Mikkelson & Spooner in The Amazing Race Canada

June 17, 2014

They conquered the Black Sea coast together winning a gold medal in Sochi.

Next, Olympic champions Natalie Spooner and Meaghan Mikkelson are teaming up to hopefully become Canada’s best adventurers as contestants on The Amazing Race Canada.

Mikkelson tweeted the news from her account on Tuesday morning, linking to their team biography page on the show’s website.

This is happening @natspooner5 & I @AmazingRaceCDA See u on the start line Canada! #RaceCDA http://t.co/QloT0GuU2w pic.twitter.com/TIIpsBsXPn

— Meaghan Mikkelson (@Mikkelson12) June 17, 2014

Soon the show was trending in Canada, making the influence of our Olympic heroes quite evident.

#RaceCDA has everyone talking! RT @trendsmapcanada: Amazing Race Canada, @AmazingRaceCDA is now trending in Canada http://t.co/GCCWAeJS89

— Amazing Race Canada (@AmazingRaceCDA) June 17, 2014