Sports Talk

Paralympic sailor Paul Tingley from the Halifax area on how he ended up sailing and why an hour-long race can feel like 10 minutes when he's out on the water.

Patricia Benoit Chafe, director of winter sport at Own the Podium, on the early years of the Sackville skating club and how she used a PhD in mathematics to help change the sport of figure skating.

Olympic figure skater Kaetlyn Osmond from Newfoundland on learning to skate at age two and why she decided to retire after so much success.

Special Olympic powerlifter Jackie Barrett from Halifax, N.S., on the rush of competing in front of a large crowd and how he is honouring his late mother’s legacy.

Former NHLer Mike McPhee from River Bourgeois, N.S, on his journey to playing for the Montreal Canadiens and what it was like to go head-to-head against a Russian team in Moscow.

Paralympic rower Andrew Todd from Dartmouth, N.S., on how he used rowing as a tool for recovery and the hurdles he overcame to defend a world championship title in 2019.

Photographer Lyndsay Doyle from Charlottetown, P.E.I., on the women in sport who inspire her and why she wanted to highlight their stories in her new book.

Olympic paddler Mark de Jonge from Halifax, N.S., on his quest for balance on and off the water and why he spends his spare time making watches.

Olympic hockey player Blayre Turnbull from Stellarton, N.S., on how her hometown instilled her love of hockey and what she hopes for the future of her sport.

Olympic sailor Jacob Saunders from Chester, N.S., on why he was never more than two metres apart from his older brother for many years and the challenges of managing an Olympic campaign at 18.