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Woolstencroft
wins gold on final day of Paralympic Games
Woolstencroft captured the women's standing slalom in 1:50.40.
Calgary's Karolina Wisniewska was second in 1:50.80. The
medal was Wisniewska's fourth of these Games, making her
Canada's most decorated athlete at this event.
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Woolstencroft
wins gold in Super G
Lauren Woolstencroft had a lot her mind as she stood at
the gate before her Super-G run Monday at the Paralympic
Games. On the first day of the Games, the Victoria native
crashed during her run in the downhill, twisting her knee.
She was carted off on a stretcher. - March 11, 2002
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Karolina
Wisniewska wins bronze medal
Karolina Wisniewska of Calgary a won bronze medal in alpine
skiing at the 2002 Paralympic Winter Games. Wisniewska
won her bronze in the standing downhill (LW3,4,6,8 class)
in a time of one minute 32.19 seconds. - March 9, 2002
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CBC
Sports to air Paralympic Games
For the first time ever, Canadians will get to see their paralympic
athletes in action with same-day competition coverage, feature
segments and competition highlights. The 10 hours of same-day
broadcast coverage during the Games (March 7 - 16) represents
the most ever afforded to the event. The women athletes will
compete in two events: Alpine Skiing, Nordic Skiing (cross
country skiing and biathlon) - March 1, 2002 |
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Skier
chases dream season
Veteran disabled champion goes from World Cup finals to Paralympics.
If there is a queen of disabled women's skiing, her name is
Lauren Woolstencroft. The 20-year-old Calgarian has dominated
her sport like no other in recent years. The four-year veteran
of Canada's national disabled ski team was the downhill, giant
slalom and slalom champion at the 2000 world championships.
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Whyte
Second in Disabled Biathlon World Cup in Mouthe
Shauna WHYTE of Hinton was second in the women's 5 x 2.5 km
sit ski race. Shauna was 0:20.8 behind Svitlana TRYFONOVA
of Ukraine. TRYFONOVA has been "the one to beat"
this season in World and Europa Cup races. - January 26, 2002 |
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COA
wants gold for Beckie Scott
The
Canadian Olympic Association would like to see Beckie Scott's
bronze medal in the five-kilometre pursuit upgraded to gold
after the two cross-country skiers who finished ahead of
her were caught doping Sunday, according to a report by
Canadian Press. - February 25, 2002
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Canada's
Hughes becomes Summer/Winter Games medallist
The speed skaters sent the records falling again in the 5,000-metre
race at the Utah Olympic oval Saturday.Winnipeg's Clara Hughes
also set a unique record of her own. With her bronze-medal
performance, she became the first Canadian and only the fourth
athlete ever to win medals at both the Winter and Summer Games.
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Team
Canada win gold
Despite losing all eight exhibition meetings in the past
year by a combined score of 31-13, Team Canada beat Team
USA when it mattered most, 3-2 in the gold medal game at
the Salt Lake Olympic Winter Games. - February 21, 2002
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Kelley
Law wins curling bronze
All the stones aligned for Canada's Kelley Law to take the
win in the bronze-medal game against the United States.After
suffering a crushing semi-final loss to Great Britain's
Rhona Martin on Wednesday, the Canadian women returned to
the Ogden Ice Sheet Thursday to defeat the American team,
skipped by Kari Erickson, 9-5. - February 21, 2002
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Scott
shows winning is not always main thing
Canadian skier misses another medal, but her accomplishments
in the sport can't be overemphasized. The first time around,
she went out too fast, was first heading into the final turn,
and then was boxed in and outmanoeuvred at the finish. It
was a learning experience that unfortunately cost Beckie Scott
any chance at her second Olympic medal here.-
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Canadians
win silver and bronze in aerials
Medals end freestyle skiing 8-year Olympic drought.
Canadians Veronica Brenner and Deidra Dionne jumped to silver
and bronze in the women's aerials competition at Deer Valley
on Monday afternoon. - February 18, 2002 |
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Gold
for Sale and Pelletier
Canadian figure skaters Jamie Salé
and David Pelletier are gold medalists after all. "I
am actually speechless," Salé told CBC TV.
"I can't express how I feel right now." The
International Olympic Committee and International Skating
Union announced on Friday they had reached a deal to award
a second set of gold medals to the Canadians. - February
15, 2002
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Cat
wins Canada's first gold
Catriona Le May Doan is golden again.
Le May Doan, 31, skated to Olympic gold -- Canada's first
in Salt Lake City -- Thursday night with a time of 37.45,
for a combined two-race time of 74.75. - February 14, 2002
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