August 23, 2008
When Karen Cockburn returns to Stouffville next week from Beijing, China, her husband, Mathieu...
August 21, 2008
BEIJING -- Alexandra Orlando admits to being a little star struck at the Olympic Games.
Now...
August 19, 2008
BEIJING–Jason Burnett has won a silver medal in trampoline at the Summer Olympics.
The 21...
BEIJING -- Canada's Karen Cockburn has won a silver medal in women's trampoline after being edged out by China.
Cockburn with a score of 37.0 was in first place as the finals moved to its last competitor -- He Wenna from China -- who...
BEIJING -- The veteran, her protegé and a new kid on the block will be looking to do the Skyrider Trampoline Place in Richmond Hill proud this week.
Karen Cockburn, Rosannagh MacLennan and Jason Burnett will be centre...
BEIJING -- A veteran and a rookie will carry Canada's hope for a medal into the women's trampoline final.
Karen Cockburn, performing in her third Olympic Games, and newcomer Rosannagh MacLennan both qualified for Monday...
BEIJING–Arms and legs pumping, Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs looked like she was ready for a 100-metre sprint.
The moment the Toronto gymnast had long waited for had finally arrived – the chance to strut her stuff in front of Olympic judges and 14,000...
BEIJING—Kyle Shewfelt understood the world of pain Brandon O’Neill had just entered.
O’Neill, having come up short on a landing during his floor routine in practice on Monday, was writhing in agony on the mat. It was a sharp physical pain...
When Karen Cockburn made her Summer Olympic debut in the 2000 Games in Sydney, she won a bronze medal in the women's individual trampoline.
At the 2004 Summer Games in Athens, she bounced, flipped and somersaulted to a silver in the women'...
An Olympic legend has an opportunity to make history at the Olympic Games.
Karen Cockburn, considered a Canadian icon in the sport of trampoline, will lead a strong contingent of Canadian gymnasts to Beijing in search of gold.
The 27-year...
When Dave Ross left Queen's University with a degree in physics more than three decades ago, there were a number of paths his parents anticipated his career would follow. Becoming a trampoline coach wasn't one of them.
"When I...
After a long season in the gym, Alyssa Brown was looking forward to a summer of rest and relaxation at the family's cottage. Having accepted the reality that she would not be a member of Canada's Olympic gymnastics team, Brown still planned to...
Carol-Angela Orchard was a cheerleader in search of a cartwheel.
The then 13-year-old had designs on the head cheerleader's position at her junior high school in Burlington, but there was just one little problem.
"The audition...
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