Four medals for Canada on Day 1

Highlighted by swimmer Ryan Cochrane’s gold, Canada finishes Day 1 of the 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games with four medals - one gold and three bronze.

• Olympic and world championship medalist, Ryan Cochrane (Victoria, BC), won Canada’s first gold medal of the Delhi Games in the men’s 400-metre freestyle with a time of 3:48:48;
• Another Victoria resident, Stefan Hirniak (Victoria, BC) won bronze in the 200-metre butterfly;
• Julia Wilkinson (Stratford, ON) captured a third Canadian medal in the pool today with a bronze in the women’s 200-metre individual medley; and
• The upstart men’s gymnastics team - the youngest in the competition -  captured bronze in the team event. Canadian medalists included Anderson Loran (Saskatoon, SK), Tariq Dowers (Mississauga, ON), Ian Galvan (Calgary, AB), Jason Scott (Richmond, BC) and Robert Watson (Port Coquitlam, BC). Both Watson and Dowers have qualified for the Individual All-Around competition on Wednesday.

Day 2: A gold and two bronze for Canada

Canada won three medals on Day 2 at the 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games with Marilou Dozois-Prevost of Montreal claiming gold in weightlifting, the women’s gymnastics team earning a bronze, and wrestler Eric Feunekes also capturing bronze.
Day 2 medals for Canada:

• Gold: Marilou Dozois-Prevost (Montreal, QC) in weightlifting’s 53-kilogram class;
• Bronze: women’s gymnastics team of Catherine Dion (Gatineau, QC), Kristin Klarenbach (Edmonton, AB), Cynthia Lemieux-Guillemette (St-Hubert, QC), Gabby May (Winnipeg, MB) and Emma Willis (Sarnia, ON);
• Bronze: wrestler, Eric Feunekes (Fredericton, NB), won his 96kg Greco-Roman quarter final, then lost the semi-final to Hassene Fkiri of Australia. After the Australian was disqualified for a rude gesture, Feunekes was awarded the bronze.

Day 3: Bronze medal bonanza!

Canada won two bronze medals in cycling, one bronze in swimming, a bronze in wrestling along with a silver medal in wrestling, to comprise a five-medal haul on Day 3 of the 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games. Canadian medalists today:

• Swimmer Julia Wilkinson (Stratford, ON), bronze in the 100m backstroke – her second bronze medal of these Games;
• Greco-Roman wrestlers: Promise Mwenga (55kg), of Moncton, NB won bronze and Jack Bond (66kg), of Sherwood Park, AB won silver; and
• Cyclist Tara Whitten (Edmonton, AB) won bronze in the in the 25km points race, then teamed with Monique Sullivan (Calgary, AB) to win bronze in the women’s team sprint event.

Day 4: Canada doubles count:

Canada doubled its total medal count today – soaring from 12 to 24 medals – thanks to a Canadian gold rush on Day 4 of the 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games. Altogether, Canadian athletes won nine gold, one silver and two bronze medals. Canadian medal winners today:

• Synchronized swimming, two gold – Marie-Pier Boudreau-Gagnon (Riviere-du-Loup, QC) won the gold medal in solo and combined forces with Chloe Isaac (Brossard, QC) for a second victory in duet.
• Swimming, one gold: Brent Hayden (Mission, BC) took first place in the men’s 100-metre freestyle, posting the fasting time in the world this year.
• Athletics, three gold: Sultana Frizell (Perth, ON) won the women’s hammer throw, Dylan Armstrong (Kamloops, BC) won the shot put, both of them setting Games records. Kyle Pettey (Brampton, ON) won the para shot put, breaking his own world record.
• Wrestling, three gold: Carol Huynh (Hazelton, BC), won the 48-kilogram class, Justine Bouchard (Wetaskiwin, AB) won the 63 kg class and Ohenewa Akuffo (Brampton, ON) won the 72 kg class.
• Archery, one silver: The Canadian women’s team of Camille Bouffard-Demers (Bécancour, QC), Doris Jones (Selkirk, MB), and Ashley Wallace (Redcliff, AB) won a silver medal in the team event, compound bows category, after a hard-fought final against England (229-232).
• Gymnastics, two bronze: Cynthia Lemieux-Guillemette (St-Hubert, QC) in the uneven bars and Gabby May (Winnipeg, MB) in the vault.

Day 5: Another strong day for Canada

Team Canada enjoyed another strong day at the 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games, winning three gold, three silver and nine bronze medals on Day 5 of competition. Canadian medal winners today:

• Gold: Jamie Adjetey-Nelson (Windsor, ON) in the decathlon
• Gold: Christine Girard (Rouyn-Noranda, QC) in 69 kg weightlifting
• Gold: Diane Roy (Sherbrooke, QC) in the 1500m T54 wheelchair race
• Silver: Megan Buydens (Saskatoon, SK) in 67 kg wrestling
• Silver: Tonya Verbeek (Beamsville, ON) in 59 kg wrestling
• Silver: Anderson Loran (Saskatoon, SK), artistic gymnastics, men's high bar
• Bronze: women' archery recurve bows team of Marie-Pier Beaudet (Lavis, QC), Alana MacDougall (Scarborough, ON) and Kateri Vrakking (Etobicoke, ON)
• Bronze: Tabia Charles (Pickering, ON) in the triple jump
• Bronze: Susan Nattrass (Edmonton, AB) and Cynthia Meyer (Bowen Island, BC) in the shooting trap (pairs event)
• Bronze: Jessica MacDonald (Windsor, ON) in 51 kg wrestling
• Bronze: Tara Whitten (Edmonton AB) in cycling's 3,000m individual pursuit
• Bronze: Zach Bell (Watson Lake, YK) in cycling's 20km men's scratch race
• Bronze: Ian Galvan (Calgary, AB), artistic gymnastics, men's vault
• Bronze: Cynthia Lemieux-Guillmette (St-Hubert, QC), artistic gymnastics, women's beam
• Bronze: Mathieu Marineau (Saint-Andre Argenteuil, QC) in 85kg weightlifting

Day 6: Triple gold in the pool highlights 10-medal day for Canada.

Five swimming medals and three wrestling medals highlighted Day 6 for Team Canada at the 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games. Canada won three gold, six silver and two bronze medals, bringing the team's total to 50 medals at the halfway point in the Games. Canadian medal winners today:

• Gold: Brent Hayden (Mission, BC), 50m freestyle swimming in a Games record 22.01 seconds.
• Gold: Benoit Huot (Montreal, QC) 100m freestyle Paraswimming in a Games record of 53.70 seconds.
• Gold: Ryan Cochrane (Victoria, BC), 1500m freestyle swimming.
• Silver: Korey Jarvis (Guelph, ON), 96 kg wrestling.
• Silver: James Mancini (Pierrefonds, QC) 60 kg wrestling.
• Silver: Audrey Lacroix (Pont-Rouge, QC) 200m butterfly swimming.
• Silver: Jessica Zelinka (London, ON), heptathlon.
• Silver: Doris Jones (Selkirk MB), archery, compound bow.
• Silver: Marie-Eve Beauchemin-Nadeau (Candiac, QC) in 75kg weightlifting.
• Bronze: Evan MacDonald (St. Catharines, ON), 74kg wrestling.
• Bronze: women's swimming 4x100m medley relay - Julia Wilkinson (Stratford, ON), Annamay Pierse (Edmonton AB), Audrey Lacroix (Pont-Rouge, QC) and Victoria Poon (Montreal, QC).

Day 8: Two diving, three athletics medals highlight Monday.

Highlighted by a 1-2 finish in diving – including Alexandre Despatie’s gold in three-metre springboard, his eighth career Commonwealth gold medal – Canadian athletes won seven medals on Day 8 of competition in Delhi: one gold, three silver and three bronze. Canadian medal winners today:

• Gold: Alexandre Despatie (Laval, QC), three-metre springboard diving
• Silver: Reuben Ross (Regina, SK), three-metre springboard diving
• Silver: Angela Whyte (Edmonton, AB), 100 metre hurdles
• Silver: Jason Caswell (Edmonton, AB) and Richard McBride (Saskatoon, SK), skeet pairs shooting
• Bronze: Diane Cummins (Victoria, BC), 800m
• Bronze: Adrienne Power (Halifax, NS), 200m
• Bronze: George Kobaladze (Montreal, QC), 105+kg weightlifting

DELHI, India (October 9, 2010) – Heading into the second half of the competition at the Commonwealth Games in Delhi, India, Team Canada is still aiming for a top three overall finish. With 50 medals, including 17 gold, Canada currently holds down fourth place, eight medals behind the host country, currently sitting in third with 58 medals. “The team is in great spirits and continues to focus on performance,” said Martha Deacon, Team Canada’s Chef de Mission. “The venues really are spectacular and things are running reasonably smoothly here. Our support team has been fantastic, doing so much to keep our athletes healthy and in a good competitive frame of mind.”

Deacon also acknowledged the outstanding performance of the host country, which has been very competitive in a number of sports. “India has demonstrated through the first half of these Games that it really is a force to be reckoned with.”

Scott Stevenson, Director of Sport for Commonwealth Games Canada, added that Canadian results so far have been on target. “We’ve witnessed some outstanding performances and the nine gold medals for Canada on Day 4, followed by 15 medals on Day 5 were both huge. But we’re definitely in a tough battle with India for that third spot overall.”

Stevenson noted there have been few surprises for Canada at the Games so far. “The Canadian athletes we expected to turn in top performances have done that, with very few exceptions,” he said. “Looking ahead to the second half of the competition, we’re expecting many more podium performances.”  Stevenson says Canadians can look forward to multiple medal celebrations over the last five days of competition. “We expect to see Canada’s medal total climb substantially,” he said.

The 19th Commonwealth Games wrap up Thursday in Delhi with the closing ceremony.

Thursday, Oct. 07, 2010 -  If there are any questions about how to pronounce the surname of one of Canada’s most dominant wrestlers, just say the word “win.” It captures both what she does and who she is -- Carol Huynh, gold medalist from Hazelton, B.C.  The 30-year-old freestyle wrestler from the small town in northwest British Columbia was an important leader in Canada’s gold-plated surge at the Commonwealth Games in Delhi, India, Thursday capturing the gold medal in the women’s 48-kg class. It was the first gold ever awarded in Commonwealth women’s wrestling and one of three golds won by Canadian women on the mat. There was a splurge of nine Canadian golds and 12 medals to double the country’s hardware total in one day.

Other gold winners included wrestlers Justine Bouchard at 63 kg and Ohenewa Akuffo at 72 kg; a pair by Marie-Pier Boudreau-Gagnon and partner Chloe Isaac in synchronized swimming; Games record golds by shot putter Dylan Armstrong, hammer thrower Sultana Frizell and 100-metre freestyle swimmer Brent Hayden; and a world record by Kyle Petty in shot put for athletes with a disability.

It was the fourth big title for Huynh, who has also won gold at the University Games, Pan American Games and Olympics. The Beijing Olympics is where most Canadians became familiar with her story as the smalltown woman in a sport dominated by men, the offspring of boat people who would win Canada’s first Olympic gold of 2008.

Thursday she defeated home favourite Nirmala Devi of India 7-3, largely by feel -- she’d lost both her contact lenses during the tough match. “Fortunately, I had good friends to lead me around and show me the podium afterwards,” she said. “The match was exciting, a little closer than I wanted. I was coming from behind after two rounds,” said Huynh.

Huynh, whose father is ethnic Chinese and whose mother was born is Vietnam, was the first of her family born in Canada after her parents fled Vietnam with her two older siblings in 1980. She grew up in Hazelton, 290 kilometres east of Prince Rupert, B.C., and at 15 she joined her high school wrestling team. Both of her sisters had wrestled. Upon graduation in 1998 she was recruited by Simon Fraser University where she earned her degree in psychology. In 2005, she married Dan Biggs, a social worker and former wrestler. One of her national-level coaches has been Leigh Vierling, husband of former multiple world champion Christine Nordhagen.

She said she had come through a tough 18 months of injuries and a struggle with motivation after the Olympics before finding the spark to fight in the Commonwealths. She is considering staying active for the next Olympics in London. “I may celebrate by having an ice cream. Having to make weight in this sport makes food taste better,” said Huynh, who won her Olympic gold in the 48 kg class. “There are still three weight classes to go, so after that, maybe we can celebrate at the disco.”

She said the match, apart from being a “little fuzzy” because of the loss of her lenses, was not easy. “It was a little nerve-racking, she surprised me, I have wrestled her before, but she came out strong, guns blazing” said Huynh. “I said to myself, wait a minute, this is mine. I was confident but this was a wakeup call.”

Now with four major championships, Huynh will take time deciding on her wrestling future. Qualification for London begins in a few weeks, but there are also injuries to consider, and the motivational question of whether she can accomplish more or just repeat what she’s already done. “For the moment I want to keep with it and be competitive. Don’t get me wrong, I’m still looking toward the next Olympics, I just haven’t made that final decision.”

A hard act to follow, the next Canadian woman to wrestle in a gold medal final was Justine Bouchard in the 63 kg division. The Canadian wrestled Blessing Oborududu of Nigeria -- a team coached by Canadian Olympic hero and Nigerian native Daniel Igali. The Nigerian won the first round with one point. In round two, Bouchard scored the first point. The Nigerian was rough, often grabbing at Bouchard’s head. Bouchard grabbed Oborududu’s legs with a grasp and turned her and gained another two points. They entered the third round tied but Bouchard countered every advance and held on to win gold. Bouchard and thought if the win was a step toward “a possible future Olympic Team.”

Akuffo came up last of the Canadians against Annabel Laure Ali of Cameroon. The first round was rough, when the Cameroon wrestler went for the attack and grasp; Akuffo dropped and rolled back to win the round. In round two, Ali attacked and came close to pinning Akuffo but the Canadian fought back and Ali was not successful. The match went to the clinch with both wrestlers evenly matched with no points awarded. A draw was then necessary to determine the advantage. Akuffo received the advantage and immediately drove the Cameroon wrestler out of the ring, winning the match and another gold. “I was not letting up, these are the only Games I haven’t been to, I was not letting go,” said Akuffo “In the end you want to do the best for yourself and for your country.”

Delhi, India - It had been a tough comeback season for heptathlete Jessica Zelinka, who returned to elite competition and intense training just months after giving birth to her daughter, Anika. But even a multi-tasking 28-year-old mother and versatile, world-class athlete wasn't quite ready for what Delhi had in store during the Commonwealth Games heptathlon competition. Afflicted with so-called "Delhi Belly," the gastro-intestinal bug many visitors catch here, the Calgary native had to gut out the two-day competition in more ways than one.

"I figured a little bit of heat, a little bit of whatever, everybody is in the same situation," Zelinka said after winning the silver medal behind England's Louise Hazel. "But, personally, it took a bit of a toll, and kind of shocked me.  "I had to work hard right to the end, which is usually the case, but I was, like, 'Please, Lord, get me through this.' The worst part was the dehydration after Day 1."

Zelinka led after Day 1, but Hazel outperformed her in the long jump and javelin throw to start off Day 2, giving her a 126-point lead heading into the final event, the 800 metres. So, in effect, there went a chance for the gold. Hazel won gold, amassing a personal-best 6,156 points, just 56 ahead of Zelinka. Grace Clements of England was third with 5,819. "I didn't expect to come out of here with a silver, I really thought it would be gold," Zelinka said. "But after the javelin, it really wasn't within my reach, being realistic. . . . It wasn't clicking the way it was in the warm-up or during the week. So, it's hard to swallow that those performances aren't there on demand. That's something we still need to work on."

Zelinka spent much of the season rebuilding her core strength and power, and did re-establish herself at the elite level. Still, her coach, Les Gramantik, said her energy level isn't where it needs to be. In Delhi, the stomach virus drained some of that. "The British girl performed amazingly, it was a personal best for her, so we've got to give her credit," Gramantik said. "I don't think Jess underperformed. I mean, she's been struggling with this Delhi Belly stuff. She did more bathroom visits than throws (Friday)."

Zelinka said the hurdles and 200 were her strongest performances in the seven-discipline event. Zelinka won the final component, the 800, shaving Hazel's lead by 70 points, but Gramantik said her time of two minutes 15.26 seconds was uncharacteristically slow.

Zelinka finished fifth in the heptathlon at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, and remains firmly on track to challenge for a podium spot at the London Summer Olympics in 2012, Gramantik said: "It's a first year back for her, she had a good year, she'll be ranked probably Top 8 in the world at the end of the year."

NEW DELHI — Over the roar of shotgun blasts floated the haunting sound of the adhan, the Islamic call to prayer. Even when a large black plastic garbage bag blew across the shooting range, Susan Nattrass didn't flinch. The 59-year-old Nattrass overcame sweltering heat to coolly hit 24 out of 25 targets in the final round to lift herself and teammate Cynthia Meyer of Bowen Island, B.C., to a bronze medal in women's pairs trap shooting at the Commonwealth Games on Friday.It was the Nattrass's eighth medal in four Games appearances. "I worked hard, guys," the former Edmonton resident told her grinning teammates as she walked away from the firing line.

It was a clutch performance for the six-time Olympian and seven-time world champion. Nattrass and Meyer were sitting fifth following the first round after missing three targets each. In the final round, Meyer again hit 22 of the 25 targets. That left Nattrass little room for error if the Canadians wanted a podium spot. The pressure was on her shoulders. "I knew I had to do it," she said, shotgun casually slung over her shoulder. "That was sort of fun.  "What was so nice, this year has not been a great year for me. I have been experimenting. When the pressure was on I didn't do well. When the pressure was on (here) I did well and it really makes me feel good."

Nattrass, who now lives on Vashon Island in Seattle, has won three silver and five bronze medals in Commonwealth Games competition. She made her debut 20 years ago at the Auckland Games. The Australian team of Laetisha Scanlan and Stacy Roiall won the gold, hitting 93 out of a possible 100 targets. England's Abbey Burton and Anita North were second with a score of 91 while Nattrass and Meyer had 90.  In the pairs competition, each woman shoots two rounds of 25 traps. The scores are combined and the team with the most hits win.

The event was held at the Dr. Karni Singh Shooting Range, a sprawling complex in South Delhi. Singh was an international skeet champion and the first Indian to compete at five Olympic Games. On the range, the shooters looked out over a valley filled with leafy green trees. They had a panoramic view of the red-bricked Tughlaqabad Fort. The structure, which covers over six kilometres, was built in 1321 to repel Mongolian attackers. For Nattrass, the facility has a special meaning. She is a friend of Singh and used to shoot with his daughter Rajyashree. "He was very kind to me and knew my father," said Nattrass. "It's always neat to shoot on a range named after someone you know and like."

In what has become a common occurrence at these Games, the completion drew sparse attendance even with a strong Indian team competing for medals. The people watching were mostly volunteers, athletes and officials. Of the few fans who were there, some talked on cellphones. One woman slid off her shoes and sat in bare feet. The only relief from the 34-degree heat was an occasional breeze. One gust sent a white umbrella rolling across the range, forcing a brief halt to the competition. When the garbage bag blew across the range, a police officer dashed out to grab it, forcing the shooters to hold their fire. The crowd applauded when he managed to arrest the bag.

The range is built in a part of the city where laundry hangs outside of shacks built in the shadow of new buildings. Children play in the dirt not far from where a new golf course is being built. Nattrass admits visiting India has been difficult. "I think the Indian people are very nice," she said. "I hate seeing poverty. I'm not used to it. I hope I never get used to it."

Nattrass is a doctor who runs a clinic in Seattle where she studies the effects of aging in bones on active sports women. For a person who spends time trying to heal, seeing suffering on the streets hurts. "You wish you could do something to help," she said.
Nattrass says this will be her last Commonwealth Games as a competitor. She couldn't help celebrate with a bad joke. "I thought if this was my last, I wanted to go out with a bang," Nattrass said with an eye roll. "I wanted to shoot well."

Meyer, 35, said she knew there was a chance for a medal when Nattrass nailed her first few shots. "When Sue was shooting I thought we were going to be in there at least for a bronze," said the financial consultant who now lives in New York. "We've been doing this for a bunch of years. We seem to push each other, which is great."

Nattrass was only five when her father Floyd introduced her trap shooting. Her first Olympics were the 1976 Games in Montreal.
Nattrass's goal is to compete in one more Olympics. She wants to follow in the footsteps of Ian Millar who won a showjumping silver medal at the 2008 Beijing Games. "I really want to make the 2012 Olympics," she said. "I really want to win the 2012 Olympics. "Ian Millar won the Olympic medal at 61. I'll be 61. I want to do that."

Tessa Bonhomme is bent on beating the big balls. The defender on the Canadian women's hockey team is one of several athletes selected to participate in an all-athletes episode of "Wipeout Canada." Those familiar with the American version of the game show know the first obstacle course in each episode includes four large bouncy balls that contestants must jump between to get across.  It was rare anyone navigated them successfully in the recently concluded season. More often than not, contestants bounced wide or fell between them into the water hazard below. "I am absolutely going to conquer those red balls," the 25-year-old Bonhomme said Monday from Sudbury, Ont. "It makes me so mad when people cannot do the red balls. I look forward to putting on a clinic and showing everyone out there how to do the red balls."

Former CFL kicker Troy Westwood, former NHL player Cam Connor, skeleton racer Michelle Kelly, national luge team member Ian Cockerline, cross-country skier Ian Babikov and biathlete Robin Clegg were also chosen for the show. A total of 260 Canadians were announced Monday as contestants for the first season of Canadian version of the show. The appeal of "Wipeout" is contestants willingly get punched into the mud and suffer spectacular pratfalls in the pursuit of $50,000 in prize money.

Bonhomme departs Thursday for Buenos Aires, Argentina, where 13 episodes of "Wipeout Canada" will be taped starting Saturday until Nov. 3. It will air in Canada on TVTropolis in the spring. Westwood, a former kicker for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, isn't as optimistic about navigating the big balls as Bonhomme. "They look impossible to me," he said from Winnipeg. "I think about it every single day, maybe four or five times a day. "They're already haunting my thoughts. I think from watching it is to be as light on my feet as possible."

Hockey player Cam Connor, who played for the Montreal Canadiens, Edmonton Oilers and New York Rangers, will be the oldest competitor on the athletes' episode at 56. He says his 22-year-old daughter Jessica sent his name in for an audition. "I just may be the oldest competitor, but I played junior football and hockey all my life, so I'm prepared for the bumps and bruises that go with it," Connor said from Edmonton. Connor dreads getting spun on a turntable before tackling one of the courses in a dizzy state. He would embrace getting catapulted four storeys into the air and landing in the water if he made the final four. "I'm saying to myself 'Maybe I can pull off a nice dive,''' Connor said.

Connor's audition tape included several of his NHL fights. A mainstay of "Wipeout" is a punching wall that competitors navigate while getting punched in the face and sprayed with paint. "Through all my career in hockey, through all the scraps and sticks you get in the face and head butts, I never broke my nose or lost my teeth and now I'm kind of chuckling. Wouldn't that be pretty funny if I got drilled on 'Wipeout?'" Connor said.

"Wipeout Canada" took applications from June 2 to July 1 this year. Some of the athletes were interviewed by producers in Calgary, Toronto and Vancouver. In her interview, Bonhomme poked fun at photos of the Canadian women's post-game celebration after winning the gold in Vancouver. Those photos created a short-lived scandal because the women drank champagne and beer and smoked cigars on the ice after the game. So Bonhomme wore her Canadian team jersey and the same Maple Leaf glasses she wore in those photos. She had a cigar in her mouth and handed out cigars to the producers of the show. "I'm not afraid to be laughed at and I'm not afraid to laugh at myself," she said. "I've been knocked around and hit by girls who are more intimidating than that course. Secondly, we train for that course. If you've ever seen any video from our boot camps, I've been through much worse. It's like a big jungle gym. I'm ready to have a lot of fun with it."

Calgary Stampeder running back Jesse Lumsden, also a member of the Canadian bobsled team, auditioned for "Wipeout Canada" before signing with the Stampeders in September. "Because of football, I wouldn't have been able to do it," Lumsden said. "I'll get on that show eventually."

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