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single riders only

in golf buggies

SHARING a golf cart with a person from another household is out of bounds, provincial health officials clarified today.

Individuals participating in outdoor sports and activities must be separated by at least two metres, part of health protocols in place owing to the COVID-19 pandemic.

That includes golf, and that means separate carts for golfers from separate households.

Golf Manitoba has reiterated the rules to all courses around the province.

lamaze withdraws

from Tokyo games

BRUSSELS — Canada’s most decorated show jumper has withdrawn from consideration for the Tokyo Olympics.

Eric Lamaze, winner of Olympic gold, silver and bronze medals, was one of five athletes named to Equestrian Canada’s short list to compete in the Summer Games.

The 53-year-old from Montreal won individual gold and team silver in 2008 in Beijing aboard Hickstead, as well as an individual bronze in 2016 in Rio with Fine Lady.

Lamaze has undergone treatment for a brain tumour the last three years. He says in a statement his health has stabilized, but it remains among several reasons for his withdrawal.

Canada won’t compete in the team event in Tokyo and will send just one horse-and-rider combination.

assault suit filed

against virtanen

VANCOUVER — A civil lawsuit has been filed alleging that Vancouver Canucks forward Jake Virtanen sexually assaulted a young woman.

A statement of claim filed in Kelowna, B.C. last week alleges Virtanen took the woman to a hotel in West Vancouver in September 2017 and assaulted her as the woman repeatedly said no and pleaded with him to stop.

The allegations have not been tested in court and a statement of defence has not been filed in the case.

The statement of claim says the woman, identified only by her initials, suffered physical and emotional damages, including post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, anxiety, and repeated and ongoing nightmares.

Virtanen’s agent did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

The Canucks placed Virtanen on leave on May 1, saying in a statement that the team “does not accept sexual misconduct of any kind and the claims as reported are being treated very seriously.’’

boxer’s olympic bid

gets big shot backing

CANADIAN boxer Mandy Bujold has Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault in her corner.

Guilbeault, who oversees amateur sport in Canada, has sent a letter to the International Olympic Committee and its president Thomas Bach asking the IOC to reconsider its stance and give the two-time Pan American Games champion a spot in the upcoming Tokyo Olympics.

Bujold’s fate for a spot in this summer’s Olympics currently lies in the hands of the Court of Arbitration for Sport after her qualifying tournament was scrapped due to the pandemic.

Bujold and her lawyer, Sylvie Rodrigue, lost their original appeal to the IOC earlier this month, leaving the CAS as her last chance to box in what would be her final Olympics.

”I would like to take this opportunity to extend my full support for Ms. Bujold’s inclusion in these Games,” Guilbeault wrote.

embatteld trainer

baffert bashed again

TWO days after a pair of Bob Baffert-trained horses ran in the Preakness, the New York Racing Association suspended the embattled trainer and all of his horses from the state’s tracks ahead of the June 5 Belmont Stakes.

“In order to maintain a successful Thoroughbred racing industry in New York, NYRA must protect the integrity of the sport for our fans, the betting public, and racing participants,” NYRA president and CEO Dave O’Rourke said in a statement. “That responsibility demands the action taken today in the best interests of Thoroughbred racing.”

With its stern response, New York joined Churchill Downs, which suspended Baffert shortly after he announced Kentucky Derby champion Medina Spirit had tested positive for the anti-inflammatory drug betamethasone. If a split-sample blood test taken after the Derby confirms the positive for betamethasone, Medina Spirit will likely become just the second horse to lose a Derby title because of a medication violation.

— from the news services