Olympian Clara Hughes set to drop by News Café

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One of Canada’s most celebrated Olympians is coming by the Winnipeg Free Press News Café.

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One of Canada’s most celebrated Olympians is coming by the Winnipeg Free Press News Café.

Clara Hughes, the only Canadian to win medals in both the summer (cycling) and winter (speedskating) Games, will sit down for an interview with Geoff Kirbyson at 3 p.m. on Tuesday.

She is on a cross-Canada tour in support of her new book, Open Heart, Open Mind.

FRED CHARTRAND / The Canadian Press files
Canadian Olympic speedskater and cyclist Clara Hughes waves as she cycles with Governor General David Johnston (behind) in Arnprior Ont., in the final stretch of her Big Ride in 2014. Hughes is set to discuss her new book on Tuesday at the News Cafe.
FRED CHARTRAND / The Canadian Press files Canadian Olympic speedskater and cyclist Clara Hughes waves as she cycles with Governor General David Johnston (behind) in Arnprior Ont., in the final stretch of her Big Ride in 2014. Hughes is set to discuss her new book on Tuesday at the News Cafe.

In it, she reveals she tested positive for ephedrine, a banned substance, in 1994.

Copies of the book will be available for sale at the News Café.

If you’d like to meet Hughes and get a picture or autograph, feel free to drop by and watch the interview live at 237 McDermot Ave.

The event will be livestreamed here.

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