To Sleep, Perchance to Win
Lying awake, staring at the clock, heart pounding, tossing, turning and worrying about not sleeping… Oh, the despair! A fitful sleep the night before a big race is disconcerting for any athlete. While this experience can be unsettling, what is more critically important when it comes to sleep is quality and duration over the long […]
2015 Year in Review
As 2015 ends, the Canadian Sport Institute (CSI) Calgary has chosen to look back on some of the success stories of the past year. We have compiled a list of the top five athlete performances of 2015. We began with a long list of athletes who achieved excellence by winning a medal at a major […]
Para-Athletes Takeover CSI Calgary at Paralympian Search
November 18, 2015 Thirty-eight participants were #PARATOUGH at the first ever Paralympian Search held by the Canadian Paralympic Committee (CPC) and the Canadian Sport Institute Calgary (CSI Calgary) on November 14. The event offered individuals with a physical disability or visual impairment the opportunity to test their athletic potential in a high performance environment with […]
Where Are They Now? CSIC Alumni Champions Girls in Sports
One year before Chandra Crawford’s legendary success as an Olympic Cross-Country Skiing Gold Medalist, she came to a realization: “We have to do something to keep girls in sports.” She had witnessed first-hand the plethora of talented girls that had stopped participating in sports because they felt pressure to conform to more traditionally feminine pursuits. […]