Athletes with Special Olympics Manitoba are back in the swim for their annual summer games this weekend after the University of Manitoba closed its pool in April.

Originally scheduled for the Joyce Fromson Pool at the university, the 57 athletes, starting at age 15, were forced to look for a different aquatic facility when a leak forced the closure of the pool. The university later decided to replace it.

Now the athletes, whose Special Olympics oath is “Let me win, but if I cannot win, let me be brave in the attempt,” are diving into the Selkirk Community Pool at the Lord Selkirk Regional Comprehensive Secondary School this weekend. The first competitions began Friday.

Michelle Stamm, manager of the Selkirk pool, and herself a Special Olympics swim coach, said when she got the call from the organization, she immediately agreed to let the athletes go there. Then her own facility was forced to close last month after developing leaks in two pumps.

DENVER (AP) — An ex-cop fired from his job as an investigator at the U.S. Center for SafeSport for allegedly stealing money seized at a drug bust has been arrested again, this time charged with rape and sex trafficking.

Jason Krasley, a former police officer in Allentown, Pennsylvania, was arrested Friday and charged with felony rape and involuntary sexual servitude for crimes allegedly committed while he was on the force between 2011 and 2015, according to a news release from the district attorney's office.

Krasley left the department in 2021 and went to work for the SafeSport Center, which fired him last year shortly after learning he'd been arrested for allegedly stealing $5,500 from a drug bust he helped conduct while on the force.

The new arrest resurfaces the question of how Krasley was able to maneuver through what officials at the center say is a robust vetting process it uses to hire people tasked with uncovering sensitive information regarding sex-abuse cases.

Colton and Kadriana Lott’s margin for error will be slim at the Canadian mixed doubles curling trials this week, a lesson they learned on the first day of action.

The Winnipeg Beach couple, playing in their first trial together, opened their quest to wear the Maple Leaf with a 1-1 record at Queens Place Emera Centre in Liverpool, N.S. on Monday.

The Lotts began with a golden-calibre performance in a 7-2 triumph over Alex Robichaud and Melissa Adams of New Brunswick that needed just seven ends to reach a result. The country’s fifth-ranked tandem started fast, stealing points in three straight ends including three in the second frame. The teams traded singles for the remainder of the contest.

A promising start was succeeded by a more challenging matchup against Jaelyn and Jim Cotter of British Columbia, which ended in a 7-5 defeat for the Manitobans in an extra end. The father and daughter duo improved to 2-0.

Three Manitobans, all veterans of international women’s hockey, have been named to the 25-player roster that will represent their country in the Canada-U.S. Rivalry Series during the 2024-25 season.

Jocelyne Larocque of Ste. Anne (Toronto, PWHL) and Deloraine’s Ashton Bell (Ottawa, PWHL), both blue-liners, and goaltender Kristen Campbell of Brandon (Toronto, PWHL) are scheduled to suit up for Canada on Nov. 6 in San Jose, Calif., Nov. 8 in West Valley City, Utah, Nov. 10 in Boise, Idaho, Feb. 6 in Halifax, and Feb. 8 in Summerside, P.E.I.

PARIS - Canada's defending-champion women's eight rowing team has qualified for Saturday's finals after finishing second in Thursday's repechage.

The Canadians finished with a time of six minutes 4.81 seconds, slightly behind the American team that finished less than a second earlier.

Australia and Italy finished third and fourth respectively in the repechage and have also qualified for the finals, joining Great Britain and Romania who won their heats on Monday.

"We really stuck to our rhythm, we didn't do anything different from what we had planned. In an Olympic year you don't really get many races, so every race is another opportunity to fine-tune," said Canadian rower Abby Dent of Kenora, Ont.