August 24, 2008
After a dreary opening week of Beijing Olympics results for Canadian athletes and fans, clearly the scramble was on to push the panic button.
Never mind a respectable flow of medals in the meantime that has the Canadian Olympic Committeeps...
Gymnastics
August 24, 2008
It's just a non-descript brown building on the outside.
When you enter, the first thing you hear is the bounce of young athletes reaching great heights on several trampolines lined up inside a 3,000-square-foot gym.
Some of...
Canoe Kayak
August 24, 2008
BEIJING -- It turns out Adam van Koeverden simply didn't know how to handle losing. He took the Olympic silver medal yesterday, overhauled in his final struggling 100 metres by Australia's Ken Wallace in the men's 500-metre kayak singles, and he was...
Gymnastics
August 23, 2008
When Karen Cockburn returns to Stouffville next week from Beijing, China, her husband, Mathieu Turgeon, has a pleasant gift awaiting her.
Having recently graduated from the Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College, the 29-year-old Markham...
Cycling
August 23, 2008
BEIJING -- Not only did Seamus McGrath get to watch the medal ceremony following the men's mountain bike race, the native of Millgrove near Hamilton was actually a spectator for much of the race as well.
Starting 27th on...
Canoe Kayak
August 23, 2008
BEIJING– Whatever Adam Van Koeverden didn't have on Friday, he found a bit of overnight.
It just wasn't enough to bring him all the way back.
The 26-year-old paddler, one day after one of the worst races of his career...
August 23, 2008
We started this journey with a friendly nee how, and now it is almost time to say czai jiaen.
It must be time to come home if we are starting to sound like Carol Burnett. Although, we have had a lot of laughs and giggles, much like Tim...
Athletics
August 22, 2008
BEIJING -- Massimo Bertocchi got what he wanted.
The 23-year-old from Toronto came to the Olympic Games in Beijing
looking for some experience against the best decathletes in the world,
and that's exactly what he got.
After...
Athletics
August 22, 2008
BEIJING -- The Canadian men's relay team finished right where they started.
Coming into the Olympic Games ranked sixth in the world in the 4x100m
relay, the team, with Pickering's Anson Henry running the second leg,
finished sixth in a...