If an obsession with medals contributed to Canada’s safe sport crisis, how will the country measure success in Paris?
In federal parliamentary committee hearings in recent months, MPs were told the pressure on national sports organizations to produce medals, and get funding to do that, contributed to toxic environments in which athlete welfare took a back seat.
A year out from the 2024 Summer Olympics, how Canada defines sport excellence is in question.
Canadian sports minister Pascale St-Onge has said “it can’t only be about medals and podiums. We have to talk about the safety of athletes and their well-being as a whole.”
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