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00:00Before the lights, before the anthem, before the world is watching, there is the journey.
00:10From the hidden corners to the busy centers across our nation, those on the journey rise.
00:30Every hopeful faces different sacrifices, birthdays missed, injuries endured, lives paused in the name of something that may never come.
00:54But through it all, there is one constant, the destination.
01:00In Milano, we can win everything. If there's a team to do it, it's ours.
01:03I'm saying that it's my last opportunity to do it as it needs to be.
01:06We're in the Hoggy Canada jersey with our last team in the backwoods league.
01:12We'll be literally the world to me.
01:21Because here, making Canada's team isn't the end of the journey, it's only the beginning.
01:30It's early 2025. One year out from the 25th Olympic Winter Games in Milano, Cortina.
01:36One hundred years of history set against the majesty of the Italian Alps.
01:43The Canadian athletes, there they are.
01:45Gold medal, Lucy, Green, Canada.
01:50Two arms, he did it!
01:51That's a gold medal!
01:53No Canadian has ever won three individual medals in one year.
01:56I'm glad it happened to me.
01:57Jennifer Jones, from curling great to curling legend.
02:01They are the greatest ice dancers, maybe of all time.
02:06Again, let's stop it!
02:07The golden goal!
02:09And Canada has once in a lifetime Olympic gold!
02:14To compete here is to be written into that history.
02:19Each participant, whether a decorated great in their discipline or an idealistic dreamer,
02:25must walk a diverse and difficult path to this destination.
02:29In Dumontain, Quebec, Michael Kinsbury, the greatest mogul skier ever, writes his final chapter.
02:43In Hartsville, PEI, Mark Arends carries an entire community.
02:48In Terrebonne, Quebec, Raphael Toussignon aims to extend the reach of women in sport.
02:55In Kimberley, BC, Kala Erickson and Sierra Smith prepare for para-alpine.
03:01In Montreal, Quebec, William D'Angeneau, the next one, is dedicated to delivering on his potential.
03:09In Calgary, Alberta, Alex Luton balances the surprise weight of expectation
03:16while Johan Eskrick-Parkinson's expectations for himself weigh heavy.
03:22And in Toronto, Ontario, the most densely populated hockey-mad city in the world.
03:35One of the city's brightest stars is Natalie Spooner.
03:39And she plays for the Toronto Scepters of the Professional Women's Hockey League.
03:44Where are you going to go?
03:46What are you going to go watch today?
03:47Go my hockey.
03:49Yeah.
03:50And are you going to cheer for Soupy?
03:52Yeah.
03:53Yeah.
03:54You want to say it?
03:55Yeah, I'm going to go.
03:56Yeah.
03:57And go, Sierra, go.
03:59Go, Sierra, go.
04:00Yeah.
04:01And go, Mommy, go.
04:02The Scepters play the Ottawa Church today in the final game of the season.
04:08To prepare for this high-stakes match-up, Natalie warms up with Rory, her firstborn son.
04:14He wants to play hockey every hour of the day, don't we?
04:17We want everyone to play hockey.
04:18He tells us we need two hands on our stick.
04:21I think it would be a lot harder if he didn't like hockey or if he didn't want to come to
04:24the rink and watch, but he gets so excited to come.
04:27Ready?
04:28You going to stop it?
04:29Oh, good save.
04:31You want another one?
04:33I think having Rory run has, like, put things into perspective a little and just, I've been
04:37able to, like, separate a lot more from hockey, so in a sense, I think it's actually helps
04:41me.
04:42A star for Canada's women's Olympic team at the last three games, Spooner was a headline
04:48pick for the Scepters in their inaugural season.
04:51Toronto is beyond thrilled to draft Natalie Spooner.
04:57The Scepters would be rewarded as Natalie dominated the league, winning the scoring title and
05:05league MVP.
05:07A chance, a breakaway for Spooner.
05:09Here she comes, looking for 18, and she gets it.
05:13Who else but Natalie Spooner?
05:15But a catastrophic knee injury during the last season's playoffs sidelined her for the
05:21majority of the sophomore season and has proven difficult to come back from.
05:25That's a huge loss if she goes down for Toronto.
05:28You know, it was hard to see her hurt, but every time you see them on the ice or they
05:33go down, it's like, oh my goodness, are they going to be okay?
05:37You still get that feeling.
05:38I don't think it's ever going to stop because it's your child that's there, right?
05:43And you want to run on the ice and help them, but you can't.
05:47I'm sure she's going to get back as strong as ever because she always comes back.
05:51I had totally blown up my ACL and was like folded back and not a good scenario.
06:11So then feel guilty that you can't be out there.
06:14Like you're like, what could I have done better?
06:15Did I not sleep enough?
06:16Did I not eat something properly?
06:18Like there's really no other thoughts and like, it sucks.
06:21Then once you have the surgery, it's like they just blew up your whole life.
06:25Like they just, it was painful.
06:27Like it just, it was like so much worse than what the original injury was.
06:31And I was like, why do people do this?
06:33Your body like just doesn't think your leg is your own anymore.
06:36Almost like you have to like retrain your leg to do everything.
06:39I would love to say that like, you know, I'm, I'm back and I feel that good.
06:44But I think that maybe people thought I'd be able to step right back into that role.
06:48But at the same time, like I've, you know, I've been through a major surgery and, um,
06:52still, still in like the process of rehabbing.
06:55So hopefully start to feel more closer to what I was last year.
07:00Confidence is shaken easier than it is built, even for established stars.
07:08But for athletes beginning a whole new journey, building that first foundation can be downright impossible.
07:15Hey, no, I'm going to help you. And you're going to get better now.
07:20How?
07:21Because I'm a coach and I've been in your exact position.
07:24You're going to do it right though, right?
07:27Good. That's all I need then. I'm happy.
07:29Tight.
07:31Okay. That one was actually pretty good.
07:33We have 15 minutes. Okay. Can you do 15 more minutes?
07:36For me, this has been kind of my second home for my whole life.
07:39Uh, I started out my first athletic career here as a kid.
07:42I was a diver when I was, uh, about seven or so.
07:45So it's been a good long while here.
07:47I guess that makes like almost 16, 17 years that I've been coming to this facility.
07:52Better luck.
07:54Johan has been an Olympic hopeful before, chasing glory at the end of a diving board.
08:00In 2024, he stood on the stage of the World Aquatics Championships in Doha, representing Jamaica.
08:07But Paris 2024 slipped away.
08:11The Olympic dream was left unfinished.
08:13Short of vertical, maybe missing a bit of space at the end to complete the dive correctly.
08:19Now, his sights are set on a new path and a new sport.
08:24Bobsleigh, a huge risk that could pay off later, but one that comes with sacrifice now.
08:29I live in my family's basement, and I'm 25, and I'm still having to find ways, explore more ways to keep receiving funds.
08:40Hey, that's pretty good, man.
08:43Yeah, you went in straight.
08:44To give you an idea of just the expenditure of a team, like staying at hotels the whole time, you're having to buy food, and then there's the matter of shipping the sleds out.
08:52But at the end of the day, we're still left with pretty much thousands of dollars in fees that we have to pay for to make all of that possible.
09:00What the dive coaching does for me is that it's a flexible job that I can always come back to.
09:05Johan puts in long hours at the pool so he can show up here at Canada Olympic Park's bobsleigh track.
09:12At the pool, he's the one everyone looks to.
09:14But now, the roles are flipped.
09:18He's the pupil and must take instructions, not give them.
09:24We're still thinking about left hand first, across, and then right?
09:28Yeah, yeah, across and go.
09:31Johans, everything gets a lot faster, everything gets a lot heavier, so he's got to be able to just survive and hold on.
09:36That was both hands at the same time, sorry about that.
09:46No, no, no, no, no, that's fine.
09:48That's not good.
09:51Yep, yep, yep.
09:55So I want one more push.
09:57It's getting better.
09:58It's kind of a process to it, right?
10:00It's very, like, logical, and I like that part of it.
10:03If you can get this hand moving at the same time as your foot, then your whole body is going towards you.
10:14Although coaches are happy with him, Johan's technique can still use some work.
10:20That's the end of the camp.
10:23Great progress for some of the guys all the way through, like, working on your positions on the sled.
10:30Yeah, I don't really have much to say.
10:31That was pretty good.
10:31We didn't have to show a lot of videos for corrections.
10:34You guys are doing a pretty good job on everything.
10:38We're trying to keep it as consistent as possible.
10:40You know, my every day, if I can show up, put in the work, walk away, return tomorrow, and try and elevate but stay consistent, that's the key at this point.
10:50For Johan, the journey to his first World Aquatics event took 14 years.
10:56But when he turned to bobsleigh, he had just one year to master the sport's unforgiving demands.
11:08And now, with less than a year until the Olympics, the challenge is not only to make Team Canada, but to be the best.
11:19A corner of the Italian Alps sets the stage for the last bout of the freestyle ski season.
11:38Here, elite moguls and aerial skiers compete for the prestigious Crystal Globe.
11:45This weekend is the highlight of most careers, but for Mikkel Kingsbury, it's just another opportunity to prove to the world he is still the best mogul skier of all time.
12:08Oh, my God!
12:12J'ai moi, ça a été une cournue.
12:15C'est Mikkel le prochain?
12:16Donc, on a bien hâte. On est vraiment excitées. On a quand même hâte que ça soit terminé.
12:20Ça a été une longue saison, beaucoup de stress. Mais il est content. On est content.
12:25Ça fait que ça va être un petit moment en famille après.
12:29Un petit moment en famille, on en profite. On va rester à Lausigno manger des pâtes, boire du vin, profiter d'être ensemble.
12:36Kingsbury is chasing greatness again hoping to secure 100 World Cup wins
12:49before February 2026 he sits at 98 with two chances at this event to get him
12:56there his first obstacle Japan's Ikuma Horishima two men who have battled all
13:05season well the intensity it's sure it goes with the duels the duels it's intense
13:11at the base yeah I don't like these duels, the games in 5, it's pretty stressful
13:17Mick Kingsbury of Canada, the most medaled skier of all time this is the last mogul run of the year
13:28head-to-head action between this year's two best let's go Mick, you got this
13:35two men who have battled all season
13:40this the last mogul run of the year head-to-head action between this year's two best
13:48and they're off Mikkel starts strong and hits the first jump with an extremely difficult and
13:57technical move right of camera as they land first jump legend Mick Kingsbury on the yellow
14:04course there and being pushed all the way by the Japanese number one
14:08the man who has pushed him all season is pushing him right to the line in the last race of the year
14:18he crosses the line ahead of Kingsbury by 0.24 of a second
14:22although Hirishima passes the line first the judges dock points for his form leading up to his second jump
14:30this mistake costs him victory and Mikkel secures the win the win puts him at 99 and shouldn't come as a surprise to any onlookers as Mikkel Kingsbury
14:42more often than not wins silver in 2014 and 2022 and most importantly a gold in 2018
14:53100 circuit wins at the site where he could win his final Olympic gold would be storybook
14:5999th win how does that feel Gretzky Gretzky number I know it's gonna happen but I'm not putting pressure on myself it's the first time my son gets to see me you know win and my family it's like my little team and then I want to say a big thank you to to to to my girlfriend so I'm very lucky to have her in my in my life and then she's an amazing mother for for our little son
15:25athletes will often tell you the key to success is repetition consistency doing the work again and again
15:36for Will Dongenu it means daily training at Montreal's Maurice Richard Arena with his short track team
15:45at just 24 years of age the four-time world champion isn't shy to open up about what it takes to be the best
15:54I'm dominating uh but not in the conventional way to me domination is not just about results to me
16:03dominating is just putting my stamp on the sport and I'm not the only one doing it and we're doing
16:08it as a team also so I think that's just that's just great CBC sports analyst and long track Olympian
16:15Anastasia Buses will be the judge of that every sport needs a star and Will Dongenu is a gift to short track
16:23speed skating the hype is real I guess I feel vulnerable saying Usain Bolt because you shouldn't
16:29compare anyone to Usain Bolt why are you so tall and how can you move your body that fast
16:36this guy has got it like he's got presence
16:41and he puts his money where his mouth is
16:45it is the golden age of Canadian short track speed skating Will Dongenu is a huge part of that
16:52but a star's journey is never easy Will didn't make the 2022 short track team
17:02and nearly quit the sport altogether right right yeah it's like sometimes uh going through a breakup
17:10right you might love the person but this the sport might not give you back what you're giving
17:15and changing my perspective and understanding that the sport doesn't owe me anything you just owe it to
17:22yourself to appreciate what you're doing every day like I have to be enjoying my life on a regular
17:28basis and that comes through great relationship with my teammates with the staff and also appreciation
17:33of what I'm doing in the present moment instead of hanging up the skates Will looked inwards embarking
17:41on a journey of personal growth to properly set himself up I look at myself skating and I still see a lot
17:49of things to improve on tactically it's great to be having that much success and knowing that individually
17:57I can still grow and I think as a team we can also get better the Olympic year is going to be what we
18:03hope is going to be a great season for us and we're working towards that and I think in Milano we can win
18:11everything yeah that's how that's how how good I think we are and we can be yeah everything but has
18:19he matured enough to turn potential into victory on the other side of the country another Olympic
18:27hopeful is visiting home from Slovenia to support her brother at a motocross race that's just everyday
18:36life if you're eluded when I was a little kid my brother and I shared a dirt bike but he was much
18:53more talented than I am like most things my brother is far more gifted in athletics than I am I just
19:00happen to be a better ski jumper that's it and that's putting it lightly after Alex first saw ski
19:06jumping on TV during the 2010 Vancouver Olympics it sparked a lifelong passion and career at just
19:1318 years old she represented Canada during the 2022 Beijing Olympics since then she's racked up an
19:21incredible list of accolades including first Canadian to win a world title in ski jumping
19:26when Alex visits home she also teaches the next generation of ski jumpers how to be the best yeah
19:42yeah it's way better Sophia you can tell she's track that was perfect that was good I can tell
19:49you're getting tired at the end though it looks good though this is the next generation there's hope for
19:55a lot of us after all thank God you know it's not going to die with me and Abby Alex is a big part of her ski jump
20:04community in Calgary it's a stark contrast with her formative years in the sport
20:09how so what do you mean I don't know it was just like there's such a division when I was their age and like I there's no one around when I was a kid and so I think it's kind of like
20:19it's kind of like being what I wish I had so yeah I think it's important to show up for people you care
20:28about and things you care about ski jumping's future in Canada depends on work like this in 1988 Calgary
20:37built Canada Olympic Park for the Winter Games complete with ski jumps but by 2018 they were gone
20:43dismantled under the weight of cost and safety concerns today Canada's lone ski jump facility in
20:50Whistler operates only in the winter athletes like Alex must travel overseas to places like Slovenia just
20:57to train year-round it leaves a huge question mark for future Canadian ski jumpers like these we spend a lot
21:08of time abroad in America and Europe usually to actually train on facilities other than that we
21:14spend most our time in the gym which isn't the same but I guess you got to do what you can we have this
21:21nifty little contraption it's two roller skis nailed to a piece of plywood and I'm gonna push them and their
21:30coach is gonna catch them so yeah yeah there you go that was a good one that was really good
21:37we have a makeshift jump in Calgary but it doesn't have the real profile of a ski jump it doesn't
21:46have what you need to move to the next level and that's why these kids spend so much time away from
21:51home Alex was that kid not too long ago at 15 she left Calgary behind for a life in Germany a teenager
22:00crossing an ocean for a dream that could only be found on a ski jump the path of an athlete is never
22:07easy but to walk it alone in a new country far from the comfort of home that's what forges champions
22:14in Hertzville PEI marker ends is more than just an athlete he is a pillar of the community a
22:23paranordic athlete who competed in Vancouver Sochi now mark Adams coming down to the line Pyeongchang
22:31and a fantastic performance from him takes the goal for Canada and most recently Beijing but
22:41he's got the lot are rents and away he goes ninth Paralympic Winter Games medal for mark Aran's he's
22:50pretty happy about it all of his success abroad he brings home to this provincial park so much so they
22:58renamed it after him this is where I started this was the hub of the birth of my career it's it's
23:04constantly been growing it's all used to be woods like you couldn't see any houses you couldn't see that
23:09fence you couldn't see any of this uh we even have a cafe now when when I was here that was not a thing
23:15this is brand new we didn't have we never had asphalt when I started so we were always laying
23:20on the grass it's constantly growing and improving and part of my legacy is to actually give back to
23:26the park I'm a farmer's son who grew up in this small community it's even hard you know it's a just a
23:33name on a on the map not really even a community but and I hope somebody you know can start on down
23:38the trail that I've started and go further and it's not just the park mark is very engaged with his
23:45local community keeping in touch with people and memories from years ago during his time in cadets
23:51what would be what would be your favorite story to share about mark here I think the day of the snowball
23:56fight a couple of guys and they were doing some snowballs and so on and then mark just threw his
24:01arm up visiting home brings up all kinds of memories and for mark it means reflecting on a life-changing
24:23moment this is where I grew up the farm behind my shoulder here that's where I spent my first 16
24:34years it's also where I lost my arm I was seven years old a truck was unloading some grain into a grain
24:46auger there was some grain that wasn't quite going it was coming out of the truck but not really into
24:52the grain auger I leaned over and did this kind of pushing motion and but I lost my balance and so in
25:02that losing that balance I you know as a reaction shot my hands forward my right hand was fine because
25:09it landed on the solid part of the grain auger but my left arm landed on the moving blades back at home
25:16Mark's parents remember the moment like it was yesterday at first he didn't do anything that whole
25:22summer he was just playing in the yard trying to get his balance because balance was a big thing at first
25:28and and then he started to get back to you know being active and doing things he was not competitive
25:36before he was just participating but then he started to be more competitive at what he was doing I don't
25:44know that drive to win that that just came slowly but I think yeah his his injury had a lot to do with it
25:51like he had to prove to himself and then yeah the the after that it came like well you know other
25:58people can see too that I'm strong and I can do things tell myself that now I've shown everyone
26:05else what the level will be that I can achieve myself with the success over the last few years so
26:11now I have to blaze a new trail to find what's next after 12 Paralympic medals four Paralympics and
26:20multiple developments in his hometown how much higher could the next level possibly be
26:25CBC's the game is back hey Canada Cabby Richards here thrilled to be your host for this year's
26:32edition of the game the nightly trivia game for all Canadians 19 and over packed with questions about
26:38the Olympics four all-inclusive tropical getaways are up for grabs and all you have to do for a chance
26:43to win let's play the game the faster you answer the more points you score it's the simple yet
26:49difficult exciting yet frustrating way to play your way through this upcoming Olympic season join Canadians
26:55in their quest to win one of four beach getaways skip out on the winter blues catch some rays in Mexico
27:01three high scores along with one lucky random draw winner will be eligible to win a trip plus nightly
27:08prizes are always on the line when the winter Olympics begin so does the game it all kicks
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27:21with 99 world cup wins under his belt Mikel takes a breath before the final event to reflect
27:35on what it means to be on the cusp of an extraordinary feat my goal for this event is if I can try to get to
27:42100 so hopefully I have a good weekend and if I have a good weekend I think it's gonna help me be even
27:50more confident for the Olympic Games after one final inspection of the hill Mikel and his coach are
27:55planning out a potential route for his run first time I'm here first time I'm skiing the the Olympic
28:09course it's important for me to gain some very good information it's a brand new course it's the one
28:15we're gonna compete at the Olympics so try to learn about the landscape here how it's gonna run at the
28:23Olympic it's definitely gonna be different but at least it's not gonna be brand new next year
28:27and that's not the only thing unique about the specific competition it's definitely different to
28:33experience fatherhood while while still competing but it's the best it's always been kind of like a dream
28:39of mine you know to to go to the Olympic and have my son at the bottom
28:43confidently said by the greatest to ever do it one last race of the weekend for a chance at the 100th
29:03win meanwhile at the coca-cola coliseum spooner and the scepters are preparing for puck drop in
29:11their critical final game of the season since returning to action at the halfway point of the
29:17season spooner has struggled to regain her previous MVP form leaving the scepters in a challenging position
29:26she's still tied for the all-time leading goals and she's missed half a season so you can understand
29:34what she means to this fan base she did come back stronger when she came back after having a baby so
29:39can she do that again or can she come back to the same form that she was in last year I think it's unfair
29:44to expect that or at least right away she can start to score even at a fraction of the pace that she scored
29:50that last year it will be huge for this group hot drop and away we go spooner near a sign takes it
29:57in on the zone trying to feed it back from Malte a great look yeah good stick wait to show your stick
30:02though the line and holds it from the blue line for a high shot two for the glove of Kristen Campbell
30:07Sally spooner fights for control down low to center looks to capitalize it's Sarah Nurse her shot here off
30:14the bar both teams play economical defense first games with goaltenders and defenders working in
30:22tandem to stifle offense despite the frustration spirits remain high oh oh my god who did that
30:38who's losing in the gate out finally after almost 40 minutes one team buckles first in the battle of
30:46attrition there you go yeah Izzy's coming
30:49to the corner for spooner Natalie spooner tries to wrap it around kept in the zone it's fast she'll jump
31:03down to nurse to the backhand now forehand she scores what a beauty by Sarah Nurse
31:08there we go
31:12what a move
31:17nurse
31:18it's very dangerous right now in all aspects so keep going
31:24dangerous so dangerous
31:28the satisfaction is temporary as Ottawa response almost immediately catching the
31:37scepter sleeping
31:38to Savalainen she scored big goals in her career a chance for Jenner she scores a tie game
31:47good job
31:57after two periods of frustrating hockey we're back where we started even at one apiece heading into a
32:03very important final period
32:09it's usually pretty busy especially in the summertime patios are full people are enjoying it it's
32:17awesome in Kimberly BC color grew up among the mountains snow and sport his dad worked with
32:27the Paralympic ski team so stories of strength and determination were part of his daily life
32:33color never imagined how close those lessons would one day hit home I was in 2021 my dad was going up
32:47north and in Sweden to work with the Swedish team at the time and he was like oh you can come on this
32:51week-long camp and do coach stuff sure enough I was there hanging out didn't have any sunglasses or
32:59goggles or anything on the Sun was shining it was hot the Sun reflecting onto the snow unfortunately burnt out a hole in my retina
33:10next morning woke up and was like whoa I'm having a really hard time seeing went to the doctor and that's
33:18when I was originally diagnosed with solar retinopathy that time I found out that I had was losing my vision and
33:26kind of was like okay well life's too short gonna move back to Kimberly have a good final high school
33:31year with my friends and I got a phone call from one of my dad's connections and he was like we're
33:36looking to have a new team up in Alberta we'd love to have you come out and join so sure enough I took
33:40the next step and started racing Cali Erickson straight away out of the gate and so when I found out that I
33:49might have a shot at being all right at the sport I went all in another victory here supreme second run
33:56charge for him this is a lot of fun this is great this gives me a purpose I'm happy to be coming back
34:03here getting ready for the games and I think I'm gonna be in a really good spot in Port Colborne Ontario
34:17the women's para hockey team gather for their first camp among them is co-captain Rafael Toussignal so I
34:26grew up in a hockey family my cousin my uncle my dad played hockey and you want me to look at the
34:34lines are you the lines okay sorry I didn't have a hold of brother so my dad kind of just put me
34:41into a ring at being my sister he was our coach probably the artist coach I ever had in my entire
34:47career so far I just fell in love with hockey for real but like most young people it wasn't para hockey
34:55she first fell in love with that revelation was preceded by a difficult chapter it all happened very
35:04quickly I randomly fell on my hip my ring at some sort of bruise kind of just pop out of my body at
35:13first like you never thought you never think it's cancer a series of medical procedures revealed that
35:23Rafael had an osteosarcoma deep inside her hip the only chance for survival was to have her entire leg
35:30amputated at that time I was 10 so you're whole enough to be aware of what's going on like how
35:40you're facing that thoroughly because that was that at that time like if I didn't do anything that would
35:45I wouldn't be here today I asked my dad go on the ice for one last time before my invitation my dad
35:54really needed every one of my old teammates I ring it for one last time and it was so amazing and yeah
36:02at that time I was just convinced that it was over like no hockey no ring head no any sports it was just
36:09okay well this part of my life is behind me when I found para hockey it was just oh my god I get to
36:18feel like the rain in my face again I get to feel my hair in the wind and like a fresh feeling of just
36:25being so close to the ice so it was amazing and I get to discover that spread with my dad so it was
36:31even more special for us because my dad found that sport for me and he put me into it like he didn't
36:37ring it and it was just super cool para hockey came naturally to Raphael she made the women's
36:43national team at 14 the social aspects however proved more difficult I couldn't speak English back then
36:53very trauma to my traumatizing opportunity for me because they put me in the ultimate room with three
37:02other English speaker and I couldn't say anything else and like a duck hamburger and like cup over
37:07so I remember just calling my parents like I can't do it like you gotta come get me I was crying they're
37:14like no you're one day you're gonna be so happy that you did it and you push through it and now I speak
37:19English I'm all right like I my English is all right he told me back then that I will be able and I
37:26will have the ability to be a good player on the ice for the team but have the ability to speak to the
37:31team in English enough to be a co-captain of that team so it's very cool a groundbreaking moment for one
37:40of its players absolutely Raphael Toussignan 21 years of age from Terrebonne becomes the first
37:47female to play for the full men's Canadian national para hockey team trailblazers rarely rest on their
37:57laurels and while the sports world regaled Raphael's accomplishments at the world championship in 2023
38:04she only set her sights higher so I'm still really really working hard and I want to make that
38:11reality I want to be in Wellington I will be the first Canadian to do it how I feel about my chance
38:17right now um it's hard to say like I don't know it's the reason like yeah I think the only thing I can
38:26say right now is I don't know the two years that I since I made the men's team I did improve like
38:31I can't like my left shot is as good as my right hand now and but at the end of the day it's out of
38:38my control like so I tried and I don't want to say like I don't want I don't want to be like no I'm
38:45not gonna go because I refuse to say that so um yeah so I control everything in my power and we'll see
39:01yeah
39:12hi buddy
39:26The third and final period of the Toronto Scepter season is upon them.
39:37A victory here in the final 20 minutes will secure critical momentum heading into the playoffs
39:43and a seeding advantage on the path to the Walter Cup.
39:47The margins are razor thin.
39:49Neither team can afford another error.
39:56Spirit has a little bit more of the feel of the first, like it's tightened up defensively,
40:03a lot of perimeter play.
40:07Oh, she had her.
40:10Drop, too.
40:13In front, Toronto looking for the rebound chances.
40:16Phillips will hold strong.
40:18Toronto just looking to pounce on that turnover below the net.
40:21Oh, nice call, Maggie.
40:23Sorry, I didn't get it.
40:24It's a stop by LaRock.
40:26Miller weighs her options.
40:27A shot here.
40:28Phillips, it's just chaos in her crease.
40:30Where in the hell is it?
40:32Final seconds of this third period.
40:36And regulation wasn't enough.
40:38We will go to overtime.
40:39Next goal wins.
40:42In which Olympic sport did Canadian John Montgomery win gold at Vancouver 2010?
40:47Skeleton.
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41:11After a dominant performance in dual moguls, Mikel now competes in the singles part of the event.
41:22With 99 World Cup wins under his belt, Mikel is eyeing a huge career milestone, chasing greatness with a triple-digit win count.
41:31Nobody in mogul's history has ever achieved this feat.
41:36But more than legacy, it would be a huge momentum boost to begin this Olympic year.
41:44And if there's anyone to do it, it would be him.
41:48Three, two, one, go!
41:51But the stars do not align on this day.
42:19Mikel finishes second to his long-time rival, Japanese skier Ikuma Hirishima.
42:28One away from 100.
42:31I'm not thinking about it.
42:32I didn't think about it all day.
42:34A little bit in the last gondola ride because I was like, ah, you're there.
42:39Like, I built myself in the last one.
42:41But, yeah, I'm not thinking about it.
42:43While hardly a disastrous outcome, Mikel will now go into this Olympic season with something left to prove.
43:01Back in Toronto, the Scepters set for overtime.
43:05Hope to avoid that same sting of defeat.
43:07Both teams have dug in with play, oscillating feverishly between ends.
43:19And while spirits on the bench continue to remain high amidst the tension, a trend is emerging.
43:25Every opportunity for Natalie to see ice goes to a teammate.
43:32One after another, until it's too late.
43:35Throws it out to open ice.
43:37High speed now.
43:37Katering here, Razava.
43:39For Ottawa.
43:40Takes it in.
43:41Has to have a line in on the far side.
43:42Razava.
43:43And she scores!
43:44People change when I'm meant to stay the same.
43:56Adversity, defeat, and disappointment.
44:00The great equalizers on this journey.
44:03Faced by every athlete.
44:07For veterans returning to form.
44:10You know, we all saw what she did last season.
44:12And she can come back and she can get back to that form.
44:14Then she obviously will be a big part of that national team moving forward and going into the 26 games.
44:18The potential of finality.
44:20You know, I've experienced a lot because I've been on that podium many times.
44:24But, you know, next year my focus will be, you know, just to rest and be a bit more with my son back home.
44:31And it might be your last run too.
44:33Yeah.
44:33Yeah, so, yeah, I'm enjoying every moment right now.
44:37Or the pressure of providing.
44:40The pride that I want to portray to the community is one of those driving factors that will pay off down the road.
44:48McHale, Natalie, and Mark can find calm amidst the storm, reflecting on previous journeys to the games.
44:56This next generation does not share the luxury of experience.
45:00He's going to have a lot of pressure on him.
45:03Scares me a little bit because anything can happen in short track.
45:06It's NASCAR on ice.
45:08The falls are big.
45:09The speed is big.
45:10You can be the greatest.
45:11And there's still a chance that it's not going to work out for you.
45:15The journey's never going to be like a straight shot.
45:17It's going to be like a little ups and downs.
45:19But hopefully on average it keeps getting better and better and let's see how it goes.
45:24Man, seeing my dad at the World Championship, being so freaking proud of wearing his hockey
45:31Canada jersey with my last, like our last name in the back was like, that's why I did it.
45:38That's why, because I wanted to make them proud.
45:41I ask you to remember just what it's like to live, even if this amber is all I have to give.
45:57Rookie or veteran, no one ascends the podium without the journey that comes before.
46:10That final step, the last along a path filled with difficult moments.
46:17The individual journeys join together through shared hardship and a unifying ambition.
46:27It will mean literally the world to me, to become prevalent and to be part of the still-found thinking.
46:57The individual world has proven próxima because they leave them from the start to live in the past.
46:59Let's get it we have to look at the chance of matching these celebrations.
47:09Let's see.
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