Saturday May 20,
2000
Canadian contingent chosen
for Olympic triathlon
TORONTO - Carol Montgomery of North Vancouver and
Sharon Donnelly of Kingston, Ont., lead the four-person team Triathlon Canada has
nominated for the Sydney Games, where the sport will make its Olympic debut.
They are joined by Isabelle Turcotte-Baird of Quebec City
and Simon Whitfield of Victoria. All four have met the Triathlon Canada, International
Triathlon Union and Canadian Olympic Association qualifying standards over the last 12 to
24 months.
But they still have to be formally named to the Canadian
team by the COA.
The women's triathlon event, which includes a 1.5-kilometre
swim, 40-kilometre cycle, and 10-kilometre run, will be the first medal awarded at the
Games.
The three women Canada has qualified is the maximum
permitted.
Montgomery, a five-time Canadian champion, has won two
silvers and a bronze at the world championships. She was runner-up to Donnelly at the 1999
Pan American Games.
Montgomery has also met the standard for the 10,000 metres
in track.
Whitfield was a bronze medallist at the Pan Am Games.
Reprinted with permission
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