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Paralympic
Biathlon
Speed, strength, power... athletes in all disability classes
combine these elements pushing their limits to speed down
mountain tops and through slalom courses in alpine skiing
events. |
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Paralympic
Alpine Skiing
Speed, strength, power... athletes in all disability classes
combine these elements pushing their limits to speed down
mountain tops and through slalom courses in alpine skiing
events. |
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Michelle
Kelly, Skeleton
From gymnastics, to diving, to bobsleigh, to skeleton, to
wrestling, Michelle Kelly is always up for a new challenge.
Michelle Kelly's Olympic journey
began with a dare. The Grand Prairie, Alta. native is one
of the two women who will carry Canada's medal hopes in skeleton,
a recently revived sliding sport that looks like a scarier
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Freestyle Skiing
Essentials - Aerials
It's easy to understand why aerials - even more than the
other freestyle skiing discipline, moguls -- once seemed
to be the sole domain of thrill-seekers and daredevils.
freestyle skiing is no longer just for rebels. Since its
debut as an official Olympic sport at Albertville 10 years
ago, it has grown by leaps and bounds in both popularity
and credibility.
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Jennifer
Botterill, Hockey
The
youthful Botterill didn't score a point during the 1998
Games, but has since emerged as one of women hockey's top
offensive forces. She's been a member of three world championship
squads, and she was named the top forward and MVP at the
2001 championships after scoring the winning goal against
the Americans in the gold medal final.
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COA
creates Letheren scholarship
The
Canadian Olympic Association announced Friday the creation
of a scholarship in the memory of Carol Anne Letheren, the
association's former chief executive officer who died last
year.The Carol Anne Letheren Leadership and Sport Scholarship
is a national, three-year university or college scholarship
for women worth $1,500 annually. Deadline: February 28,
2001
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Christina Smith |
WOMEN'S BOBSLEIGH
Christina Smith chuckles when she thinks about the early
days of women's bobsleigh in the mid-1990s. Back then, Canada's
top female bob pilot and a handful of die-hard bobsledders
paid their own way overseas to ride the world's best tracks.
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CROSS-COUNTRY
- Beckie Scott
It's not easy being queen. But if anyone is up to the job,
it's cross-country skiing star Beckie Scott, who is poised
to lead the Canadian team to what it hopes will be its best
Olympics ever in Salt Lake City. Scott, 27, is now in her
eighth year on the national cross country ski team, and over
the past couple of seasons, she's proven she belongs in the
ranks of the world's elite cross-country skiers and sprint
racers. |
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ALPINE SKIING- Emily
Brydon hopes for a miracle
Emily Brydon's life over this past year has been a roller-coaster
ride from the get-go. Canada's top all-around alpine skier
has lived through a range of emotions, from the euphoria
of climbing her first World Cup podium to the frustration
of being sidelined by injuries in a pair of crashes seven
months apart and subsequent knee surgeries.
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