Canada
wins bronze in team synchro
The Canadian synchronized swimming team captured a bronze medal on Friday with a free
program that symbolized the Olympic spirit.-September 29, 2000 |
Synchro
pair take a chance but finish out of medals
Their program was ahead of its time. Too far ahead maybe. Fanny Letourneau of
Deux-Montagnes, Que., and Claire Carver-Dias of Toronto performed a quirky, funky, at
times visionary and at other times simply bizarre routine in the final of the pairs
synchronized swimming which left them out of the medals at the Olympic Games on
Tuesday.-September 26, 2000 |
Women's 4
x 200 free team may pull switch
With a little personnel shuffling the Canadian women's 4x200m freestyle team hopes to deal
themselves a medal-winning hand. Winnipeg swimmer Shannon Shakespeare expects a
couple of swimmers, probably Marianne Limpert and Laura Nicholls, to join the team even
though they're entered in the women's 100m freestyle semifinal this evening.-September 20,
2000 |
Malar
places 7th in 400 IM
Hamilton swimmer Joanne Malar got caught in the wake of a world-record time, finishing
seventh in the 400-metre individual medley Saturday night at the Sydney Olympic Games
behind gold medallist Yana Klochkova of Ukraine. Malar, 24, tried to find some
consultation in her performance despite never really being in the race. - Sep. 16, 2000 |
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Rolland
thrown a lifeline - Limpert's offer salvages dream
Nadine Rolland alone couldn't save her Olympic dreams from sinking. But Marianne Limpert's
kind sacrifice brought them safely above water. - August 9, 2000 |
Golden
moment for Jenna
Jenna Gresdal just wanted to be on Canada's junior team that will go to Sydney for the Pan
Pacific swim championships in January. Well, Ms. Gresdal is going a few months early. -
August 6, 2000 |
Synchro swimmers give selves dose of reality
It's so easy to make fun of synchronized swimmers -- you know, with those weird, press-on
smiles, surgically implanted nose plugs, splashing around with the Mr. Roboto soundtrack
blaring in the background. - July 31, 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 |
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Synchro
squad nears 'perfection'
The Canadians scored a few near-perfect 9.9s in their final routine to earn 97.987 points,
well ahead of the silver-medal Chinese, at 94.923. - 17 July 2000 |
Joanne Malar wins second gold medal
Joanne Malar of Hamilton and Morgan Knabe of Edmonton each registered a second gold medal
Sunday at the Janet Evans International swimming competition. - July 16, 2000 |
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Coaches
call for Nolden's removal -
Association questions selection process The
Canadian Swimming Coaches Association has demanded
that the Canadian Olympic Association suspend Shauna
Nolden's appointment as Canada's first female swimming
coach at the Summer Olympics until a new selection
process is developed. - June 17, 2000 |
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Appointment
of swim coach makes waves - First female
chosen to Olympic swim staff plunges organization
into controversy as many feel selection criteria flawed
The appointment of Canada's first female Olympic swim coach began as an affirmative-action
move, a positive exercise in political correctness. - June 10, 2000 |
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Two
swimmers toss cold water on talk of feud
- Leading medal
contenders Malar, Limpert hope to push each other
to Olympic podium
Joanne Malar and Marianne Limpert have determined that what they have is a rivalry, not a
feud. - June1, 2000 |
Malar
swimming in the fast lane -
Hamilton native puts the past behind her as she heads
to Sydney with confidence
She did not hold back, either. The 24-year-old
from Hamilton smashed her own Canadian, Commonwealth
and Pan American Games records in the 400-metre individual
medley to win the gold medal in 4 minutes 38.46 seconds.
- May 27, 2000 |
