Canada's Mikael Kingsbury skis in the semifinal run in the men's World Cup freestyle skiing moguls in Saint-Come, Que., Friday, Jan. 31, 2025. Kingsbury took gold.

Canadian athletes enter the home stretch of preparation for the 2026 Winter Games that start in 100 days, but they’ll soon learn whether the organizations that support them can continue to do so.

With the federal budget to be tabled Tuesday, the Canadian Olympic and Paralympic committees have asked Ottawa for a $144-million increase in core funding, which they say hasn’t increased in two decades.

“The impact of the lack of funding keeps mounting,” Canadian Olympic Committee chief executive officer David Shoemaker said Wednesday. “It shifts the burden increasingly to athletes.”

National Sport Organizations count on core fundi

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