Athlete spotlight: the road to the maple leaf

Every Team Canada athlete starts the same way: on their home mats, at a provincial qualifier. (Placeholder spotlight — swap in a real athlete story.)

It takes a top-8 finish to reach the tryouts and a top-4 finish to make the team — two rounds that decide a season.

We'll be featuring more of Canada's competitors through the year. Know someone whose story we should tell? Get in touch.