For Canada’s national sport organizations (NSOs) like Rowing Canada and Rugby Canada, finding up-and-coming Olympians has been made easier thanks to RBC Training Ground’s talent identification and athlete funding program.
Launched in 2016, RBC Training Ground holds free qualifying events across the country where athletes aged 14 to 25 can showcase their athletic abilities in front of Canada’s high-performance sport representatives. READ THE FULL ARTICLE HERE: https://www.ctvnews.ca/lifestyle/how-do-you-find-an-olympian-1.5850366
Avalon Wasteneys who won Gold at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in Rowing, was discovered at an RBC Training Ground event in 2017. Photo credit: Rowing Canada.
