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Edmonton Journal
13 hours ago
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- Edmonton Journal
Canada's Michelle Plouffe retires after career with women's, 3x3 national teams
Article content TORONTO — Three-time Olympian Michelle Plouffe has announced her retirement from international basketball. Article content The 32-year-old from Edmonton was part of Canada's women's basketball teams at the 2012 London Games and 2016 Rio Olympics, also helping the program win back-to-back FIBA AmeriCup championships in 2015 and 2017. Article content She then shifted to 3×3 basketball, where she played _ alongside her twin sister Katherine Plouffe — a big role in building the Canadian program from the ground up. Article content Article content Plouffe led Canada to multiple FIBA 3×3 Women's Series titles, a silver medal at the 2022 FIBA 3×3 World Cup, and a fourth-place finish at the Paris Olympics. Article content Article content 'This journey has always been more than just playing basketball,' Plouffe said in a release. 'It's been about people, purpose, planting seeds and watching them grow.' Article content 'We never set out to be the best team in the world — we set out to be the best people to play with,' Plouffe added. 'And we believed the rest would follow. You don't plant fruit. You plant seeds. We planted encouragement. We planted trust. We planted love. That's what grew.' Article content
Global News
13 hours ago
- Sport
- Global News
Michelle Plouffe retires after career with women's, 3×3 national basketball teams
Three-time Olympian Michelle Plouffe has announced her retirement from international basketball. The 32-year-old from Edmonton was part of Canada's women's basketball teams at the 2012 London Games and 2016 Rio Olympics, also helping the program win back-to-back FIBA AmeriCup championships in 2015 and 2017. She then shifted to 3×3 basketball, where she played — alongside her twin sister Katherine Plouffe — a big role in building the Canadian program from the ground up. View image in full screen Canada's Michelle Plouffe, right, kisses her gold medal while standing on the podium with her twin sister, Katherine Plouffe, during the women's basketball medal ceremony at the Pan Am Games in Toronto on July 20, 2015. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, Julio Cortez Plouffe led Canada to multiple FIBA 3×3 Women's Series titles, a silver medal at the 2022 FIBA 3×3 World Cup, and a fourth-place finish at the Paris Olympics. Story continues below advertisement 5:23 Basketball players Katherine and Michelle Plouffe heading to 2024 Paris Olympics She is now set to join Canada Basketball's high-performance staff as 3×3 performance manager. Get daily National news Get the day's top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day. Sign up for daily National newsletter Sign Up By providing your email address, you have read and agree to Global News' Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy Plouffe will be honoured during the FIBA 3×3 Women's Series stop in Edmonton on Aug. 2. 'This journey has always been more than just playing basketball,' Plouffe said in a release. 'It's been about people, purpose, planting seeds and watching them grow.' 'We never set out to be the best team in the world — we set out to be the best people to play with,' Plouffe added. 'And we believed the rest would follow. You don't plant fruit. You plant seeds. We planted encouragement. We planted trust. We planted love. That's what grew.'
Toronto Star
14 hours ago
- Sport
- Toronto Star
Canada's Michelle Plouffe retires after career with women's, 3x3 national teams
TORONTO - Three-time Olympian Michelle Plouffe has announced her retirement from international basketball. The 32-year-old from Edmonton was part of Canada's women's basketball teams at the 2012 London Games and 2016 Rio Olympics, also helping the program win back-to-back FIBA AmeriCup championships in 2015 and 2017.
Winnipeg Free Press
14 hours ago
- Sport
- Winnipeg Free Press
Canada's Michelle Plouffe retires after career with women's, 3×3 national teams
TORONTO – Three-time Olympian Michelle Plouffe has announced her retirement from international basketball. The 32-year-old from Edmonton was part of Canada's women's basketball teams at the 2012 London Games and 2016 Rio Olympics, also helping the program win back-to-back FIBA AmeriCup championships in 2015 and 2017. She then shifted to 3×3 basketball, where she played — alongside her twin sister Katherine Plouffe — a big role in building the Canadian program from the ground up. Plouffe led Canada to multiple FIBA 3×3 Women's Series titles, a silver medal at the 2022 FIBA 3×3 World Cup, and a fourth-place finish at the Paris Olympics. She is now set to join Canada Basketball's high-performance staff as 3×3 performance manager. Plouffe will be honoured during the FIBA 3×3 Women's Series stop in Edmonton on Aug. 2. 'This journey has always been more than just playing basketball,' Plouffe said in a release. 'It's been about people, purpose, planting seeds and watching them grow.' 'We never set out to be the best team in the world — we set out to be the best people to play with,' Plouffe added. 'And we believed the rest would follow. You don't plant fruit. You plant seeds. We planted encouragement. We planted trust. We planted love. That's what grew.' This report by The Canadian Press was first published July 28, 2025.
The Hindu
21 hours ago
- Sport
- The Hindu
Russian Egorian wins gold at World Fencing Championships as neutral athlete
Russian Yana Egorian won gold in the women's sabre at the World Fencing Championships in Georgia on Sunday, where she was competing as a neutral athlete. Egorian, a gold medallist in both the individual and team sabre events at the Rio Olympics, claimed a 15-11 victory over Poland's Zuzanna Cieslar in the final in Tbilisi. ALSO READ | Fencers urge federation to reinstate checks on 'neutral' Russian, Belarusian athletes ahead of World Championships Russian Kirill Borodachev won silver in the men's individual foil earlier in the competition, also as a neutral athlete. 'I'm very happy. Today was very difficult, especially when I fenced with Lisa Pusztai (round of 64),' Egorian said. 'I spoke with my coach, and he understood what I didn't do right, and after that I fenced better. Now I want to win the (next) Olympic Games.' The decision by the sport's global governing body (FIE) to allow Russian and Belarusian athletes to compete as neutrals at the event sparked a backlash from Ukraine's fencing federation, which said it was considering legal action over the inclusion of athletes with Russian military ranks. More than 440 fencers from 40 countries signed an open letter urging the FIE to reinstate rigorous background checks on Russian and Belarusian athletes competing under neutral status. The FIE has said its decision 'underscores the Federation's commitment to peace, fairness, and the global unity of sport'.
