Why did Catherine Beauchemin-Pinard endure judo's difficult two-year process to qualify for this summer's Paris Games? Because she simply isn't satisfied yet.

Canadian boxer Tammara Thibeault won't hide it. At the Paris Olympics, she has only one goal capturing gold in the 75-kilogram weight class.

Three days after conquering Flushing Meadows, Gabriela Dabrowski still finds it hard to believe what she has accomplished.

The Vancouver Olympics created unprecedented enthusiasm for amateur sport in Canada. But since 2010, corporate funding has dwindled, and sports federations say they have to work very hard for Canadian athletes to compete among the world's best at the international level.

Remi Drolet, an Olympic cross-country skier from B.C., is balancing a career in cross-country skiing and an Ivy League education at Harvard University.