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Gender Equity and the Olympic Games |
Nolden
never doubted herself
For two months, Shauna Nolden heard she didn't belong
on the Canadian Olympic swimming team coaching staff.
The 27-year-old Torontonian's sentiment was validated
last weekend when a three-person committee reappointed
her to the staff. - August 11, 2000
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Political appointment still rankles Tanner
Olympic
swimmer Elaine Tanner gets this awful feeling in the
pit of her stomach whenever she hears of the controversy
surrounding the appointment of female coach Shauna
Nolden to the Olympic team. - August 7, 2000 |
Nolden
confident she will keep position
Although her appointment as a coach for Canadian Olympic swim team has been voided, Shauna
Nolden is confident she'll be returned to the position when a new selection committee
makes its decision. - July 27, 2000 |
Swim
coach to fight for job
Swimming Canada has returned to square one to determine its
first female Olympic coach, but feisty Shauna Nolden, the original selection, remains on
the pool deck and is still training swimmers destined for the 2000 Games at Sydney,
Australia. - July 27, 2000 |
Waterpolo women allowed 13 players
The International Olympic Committee finally rendered its decision to allow 13 players per
team in the women's water polo tournament at the Sydney Games. Thirteen is the number
players allowed per team in the men's Olympic tournament. The women, who had to fight hard
to be admitted into the Olympic family, also had to battle for Olympic fairness in their
own sport. - June 18, 2000 |
Coaches ask for Nolden's removal
The Canadian Swimming Coaches Association has demanded that the COA suspend Shauna
Nolden's appointment as Canada's first female swimming coach at the Summer Olympics until
a new selection process is developed. A COA official said yesterday the request, in the
form of a letter, is very unusual. (Globe and Mail) - June 17, 2000 |
Appointment of swim coach makes waves
The appointment of Canada's first female Olympic swim coach began as an affirmative-action
move, a positive exercise in political correctness. But within a week it has sunk the
tradition-bound sport deep into a pool of controversy and name-calling over whether head
coach Dave Johnson of Calgary overlooked highly qualified senior coaches and flouted
selection criteria to appoint 26-year-old Toronto Torch coach Shauna Nolden. (Globe and
Mail) - June 10, 2000 |
Gender
Testing is Passé
A woman will not have to prove she is a woman to compete in
the Sydney Olympic Games this summer. |
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