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Team Manitoba Stories

Meet Team Manitoba’s coaches, athletes, and Mission Staff. Dive into special moments from the Canada Games.

Flag bearer announcement and results from the 2025 Canada Summer Games

August 26, 2025

Team Manitoba Bringing Home 34 Medals from the 2025 Canada Summer Games

Flag bearer announcement and results from the 2025 Canada Summer Games

Quick hits with Team Manitoba's youngest athlete: Maisy Shewchuk

August 22, 2025

Quick Hits with Maisy Shewchuk: Team Manitoba's Youngest Athlete

Quick hits with Team Manitoba's youngest athlete: Maisy Shewchuk

For diving coach - and world champion diver - Svitlana Serbina, the 2025 Canada Games marked a series of firsts—her first time coaching at the Games, and a big step in a coaching journey that began more than a decade ago.

August 22, 2025

From Gold Medals to Grassroots: Diving Coach Svitlana Serbina

For diving coach - and world champion diver - Svitlana Serbina, the 2025 Canada Games marked a series of firsts—her first time coaching at the Games, and a big step in a coaching journey that began more than a decade ago.

Artistic swimming may look effortless, but behind every precise movement and every synchronized smile lies hours of discipline, strength, and teamwork. “It’s like dancing and gymnastics and cheerleading in the water,” explained Kate Courchaine, “except you’re holding your breath, and you can’t touch the bottom of the pool.”

August 22, 2025

Strength, Sparkle, and Synchronization: Team Manitoba’s Artistic Swimmers at the Games

Artistic swimming may look effortless, but behind every precise movement and every synchronized smile lies hours of discipline, strength, and teamwork. “It’s like dancing and gymnastics and cheerleading in the water,” explained Kate Courchaine, “except you’re holding your breath, and you can’t touch the bottom of the pool.”

For 16-year-old Jencie Henry, throwing is a connection to a powerful legacy that fuels her passion and progress. Competing in women’s Discus and Shot Put at the 2025 Canada Summer Games, Jencie stands as a shining example of talent, hard work, and the enduring impact of mentorship.

August 21, 2025

Jencie Henry’s Throwing Story

For 16-year-old Jencie Henry, throwing is a connection to a powerful legacy that fuels her passion and progress. Competing in women’s Discus and Shot Put at the 2025 Canada Summer Games, Jencie stands as a shining example of talent, hard work, and the enduring impact of mentorship.

Logan Tanner competed at the 2022 Canada Summer Games in men's softball, and is back again with the program as a coach.

August 21, 2025

Logan Tanner Returns to Canada Games as Coach

Logan Tanner competed at the 2022 Canada Summer Games in men's softball, and is back again with the program as a coach.

Kai Toney, and brothers Gavin and Eli Ulrich tell us about the attitudes and lessons that helped push Team Manitoba volleyball to their first win today.

August 21, 2025

Calm, Uplifting, United: Team Manitoba’s Volleyball Vibe

Kai Toney, and brothers Gavin and Eli Ulrich tell us about the attitudes and lessons that helped push Team Manitoba volleyball to their first win today.

Coach Dom Blais and his son Jordan credit their path in wrestling together for bringing them closer in sport and as a family.

August 21, 2025

The Blais Bond: Wrestling

Coach Dom Blais and his son Jordan credit their path in wrestling together for bringing them closer in sport and as a family.

Volleyball has been a part of Jersey Hansen-Young's entire life. She's here at the Canada Games competing just like her mom did in 2001. She has big plans for these Games and beyond.

August 21, 2025

Canada Games Legacies - Volleyb-all in the family

Volleyball has been a part of Jersey Hansen-Young's entire life. She's here at the Canada Games competing just like her mom did in 2001. She has big plans for these Games and beyond.

Lacrosse's Kaiden Bazinet and Ridley Ringor are here to compete, represent, and grow the game they love.

August 19, 2025

Big Dreams in Box Lacrosse

Lacrosse's Kaiden Bazinet and Ridley Ringor are here to compete, represent, and grow the game they love.

For the first time ever, women’s baseball is stepping up to the plate at the Canada Summer Games — and Team Manitoba is loving every moment of it.

August 19, 2025

First Pitch - Canada Games Debut

For the first time ever, women’s baseball is stepping up to the plate at the Canada Summer Games — and Team Manitoba is loving every moment of it.

Dual-week athletes Loïc Savard, Loïc Savard, and Tyler Hartle tell us what it's like to compete in road cycling and mountain biking at the 2025 Canada Summer Games.

August 19, 2025

Double the Races, Double the Fun

Dual-week athletes Loïc Savard, Loïc Savard, and Tyler Hartle tell us what it's like to compete in road cycling and mountain biking at the 2025 Canada Summer Games.

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Territorial Acknowledgement

Sport Manitoba acknowledges the work we do to support a thriving amateur sport community takes place on the traditional lands and waterways of the Anishinaabeg, Cree, Anisininew, Dakota Oyate, and Denesuline, as well as the National Homeland of the Red River Métis.
We respect the spirit and intent of the treaties made here and are grateful to work, live, and play on this land, while working toward advancing the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada's Calls to Action 87-91.