Olympics
Do you know who this professional athlete is?
January 25, 2022By: Greg Makarov, Sports Writer Welcome to the most challenging and intricate game you’ve ever played. This will test your intelligence, wit, and of course, your ability to use Google search. Will you be able to guess this athlete based on our clues? They are fluent in French, despite hailing from Michigan They started a clothing line named S Their favorite song to play during workouts is David Bowie’s “Fame” They had a cameo in the movie Oceans 8, and Beyonce’s music video for “Sorry” In their sport, two to four people can play at once They won their first major…
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The Sports Peakbox: swimming
January 21, 2022By: Sara Wong, Arts & Culture Editor Welcome to The PeakBox. My name’s Sara, aspiring mermaid and your host for this week. In this segment, The Peak answers student submitted questions about sports at SFU. This week, we focused on…
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The Sports Peakbox: cross country and track and field
January 20, 2022By: Isabella Urbani, Sports Editor Welcome to The PeakBox. I am your host, Isabella Urbani. Each week The Peak will answer student submitted questions about sports at SFU. This week, we asked students to pose questions about cross country and…
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Olympic athletes should be allowed to protest
July 19, 2021By: Clarence Ndabahwerize, Peak Associate On April 21 of this year, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) upheld Rule 50 of the Olympic Charter ahead of this year’s Olympic Games, which were likely to feature protests from athletes regarding social and racial…
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World News Beats
March 9, 2018By: Nathaniel Tok, Peak Associate Europe colder than the Arctic Europe is being engulfed by a cold spell, seeing temperatures plummet and leaving cities scrambling to shelter the homeless from the freezing weather, while places north of the Arctic Circle are…
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Olympic News Beats
February 16, 2018By: Nathaniel Tok, Peak Associate Possible cyber attack during Olympics opening ceremony A potential cyber attack that may have occurred during the opening ceremony of the PyeongChang Olympics is being investigated by organizers. Local media reported problems with non-critical systems, but…
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SFU team competes in Zurich in Cyborg Olympics
October 24, 2016[dropcap]S[/dropcap]FU researchers were tested on the world stage on October 8 at ETH Zurich’s Cybathlon — the first ever Cyborg Olympics. The researchers’ bionic arm, which was developed to act as a more intuitive prosthetic arm for amputees, competed with…
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Olympic Watch: SFU student Gabriel Ho-Garcia is Rio-ready
July 24, 2016[dropcap]S[/dropcap]FU will not be without representation at the Rio de Janeiro Summer Olympics. In the opening ceremonies, keep your eyes peeled for student Gabriel Ho-Garcia, playing men’s field hockey for Team Canada . The Peak caught up with Ho-Garcia after…
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Fierce Fencers: An interview with two SFU students gunning for a gold
June 12, 2016[dropcap]I[/dropcap]n late May, two SFU student athletes earned bronze medals at the 2016 Canadian Fencing Federation’s National Championships in the University Division. If you’ve never heard about SFU’s fencing team before, it’s because we don’t actually have one. In fact,…
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SFU student wins bronze medal at Olympic Games
September 3, 2012By Alison Roach Jasmin Glaesser, a third-year computing science student at SFU, had the opportunity to compete in the London 2012 Olympic Games this summer, and won a bronze medal for her race in women’s team pursuit cycling. When Glaesser,…
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