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The 43rd Défi sportif AlterGo has come to a close . . . so now what?
Sunday marked the conclusion of the 43rd Défi sportif AlterGo, as the final matches of the Montreal 2026 World Boccia Cup, the International Power Soccer Invitational Tournament, and the wheelchair basketball competition wound down. And although Canada’s boccia team...
Team Québec wins gold at the Canadian Wheelchair Curling Championships!
The weekend got off to a fabulous start at the Défi sportif AlterGo with a gold medal in Wheelchair Curling, the return of sports for the deaf and hard-of-hearing at the Claude-Robillard Sports Complex, and plenty of action at the Cégep Édouard-Montpetit Sports...
Transportation of the Défi’s elite athletes: made possible by the STM!
Once again this year, over the course of 11 action-packed days, the Défi sportif AlterGo has welcomed more than 6,000 athletes, ranging in expertise and age from youth to elite levels. From among these athletes, some 1,000 are competing in national and international...
Inclusion through adapted soccer in Quebec City
Although the Phénix des Rivières Soccer Club in Quebec City is not a school, it has taken part in the school component of the Défi sportif AlterGo 5 times since 2018. Marie-Michèle Thériault, who oversees the club’s adapted soccer program, explained how this came...
“Anything is possible” for sports commentator Jean Allard
Jean Allard discovered the Défi sportif AlterGo while working for the City of Montreal at the Claude-Robillard Sports Complex. At the time, Allard was not only a facilities attendant; he was also a talented sports commentator who had covered the Olympic Games in...
Chloé’s final competition in the school component!
Although the weather in Montreal on Thursday was grey and chilly, the atmosphere at the Défi sportif AlterGo was red hot! More than 1,100 students were on site to compete in the school component events, and their enthusiasm more than made up for the dreary weather....
Pushing Limits: Manon Charron and the Youth of Lanaudière
A veteran of the Défi sportif AlterGo with over 15 years experience under her belt, and a physical therapist who has brought Lanaudière’s youth to the Défi’s school program for more than 10 years. Of all the many roles she’s had over the years, one thing is...
18 cyclists ride across Canada in support of the Défi sportif AlterGo and parasport
It was a busy Tuesday morning at the Claude-Robillard Sports Complex, where 600 schoolchildren, who were on hand to take part in today’s school component competitions, also witnessed the departure of the SPVM (Montreal police) Cycling Tour of Canada, presented by...
Spokesperson for 25 years: Thank you, Jean-Marie!
If you regularly attend the Défi sportif AlterGo, you will certainly have encountered our spokesperson Jean-Marie Lapointe at some point. Lapointe has held the role—which he initially accepted somewhat on a whim even though he had never attended the event—for 25...
