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Day One: 40th Défi sportif AlterGo Launches with Mini-Marathon!
Montréal, April 21, 2023 - The 40th Défi sportif AlterGo has officially begun! And what better way to launch the event than with one of our flagship competitions: the mini-marathon! Jarry Park besieged by schools from across Quebec More than 1,000 students,...
A Short History of the Défi sportif AlterGo Mini-Marathon
Cheeks reddened by the April wind or by exertion. Or perhaps, by both. When it comes to the mini-marathon, some things don’t change at the Défi sportif AlterGo. On Friday, at the 40th edition of the annual event, more than 1,000 participants took off from the starting...
Forty Years of Togetherness, Through the Eyes of Dean Bergeron
Dean Bergeron was 18 years old when he became a paraplegic following a serious accident during a hockey training session. From that moment on, his life took an entirely different turn. He became a star in the field of athletics, notably in wheelchair racing, earning...
More than 7,000 athletes expected to participate in the 40th edition of the Défi sportif AlterGo
Montreal, March 1st, 2023 - The countdown has officially begun! In exactly 52 days, the curtain will rise on Canada's largest annual multi-sport event. For the 40th time, the Défi sportif AlterGo will allow thousands of athletes, regardless of their functional...
The Gary-Longhi Challenge takes a break at the Défi sportif AlterGo
It is with great regret that the 40th Défi sportif AlterGo team must announce the absence of the Gary-Longhi Challenge, an event always eagerly awaited by the paracycling community and sanctioned by the Union cycliste internationale (UCI), from its 2023 program. This...
An All-Around Success
The 39th edition of the Défi Sportif AlterGo came to a close on Sunday with para-cycling races on the Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve racetrack and the wheelchair rugby, power soccer and wheelchair basketball finals. For chief executive officer Maxime Gagnon, the event was...
Pedalling on the Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve Racetrack!
The para-cycling event that takes place on the Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve racetrack during the Défi Sportif AlterGo now bears the name of 4-time Paralympian Gary Longhi, who passed away in July 2020. The Gary Longhi Challenge is a major competition that allows racers...
Decathlon Canada: a new partner of the Défi sportif AlterGo
We are honoured to present a partnership between the Défi sportif Altergo and Decathlon Canada, the sporting goods chain that has been in the news recently with the development of inclusive "symbols of possibility". Among other things, Decathlon Canada will support...
Volunteering: Why did Yuval choose the Défi sportif AlterGo?
Andréanne Coutaller, Volunteer Relations Coordinator for the Défi sportif AlterGo, spoke with Yuval Hananayev, a volunteer who is very, very close to our mascot WalterGo, if you know what we mean...! Learn about the involvement, fears and accomplishments of a...
