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The 42nd Défi Sportif AlterGo: A Great Success!
The 42nd Défi Sportif AlterGo, which came to a close on Sunday, May 4, was once again a big success. Canada’s largest multi-sport event brought together close to 6,000 athletes with disabilites of all types for 10 action-packed days of competition in 10 different...
CEO Maxime Gagnon’s Top 5 Highlights
The 42nd Défi Sportif AlterGo came to a close on Sunday May 4, 2025. Over the 10 days of competition, close to 6,000 athletes took part in a variety of sports, including blind ice hockey, powerchair soccer, boccia, baseball, para rowing, and the mini-marathon, among...
Day 9: Québec wins silver in Canadian Wheelchair Curling Championships
It was a ‘super silver Saturday’ this weekend for Carl Marquis' Team Québec at the Canadian Wheelchair Curling Championships in Boucherville. Also on the ice, but this time at the Howie-Morenz Arena, both of Montreal's two parahockey teams qualified for the gold medal...
Billy Bridges, back 30 years later
“It was certainly our favourite tournament to come to play wheelchair basketball back when I was just a little runt.” So says Canadian para-hockey legend Billy Bridges—a six-time Paralympian—of his first experiences at the Défi Sportif AlterGo, almost 30 years ago....
For Photographer Serge Olivier, It All Started Here
It all started 20 years ago, when Maxime-Valérie Olivier, who would go on to become an international-level S3 para-swimmer, was in secondary 4 (10th grade) at Joseph-Charbonneau School. The school’s para-swimming program had just been implemented by two teachers,...
Day 8: Québec reaches semi-final at Canadian Wheelchair Curling Championships
The School Program of the 42nd Défi sportif AlterGo has come to a close, Friday May 2, and nearly 600 young athletes outdid themselves to finish the week on a high note. Meanwhile, at the Canadian Wheelchair Curling Championship, Carl Marquis' Team Québec qualified...
“I’ve been waiting years to thank you”
Not only will 2026 mark the 43rd edition of the Défi Sportif AlterGo, it will also see the inauguration of the very first OneAbility Games, an event inspired by the Défi Sportif AlterGo that will be held in British Columbia from May 13 to 17, 2026. A few members of...
Day 7 : Peak energy and then some at the Défi sportif AlterGo!
Another action-packed day took place at the Défi sportif AlterGo Thursday, with over 1,200 young athletes competing in 6 sports both inside and outside of a bustling Complexe Sportif Claude-Robillard. The Centre des glaces Gilles-Chabot in Boucherville was also back...
Day 6: A Mini-marathon with max participation – 1100 young athletes!
A chilly, sunny day greeted eager and enthusiastic young athletes this Wednesday morning at the 42nd Défi sportif AlterGo mini-marathon. The outdoor track at Complexe Sportif Claude-Robillard was the place to be, and over 1,100 athletes were there to participate in a...
