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Paralympics
on CBC
Television coverage of the Paralympics Games is upcoming on the
CBC. In addition to the highlight package that the CBC made available
each day during the Games (and was picked up by TSN Sportsdesk,
Headline Sports, CTV Sportsnet and numerous national and regional
TV stations), the network will be airing further Paralympic coverage
in the coming weeks. - November 6, 2000 |
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Golden
Paralympics finish
Canada capped the Paralympic Games yesterday with gold medals
in goalball and the wheelchair marathon. Canada finished fifth
in the medal standings with 96 -- 38 gold, 33 silver and 25 bronze.
Host Australia finished on top of the medal table with 149, followed
by Britain with 131, the United States at 109 and Spain with 107.
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Jessica Sloan |
Jessica
Sloan is on top of the World, down under
The 17-year-old Calgary swimmer won six gold medals in the Paralympic
Games, which wrapped up on Sunday. With each gold, she set
a world record. "I came into the meet with high expectations,
but fulfilling them is a really good feeling," said Sloan
in a phone call from Sydney. - October 30, 2000 |
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Canada
wins wheelchair basketball gold
Canada won its third straight Paralympic gold medal in women's
wheelchair basketball Friday with a 46-27 win over Australia.
The Canadians won gold in Barcelona in 1992 and Atlanta
in 1996. Six of these Canadian team members were in Barcelona
and all but two were in Atlanta. Canada led by 10 point
at the half, playing before an announced sell-out at the SuperDome.
- October 27, 2000
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Chantal Petitclerc |
Victory
wiped out by accident
Canadian Paralympic officials expect to learn today whether a
gold medal taken away from wheelchair racer Chantal Petitclerc
will be reinstated by the International Court of Arbitration for
Sport. - October 24, 2000 |
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Canada
finishes the day with nine medals overall
Toronto's Elisabeth Walker and Calgary's Jessica
Sloan each won gold in world-record times Friday in their respective
women's 200-metre individual medley finals on the first day of
swimming at the Paralympic Games.-October 20, 2000 |
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The
Paralympic Games take place Oct. 18-29, 2000
An elite competition for the worlds top athletes with a disability,
takes place from Oct. 18-29, 2000 in Sydney, Australia. The passion
grit and determination of Paralympians will inspire the world
as they compete in the XI Summer Paralympic Games.- October 17,
2000 |
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Caroline
Brunet second in delayed Olympic kayaking final
A nightmare day ended in silver Sunday for Caroline Brunet.
The world champion from Lac Beauport, Que., had to stew more
than five hours when winds postponed the Olympic canoe-kayak
schedule. When the competitors finally got to race in the 500-metre
kayak final, she was upset by Italy's Josefa Idem Guerrini.-October
1, 2000 |
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Brunet
solos to silver, finishes fifth with partner
She waited four long years, but in the end Canada's eight-time
world kayaking champion could do no better than she did in Atlanta.A
silver medallist. Caroline Brunet has to settle for being an
Olympic bridesmaid once again. Somehow, it just doesn't sound
right for the woman who hadn't lost a K1 500 race in more than
two years and is referred to as the "queen of kayaking."
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Clara
Hughes finishes sixth in Olympic cycling time trial
Canadian cyclist Clara Hughes
said goodbye to road racing with a ride she ranked among her
best. She didn't add another Olympic medal to the two bronze
she won at the 1996 Games, but what she did to finish sixth
in the women's time trial Saturday filled her with pride.-September
30, 2000 |
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Bosshart
wins bronze in taekwondo
The biggest obstacle in Dominique Bosshart's path to an
Olympic bronze medal in taekwondo Saturday lay not in her final
match but rather in the Venezuelan blocking her route in the
repechage.-September 30, 2000
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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 |
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Janice
McCaffrey, 40 of Calgary was disqualified in the 20 K walk.
"I was as shocked as anybody," an emotional McCaffrey
told CBC. "I actually felt I was going quite slowly and I
was surprised at the judges.- September 28, 2000 |
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Montminy
and Heymans synchronize to silver
Canada's Anne Montminy and Emilie Heymans won the silver medal
in the 10-metre synchronized diving event Thursday giving Canada
its fourth medal in introductory sports, following a gold in
triathlon and two bronzes in trampoline.-September 28, 2000
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Montgomery
calls it off
Vancouver's Carol Montgomery will leave the Olympics without
a medal but her courageous story will remain one of the most
memorable moments for Canadians. Montgomery, her back still
stiff from a horrific crash 11 days ago during the women's triathlon,
pulled out of last night's women's 10,000-metre heats shortly
before her start time.- September 27, 2000 |
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Pells
the latest casualty
The theme song for Canada's Olympic track team must surely be
'Another One Bites the Dust.Wednesday's first casualty, Leah Pells,
was competing in her qualifying round of the women's 1,500 metres
but pulled out of the race a little more than a few strides from
the starting line.-September 27, 2000 |
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Bad
day for Bulmer
It wasn't the best day of Eryn Bulmer's life.The 24-year-old
diver from Calgary missed two of her five preliminary dives
during the women's three-metre springboard Wednesday, and sank
to 20th place overall. Since only the top 18 return for semifinals,
it means that Bulmer won't be back. Her Olympics are over.-September
27, 2000 |
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Canadian
women finish 10th
The Canadian women's basketball team finished 10th at the
Olympics after dropping a 67-58 decision to Cuba on Tuesday. Yamilet
Martinez had 13 points and 10 rebounds and Cuba (2-4) outscored
Canada 8-1 over the final 2:19 to finish ninth.-September 26,
2000
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Finishing
for fallen friend Hughes toughs out women's road race
Freezing from the cold, hard rain that pounded
down most of the race, exhausted from the effort, and stuck
in 43rd place, 10:18 behind the winner, Winnipeg cycling star
Clara Hughes crossed the finish line of the women's road race
yesterday and paid tribute to the friend who couldn't be here.-September
26, 2000
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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 |
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Injury
forces Katie Anderson out of hurdles
Canada's medal hopes in the women's 100m hurdles crashed today
as Katie Anderson collapsed in her semi-final heat with an apparent
hamstring injury.-September 25, 2000 |
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Women's
basketball squeaks by Brazil in final game
Canada had some rough goings in women's basketball in Sydney,
but they finished off strong squeaking by Brazil 61-60 on Sunday
in round robin play.-September 24, 2000 |
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Montminy
wins bronze in 10-metre platform
Anne Montminy of Montreal won Canada's first ever Olympic
medal on the 10-metre platform when she took the bronze Sunday. -September
24, 2000 |
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Fourth
bronze for Canada
The women's eight salvaged some pride in rowing, winning a bronze
medal on Sunday. Only two other
Canadian boats were in finals, and both finished fourth. Canada
won six medals in rowing in Atlanta four years
ago.-September 24, 2000 |
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Canada
loses 1-0 to China in Olympic softball
Canada dropped to 1-6 in the Olympic softball tournament after
a 1-0 loss to China on Saturday.Yan Fang had two hits and scored
the only run as China raised its record to 5-2. Zhang Yanqing
struck out nine and allowed just two hits as Canada joined Cuba
(1-6) in failing to make the medal round.-September 23, 2000 |
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Alison
Sydor continues Canada's medal woes
Another Canadian medal hopeful, another disappointing result.
Alison Sydor was coming into Sydney with realistic hopes of
bringing home a medal, but ended fifth in the women's mountain
biking event on Saturday.-September 23, 2000 |
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A
pair of fourths for Canadian rowers
It was a day of not-quite-good-enough for a pair of Canadian
boats at the Olympic rowing regatta on Saturday. The world champion
women's coxless pairs boat of Emma Robinson and Theresa Luke
finished out of the medals.-September 23, 2000 |
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Canada
beats Kazakhstan to finish fifth
Jana Salat of Calgary scored two minutes into overtime to lift
Canada to a 9-8 victory over Kazakhstan and a fifth-place finish
at the first-ever women's Olympic water polo tournament.- September
22, 2000 |
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A
pair of fourths for Canadian rowers
It was a day of not-quite-good-enough for a pair of Canadian
boats at the Olympic rowing regatta on Saturday.- September
22, 2000 |
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Seeing double
Canadian divers Edmonton's Eryn Bulmer and Vancouver's Blythe
Hartley finished out of the medals in the new synchronized three-metre
diving event. But head coach Mitch Geller felt it was a good
warm-up for the individual events.-September 22, 2000
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Fencing frailty
Despite a solid performance from veteran Jujie Luan, Canada
was beaten 45-35 by Ukraine in the team fencing preliminaries
and eliminated.- September 22, 2000
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Team
must rebound to stay in game
The Canadian women's basketball team dug a hole for itself on
Friday in its attempt to reach the final round of the Olympic
tournament.Slovakia took advantage of tightness in the Canadian
game to win a crucial game 68-56.-September 22, 2000 |
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Canadian
bounces to bronze
You never know what will happen in trampoline. Karen Cockburn
of Toronto won an unexpected Olympic bronze medal in trampoline
Friday when her toughest competitor stepped off the canvas of
the trampoline.-September 22, 2000 |
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Veteran
fencer loses in first round
Even though she lost her first-round match in fencing 15-8 to
South Korea's Seo Mi-Jung, getting to the Olympics would seem
to have been enough for 42-year-old Jujie Luan.-September 21,
2000 |
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Mismeasured
vault foils some gymnasts
A mismeasured vault destroyed some Olympic dreams at the women's
all-around individual final in artistic gymanstics on Thursday
night.-September 21, 2000 |
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Tough
day in Sydney
It was a tough day at the Olympics on Thursday for Canadian judoka
Kimberly Ribble.-September 21, 2000 |
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Japan
Edges Out Canada
Haruka Saito homered to lead off the game, then doubled in the
game-winner in the 10th inning Thursday as Japan knocked Canada
out of medal contention with a 4-3 victory.-September 21, 2000 |
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Canadian
women fall to 1-2 after French loss
A stubborn Canadian team hung tough for 28 minutes before
France, sparked by Audrey Sauret's three-pointer, broke the
game open en route to a 70-58 victory in Olympic women's basketball
play Wednesday.-September 20, 2000 |
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Two
more Canadian boats advance
The women's eight came alive in the final 1,000 metres and finished
second in a photo finish with Australia in their repêchage, edging
the host nation by only one-tenth of a second. Their placing meant
a spot in the final, since the top three boats automatically went
through.-September 20, 2000 |
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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 |
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Canada's
medal dreams washed away
Canada's inconsistent performance cost it a shot at one of the
first medals awarded in women's water polo at the Olympic Games.A
9-4 loss to Australia on Wednesday, coupled with Russia's 6-3
win over The Netherlands prevented Canada from advancing to
the four-team medal round.-September 20, 2000 |
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Shooting
pain
Sharon Bowes, a four-time Olympian from Waterloo, Ont., finished
tied for 26th in the women's 50-metre rifle competition. Bowes,
who has posted four top-10 Olympic finishes in her career, compiled
a score of 571 points.-September 20, 2000 |
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Canada
Suffers Another Tough Loss
Brooke Wilkins pitched a one-hitter and Sally McCreedy went
2-for-3 on Tuesday as Australia remained undefeated with a 1-0
victory over Canada.-September 19, 2000 |
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Disappointment
for Dubnicoff
Any medal hopes for Canadian cyclist Tanya Dubnicoff in the sprint
event died on the track at the Dunc Gray Velodrome Tuesday night.
She lost to the Ukraine's Iryna Yanovych in the quarterfinals
and failed to advance.-September 19, 2000 |
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Turcotte
fourth in weightlifting
Mexican Soraya Jimenez Mendivil appeared out of nowhere to win
gold in the women's 58-kg competition last night. Her rise pushed
favoured Korean Ri Son Hui off the top of the podium, downgraded
expected silver medallist Khassaroporn Suta to bronze, and denied
Canada's Maryse Turcotte (fourth) any medal at all. - Sep. 19,
2000 |
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Canada
routs Kazakstan in water polo
Canada made sure to hold onto this one, routing Kazakstan 10-3
Monday for its first Olympic victory after two very different
ties.
The Canadians rallied late to tie Russia in their opener
and then they gave up three goals to the United States in the
final two minutes of an 8-8 tie. - Sep. 18, 2000 |
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Langford
defeated by whitewater course
It was a bitter pill for whitewater kayaker Margaret Langford
to swallow. She dreamed of a medal, but instead she got a mouthful
of water and sad memories of finishing in 13th place at the Sydney
Olympics Monday. - Septmber 18, 2000 |
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Nattrass
misses trap shooting final
For a while, it looked as if Susan Nattrass was about to write
a story of stories at the Olympic Games. Forty-nine
years old, she was leading and going for gold. But just
as Nattrass dared dream the impossible dream, it all disintegrated
like the clay pigeons around her. - September 18, 2000 |
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Canada
drops second softball game
Cindy Potae hit a sacrifice fly to drive in the tie-breaking run,
then Gina Weber shut down Canada in the bottom of the 10th inning
to give New Zealand a 3-2 Olympic softball victory. - SEp. 17,
2000 |
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Canada
schools Senegal in basketball
After stumbling out of the gate with a blowout loss to Australia
in the Olympic basketball tournament, Canada's women bounced back
with a convincing 62-41 win over Senegal last night. - Sep. 17,
2000 |
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Canada
settles for tie against USA in water polo
Canada's women's water polo team let a win slip away in the final
seconds as the United States scored three straight fourth-quarter
goals to salvage an 8-8 tie Sunday. - Sep. 17, 2000 |
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Gymnasts
show true grit
Nobody knows just quite how the Canadian women's gymnastics team
pulled it off Sunday. It's not that they put themselves in a position
to win a medal or anything. It was that they competed at all.
By the time, the team members showed up, they were a limping,
aching, hurting, earnest-eyed lot. (Globe and Mail) - Sep. 17,
2000 |
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USA
dominates Canada with no-hitter
Lori Harrigan pitched the first solo no-hitter in Olympic softball
history on Sunday to open the Americans' gold-medal defense with
a 6-0 victory over Canada. Dot Richardson, Crystal Bustos
and Jennifer Brundage all homered for the Americans. - Sep.
17, 2000 |
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Schalm
upset in fencing
An
outside medal hope in fencing has lost her second round match.
Sherraine Schalm, a 25-year-old from Ottawa, was beaten by Sangita
Tripathi of France 15-13. - Sep. 16, 2000 |
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Cloutier
loses in second round of badminton
Milaine Cloutier, a 28-year-old from Calgary, was beaten in her
second round singles match by sixth-seeded Korean Kim Ji-Hyun
11-1, 11-3. - Sep. 16, 2000 |
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Canada
comes from behind to tie Russia in water polo
Johane Begin and Marie-Claude Deslieres each scored in the final
quarter as Canada rallied to tie Russia 7-7 in water polo. Russia
looked on the way to victory with 5:02 remaining Saturday. But
Cora Campbell lobbed a long cross-pool pass to Begin to cut the
lead to one. Deslieres' goal, a power shot from beyond the seven-metre
area, tied it with 2:21 to go. - Sep. 16, 2000 |
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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,
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Dubnicoff
ends up eighth
Canadians will have to wait a bit longer before celebrating their
country's first medal at the Sydney Olympic Games. Tanya Dubnicoff
of Winnipeg finished a disappointing eighth on Saturday in the
women's 500-metre trial cycling event. She was timed in 35.486
seconds in the event, which is new at these Games. (Globe and
Mail) - Sep. 16, 2000 |
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Canada
gets dunked by Australia 78 - 46
Bev Smith, clearly unhappy with her squad’s breakdown in
the first half of an embarrassing 78-46 loss to Australia, a medal
favorite here, admitted she challenged her team’s mental
toughness afterwards in order to fire them up for a must-win game
against Senegal, clearly a weaker opponent. (Southam) - Sep. 16,
2000 |
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Crash
could put Montgomery out of 10,000 m
Carol Montgomery, Canada's top female triathlete, was sent headfirst
into the pavement during a three-bike crash midway through the
cycling portion of the Sydney triathlon. She fell so hard that
the force of the impact shattered her bike helmet and took her
out of the competition. (Globe and Mail) - Sep. 15, 2000 |
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Opening
celebrates women and the Olympics
The Olympic flame was carried through the stadium by a relay of
the Australia's great female Olympians of the past, then
handed off to Cathy Freeman, one of its great hopes for gold this
year in the 400 meters. The choice of Freeman, a champion
of aboriginal rights, also was a symbol of the country's efforts
to heal the wounds over the treatment of its 390,000 indigenous
people. - September 15, 2000 |
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