At least two Canadian Olympic athletes have connections to Prairie agriculture.
Melissa Lotholz grew up on her family’s farm in Barrhead, Alta.
In January she told Farms.com about how the farm became her personal training centre during COVID.
“I was flipping tires and pushing quads,” she said. “I’m actually going back to the farm after these Olympics.”
And Alex Clarke, a farmer from Griffin, Sask., and relationship manager with Farm Credit Canada, was on the ice as a hockey official with the International Ice Hockey Federation.