US EditionCanadian Olympic Skeleton Team Includes 2024 World Champion Clarke, Veteran Channell
The team includes 2024 world champion Hallie Clarke and two veterans selected for their leadership and strong recent results, targeting Olympic success in skeleton events.
- On January 21, 2026, Bobsleigh Canada Skeleton and the Canadian Olympic Committee named a three-person Olympic skeleton team—Hallie Clarke, Jane Channell and Josip Brusic—at the Lululemon store at Market Mall, Calgary.
- Earlier this month, U.S. slider Katie Uhlaender alleged Canada withdrew athletes from a Jan. 11 Lake Placid, N.Y. race, but the IBSF Integrity Unit concluded Canada broke no rules after investigating.
- Hallie Clarke arrives as a rapid riser with 2024 senior and 2025 junior world titles, while Josip Brusic began international racing in December 2023 as Canada's lone male skeleton athlete.
- From February 12-15, Team Canada will compete at the Cortina Sliding Centre in the debut of the mixed team event, aiming for its first medal since 2010,
- Jane Channell said, `We have complete faith in our national sport organization and are appreciative of the IBSF for prioritizing a review and rendering a decision so quickly,` and `we are putting this behind us.
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Hallie Clarke is set to make her Olympic debut next month at the Milan-Cortina Winter Games as part of the Canadian skeleton team announced Wednesday by Bobsleigh Canada Skeleton and Canadian Olympic Committee.
Canadian Olympic skeleton team includes 2024 world champion Clarke, veteran Channell
Hallie Clarke is set to make her Olympic debut next month at the Milan Cortina Games as part of the Canadian skeleton team announced Wednesday by Bobsleigh Canada Skeleton and the Canadian Olympic Committee.
Brighton’s Clarke leads Canadian skeleton team to Milan Cortina Games
Brighton’s Hallie Clarke is set to make her Olympic debut next month at the Milan Cortina Games as part of the Canadian skeleton team. The 21-year-old is one of three athletes named to Canada’s Olympic skeleton team as announced Wednesday by Bobsleigh Canada Skeleton and the Canadian Olympic Committee. Clarke won the women’s skeleton world championship in 2024, making her the sport’s youngest world champion ever at 19 years old. She followed th…
Three skeleton athletes nominated to Team Canada for Milano Cortina 2026 - Team Canada
Team Canada will have a team of three athletes competing in skeleton at the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games. Jane Channell and Hallie Clarke will compete in the women’s event, while Josip Brusic will race in the men’s event. By virtue of qualifying at least one woman and one man, Canada will also be able to enter the first ever Olympic mixed team skeleton event on the new ice track at the Cortina Sliding Centre. Channell is headed to he…
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