Canada
Chinese divers win women’s 10-metre synchro
Chinese world champions Ruo Lin Chen and Xin Wang took out gold in the women’s 10-meter synchronized diving at the Canada Cup diving meet.
Melissa Wu and Briony Cole from Australia came second and Canadian pair Emilie Heymans and Marie-Eve Marleau came third.
“The competition was really fierce and everyone seemed at the top of their game […]
Canada unveils its Olympic uniforms
Fitting with the eco-friendly theme of the Beijing Olympics Canada’s uniforms for the Beijing Olympics have healthy dashes of green.
“It was a real movement in every part of our lives, so it was hard not to be conscious of it,” said Co-designer Tu Ly in an interview Wednesday prior to the unveiling of the line. […]
The Australian baseball team who won a silver medal at the 2004 Athens Games failed to earn a spot in the Beijing Olympics. Canada beat South Korea 4-3, making it impossible for Australia to go higher than fourth spot.
Taiwan, Canada and South Korea all earned Olympic berths in the tournament.
The other teams to have […]
Cash for medals at the Olympics
It was recently announced that Canadian athletes will receive cash bonuses for each medals they win at the Beijing Olympics. It is the first time for Canadian athletes to be paid money for winning a medal at the Olympics and opens the debate as to whether the Olympic ideals are broken once cash incentives […]
Osaduik from Canada hoping to qualify for marathon
Canadian marathon runner, Steve Osaduik is hoping to qualify for the Beijing Olympics at the Royal Victoria Marathon. To qualify he needs to run the marathon in under the Canadian standard of 2:12.
“Maybe I will do it Sunday,” said Osaduik who won the event last year with a time of 2:16:49.
Read more: Osaduik hopes […]
Ryan Day’s hopes for the Olympics
Canadian runner Ryan Day has moved to Toronto to join the Brooks Canada Marathon Project. The project aims to help train runners in groups, rather struggling by themselves. He is competing this weekend in the Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon.
“The Olympics are never a sure thing but it would give me a much better […]
The Canadian men’s gymnastics team has made it through to the Beijing Olympics. Needing to finish in the top 12, Canada finished in eleventh position.
“We’re in. We figured after the session we needed to be fifth and we’re standing fifth, so that’s good,” said Shewfelt, who was right there in the middle […]