Posts Tagged ‘diving’
Tuesday, July 31st, 2012
Christine Girard (Wikimedia Commons)
Team Canada now has four bronze medals at the 2012 Olympic Games in London. In a compelling spn of one hour, Canada moved to one medal to four.
The first came in women’s synchronized diving. As predicted by me prior to the start of the Olympic Games, Roseline Filion of Laval, Quebec and Meaghan Benfeito of Montreal won Bronze in women’s 10m platform event.
The second bronze was completely off the radar. Ranked 17th in the world prior to the 2012 Olympic Games in London, Antoine Valois-Fortier of Quebec City defeated Travis Stevens of the United States by a yuko in the men’s 73 kilogram division. Along the way Valois-Fortier beat an Olympic champion and World Championship silver medallist in one of the most dramatic judo days in Canadian sports history.
The third bronze came from a women’s weightlifter who barely finished off the podium at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. Christine Girard of Elliot Lake, Ontario finished fourth four years ago with a lift of 236 kilograms today. It is Canada’s first weightlifting medal since 1984.
Tags: 2012 olympic games, antoine valois-fortier, christine girard, diving, judo, meaghan benfeito, roseline filion, weightlifting
Posted in Amateur Sports |
Saturday, July 28th, 2012
The Chinese have made major strides in the sport of swimming. That wasn’t more evident than on day one of the 2012 Olympic Games in London.
Shiwen Ye, who is only 16 years of age, won the Olympic Gold medal in the women’s 400m individual medley in World Record time of 4:28.43. Meanwhile in the men’s 400m freestyle, Sun Yang won a Gold medal.
China leads the medal standings with six medals overall, one more medal than Italy and the United States.
In Saturday’s other high profile event, Kazakhstan’s Alexandre Vinokourov, at the age of 38, surprised many by winning Olympic Gold in the men’s cycling road race.
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Tags: alexandre vinokourov, beach volleyball, cycling, dave calder, david ferrer, diving, emilie heymans, jennifer abel, josh binstock, martin reader, rowing, scott frandsen, shiwen ye, sun yang, Swimming, tennis, vasek pospisil
Posted in Amateur Sports, ATP World Tour, More |
Friday, July 27th, 2012
Ryder Hesjedal (Wikimedia Commons)
SATURDAY, JULY 28
3:00 a.m.—Men’s Cycling Road Race—Ryder Hesjedal—Victoria—(TSN)
3:10 a.m.—Men’s Eights Rowing Heats (CTV)
3:30 a.m.—Men’s Double Sculls Rowing Heats—Michael Braithwaite—Duncan, British Columbia & Kevin Kowalyk—Winnipeg (CTV)
3:34 a.m.—Women’s 100m Butterfly Swimming Heats—Audrey Lacroix—Montreal (RDS, www.ctvolympics.ca)
3:52 a.m.—Men’s 400m Freestyle Swimming Heats—Ryan Cochrane—Victoria (RDS, www.ctvolympics.ca)
4:00 a.m.—Women’s Basketball—Canada vs. Russia (CTV)
4:00 a.m.—Men’s Individual Artistic Gymnastics—Nathan Gafuik—Calgary (Sportsnet)
5:00 a.m.—Men’s Pairs Heats—Dave Calder—Victoria & Scott Frandsen—Kelowna (OLN)
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Tags: 2012 olympic games, annie martin, audrey lacroix, basketball, brent hayden, clara hughes, colin russell, cycling, dave calder, denise ramsden, diving, doug vandor, emilie heymans, grace gao, gymnastics, jennifer abel, jillian tyler, joelle numainville, josh binstock, judo, julia wilkinson, kevin kowalyk, lindsay jennerich, marie andree lessard, martin reader, michael braithwaite, michael tayler, morgan jarvis, nathan gafuik, patricia obee, richard hortness, rowing, ryan cochrane, ryder hesjedal, scott frandsen, sinead russell, Soccer, Swimming, tera van beilen, thomas gossland, toby ng, weightlifting
Posted in Amateur Sports |
Tuesday, July 17th, 2012
Erin McLeod (Wikimedia Commons)
Team Canada’s Olympic roster is set and there are 15 representing the province of Alberta out of the 264 athletes representing our nation.
Does that total seem rather low to you? That is only 5.7% of the total athletes representing Canada are Albertan. Should we be sending more? Possibly, but for now let’s celebrate the Albertans who are going.
Out of the 15, seven are from Calgary.
Kayaker Mark de Jonge has probably the best chance to medal. He finished in sixth place at the 2011 World Championships in the men’s 200m. De Jong will be joined by gymnast Nathan Gafuik, badminton player Grace Gao, track athlete Akeem Haynes, cyclist Monique Sullivan, swimmer Jillian Tyler (women’s 100m breaststroke), and Michael Tayler in kayaking slalom.
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Tags: 2012 olympic games, akeem haynes, athletics, badminton, basketball, canoeing, cycling, diving, eric sehn, erin mcleod, fencing, grace gao, gymnastics, hammer throwing, heather steacy, jillian tyler, jim steacy, mark de jonge, michael tayler, michelle plouffe, monique sullivan, nathan gafuik, paula findlay, richard hortness, sherraine schalm, Soccer, Swimming, triathlon
Posted in Amateur Sports, Soccer |
Friday, March 2nd, 2012
Ten inductees were announced Friday for the Alberta Sports Hall of Fame in Red Deer.
Out of then ten, I am honoured to report that Canadian Sports Centre President Dale Henwood will be inducted May 25 at the Red Deer Sheraton.
Henwood is one of the most pleasant sports executives in Alberta and a person I have known for close to twenty years. The Canadian Sports Centre plays an instrumental role in supporting high performance athletes as they strive toward podium finishes. Henwood also was a member of the Alberta Sports Council and was an assistant coach for the Canadian men’s hockey team that won a Bronze medal at the 1992 Olympic Winter Games in Albertville.
Other inductees are:
–Barb Clark Parolin–Stettler–Bronze medallist, Women’s 4x100m freestyle swimming relay, 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal
–Gary Deman–Calgary–Head Coach, St. Francis High School Football Team
–Blythe Hartley–Edmonton–Bronze medallist, Women’s 10m synchronized diving, 2004 Olympic Games in Athens
–Ed Molstad–Edmonton–Former Defensive End, Edmonton Eskimos
–Bob Niven–Calgary–Former Chairman of the Calgary Olympic Development Association
–Russ Parker–Calgary–Former owner of the Calgary Cannons
–Larry Robinson– Innisfail– six-time Canadian Tie-Down Roping Champion
–Michael Slipchuk–Edmonton–1992 Canadian Figure Skating Champion
–Lorne Starko–Red Deer–statistician for WHL’s Red Deer Rebels
Tags: 1976 olympic games, 1992 olympic winter games, alberta sports hall of fame, barb clark parolin, blythe hartley, calgary cannons, canadian sports centre, dale henwood, diving, ed molstad, Edmonton Eskimos, Figure Skating, gary deman, larry robinson, lorne starko, michael slipchuk, red deer rebels, rodeo, russ parker, Swimming
Posted in Amateur Sports, CFL, High School Sports, More, Western Hockey League |
Monday, February 13th, 2012
Jennifer Abel (Diving Canada)
It was a fantastic weekend for Jennifer Abel of Laval, Quebec.
The 20 year-old diver won a three metre World Cup diving competition in Rostock, Germany on Saturday by posting a score of 353.4 points and then repeated her success on Sunday in the women’s three metre World Cup synchronized diving competition with Emile Heymans of St-Lambert, Quebec.
Abel, who was profiled in the Words from the Next Level feature in Alberta’s Prospect Magazine last spring, will be a definite medal contender at the 2012 Olympic Games in London.
Over the last 25 years, Canada has had a rich history in women’s diving at the Olympic Games. At the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, Sylvie Bernier became the first French Canadian woman to win Olympic Gold when she won the 3m springboard. Bernier’s success was followed by Annie Pelletier of Montreal, who won an Olympic Bronze medal at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta in the women’s three metre springboard and Anne Montminy of Montreal, Quebec in the women’s ten metre platform at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney.
Heymans meanwhile will be looking for a medal at an unprecedented fourth consecutive Olympic Games this summer. At the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, she won a Silver medal in the ten metre synchronized platform with Montminy. At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Heymans won a Bronze medal in the ten metre synchronized platform with Blythe Hartley of Edmonton. Finally, at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, Heymans won her first individual medal by winning a Silver medal in the Women’s 10m platform.
Tags: anne montminy, annie pelletier, blythe hartley, diving, emile heymans, jennifer abel, sylvie bernier
Posted in Amateur Sports |
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