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They certainly looked focused. Throwing off a year of upheaval in their Langford base — from a COVID outbreak to a coaching change — the Canadian women’s rugby sevens team opened in the Tokyo Olympics with a 33-0 victory over Brazil on Wednesday.

They are a striking study in contrasts physically with Hillary Janssens six-foot-two and Caileigh Filmer of Victoria five-foot-seven. But they fit together so well in a rowing shell.

The Victoria Royals and Regina Pats completed a player-for-player Western Hockey League trade on Tuesday. Coming to the Royals is 20-year-old forward Carter Massier in exchange for 18-year-old goaltender Keegan Maddocks.

Several Island teams and ­organizations will share in $11.6 million of pandemic relief funding announced Tuesday by the provincial government. The 72 teams and organizations approved had to prove 30 per cent revenue loss during the pandemic.

What began with a halting decision to switch from the University of Victoria Triathlon Club, to a beginner mountain biker on the Hartland trails, concluded with an 18th place finish for Catharine Pendrel in her fourth and final Olympic Games on Tuesd

Infielder Emma Entzminger of Victoria is known for her shutdown defence, not overpowering offence.

The plan was in place. But Robert Burns wrote about the best laid plans and what can happen to them. sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½â€™s wasn’t executed to anything near perfection in men’s triathlon as the duo of Matt Sharpe of Victoria and Tyler Mislawchuk of Oak Bluff, Man.

Haley Smith took a leap of faith in relocating to the Island in 2014 from her hometown of Uxbridge, Ont.

It was a hat-trick to the Elite Eight.

Olympic diver Celina Toth, who is set to compete in Tokyo Aug. 4-5, recently got an unusual message of support from her boyfriend, a sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Transit driver, who is prevented by the pandemic from cheering her on in person.