockey player – female or male – to score in four Olympic gold medal games.
Truly Captain Canada. The greatest.
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A Canadian women's soccer Olympic gold.
A Canadian women's hockey Olympic gold.
Canadian sporting women have provided moments that will last a lifetime.
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WOMEN’S HOCKEY!
A peak audience of 1.3 million watched the Canada vs USA women’s hockey game on Monday, February 7, drawing CBC’s largest late night audience so far during the Games.
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ありがとうございました
THANK YOU TOKYO 🇯🇵🇨🇦
@Devin_Heroux
CBC News/Olympics and Paralympics Reporter. Based in Toronto. Born in Saskatoon. Cross-platform 🥌curling correspondent. Email: Devin.Heroux@cbc.ca