Posts Tagged ‘jennifer abel’
Saturday, August 4th, 2012
Karen Cockburn and Rosannagh MacLennan (Wikimedia Commons)
AUGUST 4, 2012
2:00 a.m.—Women’s Triathlon (Paula Findlay—Edmonton & Kathy Tremblay—Ste-Foy, Quebec)–CTV
3:00 a.m.—Men’s 100m Preliminaries (Aaron Brown—Toronto & Justyn Warner—Toronto) (RDS, www.ctvolympics.ca)
3:00 a.m.—Men’s Team Table Tennis First Round—Canada (Pierre-Luc Hinse—Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, Andre Ho—Vancouver, Zhen Wang—Victoria) vs. Japan
3:05 a.m.—Women’s Heptathlon (Jessica Zelinka—London & Brianne Theisen—Humboldt, Saskatchewan) (RDS, www.ctvolympics.ca)
(more…)
Tags: gillian carleton, jasmin glaesser, jennifer abel, karen cockburn, rosannagh maclennan, ryan cochrane, tara whitten, zach bell
Posted in Amateur Sports |
Sunday, July 29th, 2012
Jennifer Abel (Scott Grant)
Team Canada is on the medal board at the 2012 Olympic Games in London.
Today, Emilie Heymans of Montreal and Jennifer Abel of Laval, Quebec (previously featured in Prospect Magazine) won Bronze in women’s 3m synchronized springboard diving.
Heymans also goes is in the record books.
In finishing third, Heymans becomes the first Canadian to win an Olympic medal at four straight Olympic Games and the first diver to win an Olympic medal at four straight Olympic Games.
Heymans, who throughout her career has been a 10m platform specialist, won her first Olympic medal of her career in the springboard. It was also the very first time a Canadian team won a medal in synchronized springboard diving.
Heymans previously won a Silver medal in the women’s 10m platform with Anne Montminy of Montreal at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, a Bronze medal with Blythe Hartley of Edmonton at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, and a Silver medal in the women’s 10m platform at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.
China won Gold and the United States won Silver. The Canadian team struggled with their second and fifth dives, but had flawless first, third and fourth dives. Their fourth dive, a reverse 2.5 somersault, moved them from fourth to third, past the Italians.
This was Canada’s first medal at the Olympic Games. It took Canada eight days to medal at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.
Tags: emilie heymans, jennifer abel
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.
(more…)
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)
(more…)
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 |
Wednesday, July 25th, 2012
Dylan Armstrong (Wilson Wong, Wikimedia Commons)
I am projecting 17 medals for Canada. Here they are:
ATHLETICS
DYLAN ARMSTRONG—KAMLOOPS—MEN’S SHOT PUT
CANOEING
ADAM VAN KOEVERDEN—OAKVILLE—MEN’S 1000m KAYAKING
CYCLING
ZACH BELL—WATSON LAKE, YUKON—MEN’S OMNIUM
CATHARINE PENDREL—FREDERICTON—WOMEN’S MOUNTAIN BIKING
TARA WHITTEN—EDMONTON, GILLIAN CARLETON—VICTORIA & JASMIN GLAESSER—COQUITLAM—WOMEN’S TEAM PURSUIT
DIVING
JENNIFER ABEL—LAVAL—WOMEN’S 3M SPRINGBOARD
ABEL & EMILE HEYMANS—MONTREAL—WOMEN’S 3M SYNCHRONIZED DIVING
MEAGHAN BENFEITO–MONTREAL & ROSELINE FILION—LAVAL—WOMEN’S 10M SYNCHRONIZED DIVING
(more…)
Tags: 2012 olympic games, adam van koeverden, carol huynh, catharine pendrel, dave calder, dylan armstrong, emelie heymans, gillian carleton, jasmin glaesser, jennifer abel, karen cockburn, krin sergerie, martine dugrenier, meaghan benfeito, roseline filion, rowing, ryan cochrane, scott frandsen, tara whitten, tonya verbeek, zach bell
Posted in Amateur Sports |
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 |
Saturday, July 23rd, 2011
Jennifer Abel (Quinn Rooney, Getty Images)
In one of the biggest sporting events of 2011 that is not broadcasted live, Jennifer Abel of Laval, Quebec finished third today in the women’s 3m diving event at the World Aquatic Championships in Shanghai, China.
This is Abel’s second medal at the Championships, as she won a silver medal with Emile Heymans in the women’s 3m synchronized diving competition last Saturday.
Abel had 365.1 points, and improved eight places, from her 11th place showing at the 2009 World Aquatic Championships in Rome, Italy.
Wu Minxia of China, a two-time Olympic Gold medallist in the synchronized springboard diving competition with Guo Jingjing, won the Gold medal with 380.85 points and her countrywoman He Zi won the silver medal with 379.15 points.
(more…)
Tags: emile heymans, guo jingjing, he zi, jennifer abel, qiu bo, world aquatic championships, wu minxia, yao ming
Posted in Amateur Sports |
Saturday, July 16th, 2011
Emilie Heymans and Jennifer Abel (Bing Images)
Jennifer Abel of Laval, Quebec, who was featured in the spring issue of Edmonton’s Prospect Magazine, and her teammate Emile Heymans of Montreal, have won a silver medal in the women’s three metre synchronized diving competition at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships in Shanghai, China.
Heymans and Abel posted a score of 313.5 points to finish second. China’s Wu Minxia and He Zi won the Gold medal with a score of 356.4 points and Australia’s Anabelle Smith and Sharleen Stratton finished third with 306.9 points.
According to the Canadian Press, Heymans and Abel struggled in the qualifying session by only finishing eighth, before they got things together in the finals.
Abel will be competing tomorrow in the women’s 1 metre springboard preliminaries. Abel enters that competition as the reigning Commonwealth Games champion.
The Canadian women’s diving team is significantly stronger than the Canadian men’s diving team as superstar Alexandre Despatie is not competing this week due to a knee injury.
Tags: anabelle smith, emile heymans, he zi, jennifer abel, sharleen stratton, world aquatic championships, wu minxia
Posted in Amateur Sports |
Loading ...
