<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4870623426949025293</id><updated>2012-02-02T10:08:21.764-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Canadian Sport News Nouvelles-sport canadien</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://canadiansportnews.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4870623426949025293/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://canadiansportnews.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4870623426949025293/posts/default?start-index=101&amp;max-results=100'/><author><name>Canadian Sport News  Nouvelles-sport canadien</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02946825497859374761</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_FCS1CxvAJpQ/R1M6ACWzkoI/AAAAAAAAAAs/9Qb6W_aPBhw/S220/image001.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>125</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4870623426949025293.post-281021636938884080</id><published>2012-02-01T15:29:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-02-01T15:29:56.816-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Canada’s Sarah Pavan leads her pro squad to playoff victory in Champions League</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;CASTELLANZA, Italy - Canadian national team star Sarah Pavan of Kitchener, Ont., produced 22 points on Wednesday to lead Villa Cortese, Italy to a dramatic five-set victory in a women’s volleyball Champions League round of 16 playoff action.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;The Champions League is a three month tournament which determines the top professional volleyball club in &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Europe&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-8FKdq3rUa_Q/TynKvakiUnI/AAAAAAAAAPk/XOhukDI0b8E/s1600/20120201+Pavan.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="213" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-8FKdq3rUa_Q/TynKvakiUnI/AAAAAAAAAPk/XOhukDI0b8E/s320/20120201+Pavan.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a name='more'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Villa Cortese, which is based in &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Milan&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;, defeated Moscow Dynamo 25-20, 25-18, 18-25, 23-25, 15-12 in a match that lasted nearly two hours.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Pavan, who finished the round robin of the portion of the tournament seventh in league scoring, was her squads top point getter.&amp;nbsp; The two match series concludes next Tuesday in the Russian capital.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;In men’s Champions League play, the Arkas men’s volleyball club, which is based in &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Izmir&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Turkey&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt; and includes three Canadians, drew first blood in its two-match series against &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Zaska&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Poland&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt; on Wednesday.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;The Turkish pro squad led by Glenn Hoag of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Gatineau&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;, Que., the head coach of the men’s national team, took the match 27-25, 23-25, 25-16, 25-23 to improve its overall Champions League record to six wins and a loss.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;There are two Canadian national team players on the Turkish squad as well.&amp;nbsp; Justin Duff of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Winnipeg&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt; played in all four sets and scored five points while Gord Perrin of Creston, B.C., played in the first set and scored three points.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;The two teams face each other again next Wednesday this time in &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Izmir&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Thomas Jarmoc of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Edmonton&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt; is also in the tournament with Friedrichshafen Volleyball Club in &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Germany&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt; which won its opening playoff match 29-27, 25-18, 25-21 over &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Tours&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;France&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;.&amp;nbsp; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Three Canadian national team players are also playing professionally in French Division 1 regular season play.&amp;nbsp; Josh Howatson of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:state&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Victoria&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:state&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt; is with Paris Volley which is currently in 11&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; overall, Nicholas Cundy of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Edmonton&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt; plays for &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Cannes&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt; sitting seventh and Alexandre Gaumont-Casias of Ville-Marie, Que., is with Turcoing in sixth spot.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;For more information on the CEV Volleyball Champions League visit: &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Men:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.cev.lu/Competition-Area/competition.aspx?ID=548&amp;amp;PID=1117"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue;"&gt;http://www.cev.lu/Competition-Area/competition.aspx?ID=548&amp;amp;PID=1117&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Women:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.cev.lu/Competition-Area/competition.aspx?ID=551&amp;amp;PID=1126"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue;"&gt;http://www.cev.lu/Competition-Area/competition.aspx?ID=551&amp;amp;PID=1126&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4870623426949025293-281021636938884080?l=canadiansportnews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://canadiansportnews.blogspot.com/feeds/281021636938884080/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://canadiansportnews.blogspot.com/2012/02/canadas-sarah-pavan-leads-her-pro-squad.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4870623426949025293/posts/default/281021636938884080'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4870623426949025293/posts/default/281021636938884080'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://canadiansportnews.blogspot.com/2012/02/canadas-sarah-pavan-leads-her-pro-squad.html' title='Canada’s Sarah Pavan leads her pro squad to playoff victory in Champions League'/><author><name>Canadian Sport News  Nouvelles-sport canadien</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02946825497859374761</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_FCS1CxvAJpQ/R1M6ACWzkoI/AAAAAAAAAAs/9Qb6W_aPBhw/S220/image001.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-8FKdq3rUa_Q/TynKvakiUnI/AAAAAAAAAPk/XOhukDI0b8E/s72-c/20120201+Pavan.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4870623426949025293.post-4693023868552677109</id><published>2012-02-01T09:15:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2012-02-01T09:15:29.709-08:00</updated><title type='text'>World’s best squash players at Ludwig Financial Cambridge Cup February 28-March 1 in Toronto</title><content type='html'>&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;"&gt;TORONTO –Five of the world’s top-10 players and Canadian number-one Shahier Razik areamong the entries for the $60,000 Ludwig Financial Cambridge Cup men’sprofessional squash tournament set for seven venues in Toronto February 28 toMarch 1.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;"&gt;The eightplayers in the tournament are Gregory Gaultier of France;&amp;nbsp; Ramy Ashour, Amr Shabana and Karim Darwish,all of Egypt, and ranked third through sixth in the world; Laurens Jan Anjemaof the Netherlands, Thierry Lincou of France, Hisham Ashour of Egypt and Razik.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a name='more'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;"&gt;Shabana isa four-time world champion, Ashour took the world crown in 2009 and Lincou wastops in 2004.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;"&gt;"Thisis our third consecutive year, it's growing each year with more clubs lookingto host matches and fans contacting us in advance for dates/tickets/etc,’’ saidRazik, also the tournament director. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;"&gt;‘’The goalis to keep growing the interest and build up to a glass court event in a &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;"&gt;Toronto&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;"&gt; venue. It would be a dream to bringthe Canadian Open back! &amp;nbsp;We have a fantastic field this year and we thinkthe &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;"&gt;Toronto&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;"&gt; squash fans will really enjoy thesquash!"&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;"&gt;The venueshosting the event are the mian host Cambridge Group of Clubs (Toronto AthleticClub, the Adelaide Club, the Cambridge Club) as well as the Toronto Lawn andTennis Club, the Georgetown Racquet Club, the Barrie Athletic Club, and theCricket Club.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt;"&gt;"The CambridgeGroup of Clubs is proud to continue our tradition of supporting the game ofsquash. The Cambridge Cup is a prime example. Not only does it provide ourmembers the ability to watch the finest squash in the World, but also ensuresthat professional squash continues to have a home in the city ofToronto"&amp;nbsp;Dean Brown&amp;nbsp;Executive Vice President, Cambridge Group ofClubs.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;"&gt;“Once I,and some members of the Georgetown Racquet Club (GRC), saw a round in theCambridge Cup last year, we were so impressed that we immediately agreed the wejust had to get these world class players to the GRC,’’ said Murray Jans,Squash Director, GRC.&amp;nbsp; ‘’So far, there isgreat excitement about this event, not only from our members but fromsurrounding clubs and people from the town”.&amp;nbsp; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="NormalWeb1"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;"&gt;Intotal,12 matches will be played across&amp;nbsp;the host venues.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"&gt;For info and tickets www.raziksquash.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4870623426949025293-4693023868552677109?l=canadiansportnews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://canadiansportnews.blogspot.com/feeds/4693023868552677109/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://canadiansportnews.blogspot.com/2012/02/worlds-best-squash-players-at-ludwig.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4870623426949025293/posts/default/4693023868552677109'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4870623426949025293/posts/default/4693023868552677109'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://canadiansportnews.blogspot.com/2012/02/worlds-best-squash-players-at-ludwig.html' title='World’s best squash players at Ludwig Financial Cambridge Cup February 28-March 1 in Toronto'/><author><name>Canadian Sport News  Nouvelles-sport canadien</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02946825497859374761</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_FCS1CxvAJpQ/R1M6ACWzkoI/AAAAAAAAAAs/9Qb6W_aPBhw/S220/image001.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4870623426949025293.post-136915939173651288</id><published>2012-01-31T09:54:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-31T09:54:39.522-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Toronto to host men’s World League volleyball matches in May</title><content type='html'>&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Canada&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt; to face number-one &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Brazil&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Poland&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt; and &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Finland&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;OTTAWA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt; – Volleyball &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Canada&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt; announced today that &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Toronto&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt; will host the Canadian portion ofthe men’s World League volleyball tournament May 18-20 at the Ricoh Coliseum.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;The WorldLeague will be part of an important and busy 2012 season for the Canadiansquad, ranked 18&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;inthe world, which is also looking to land a spot in the Olympic Games.&amp;nbsp;This is &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Canada&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;’s first appearance in World Leagueplay since 2007.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a name='more'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Theprestigious tournament, in its 23rd&amp;nbsp;year, is a 16-country intercontinentaltournament that takes place every summer, reaching all corners of the planet,offering worldwide TV coverage and the biggest cash prizes in the sport.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;In &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Toronto&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Canada&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt; will face its pool opponents &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Brazil&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;, ranked number-one in the world,number-four &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Poland&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt; and number-27 &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Finland&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;.&amp;nbsp; There will be two matcheseach of the three days (one &lt;span style="color: #ff1f17;"&gt;i&lt;/span&gt;n the afternoonand one in the evening) for a total of six matches.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;The exact scheduleand&lt;span style="color: #ff1f17;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;match times are still to beconfirmed and ticket information will be available soon.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;The WorldLeague event will be part of a massive volleyball celebration that week in &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Toronto&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;.&amp;nbsp; The Canadian Open will beheld from May 17-22 next door to the Ricoh Coliseum&lt;span style="color: #ff1f17;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;atthe Direct Energy Centre with more than 10,000 players from 800 teams expectedto compete, making it one of the largest amateur sports events in Canadiansports history.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;You canfollow World League developments at:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Websites:&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.volleyball.ca/content/world-league-2012-0"&gt;http://www.volleyball.ca/content/world-league-2012-0&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp; and&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.fivb.org/"&gt;www.fivb.org&lt;/a&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Twitter:#2012CanWL&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Facebook&amp;nbsp;:&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.facebook.com/events/315716568465311/"&gt;http://www.facebook.com/events/315716568465311/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #2c1389;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4870623426949025293-136915939173651288?l=canadiansportnews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://canadiansportnews.blogspot.com/feeds/136915939173651288/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://canadiansportnews.blogspot.com/2012/01/toronto-to-host-mens-world-league.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4870623426949025293/posts/default/136915939173651288'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4870623426949025293/posts/default/136915939173651288'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://canadiansportnews.blogspot.com/2012/01/toronto-to-host-mens-world-league.html' title='Toronto to host men’s World League volleyball matches in May'/><author><name>Canadian Sport News  Nouvelles-sport canadien</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02946825497859374761</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_FCS1CxvAJpQ/R1M6ACWzkoI/AAAAAAAAAAs/9Qb6W_aPBhw/S220/image001.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4870623426949025293.post-1351565481310147935</id><published>2012-01-29T13:45:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-29T15:34:55.316-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Canada’s Richard Weinberger wins bronze at open water swimming World Cup</title><content type='html'>&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;SANTOS&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Brazil&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt; – Richard Weinberger of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:state&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Victoria&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:state&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt; took another big step towards earning a berth on the Olympic team on Sunday winning the bronze medal in the men’s 10 kilometre race at a marathon swimming World Cup.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;World champion Spiros Gianniotis of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Greece&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt; won the gold medal in two hours and 11 minutes and 39.51 seconds.&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;Nicola Bolzonello of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Italy&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt; was second in 2:11:41.44 and Weinberger followed closely in 2:11:42.34.&amp;nbsp; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a name='more'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Seven Olympic qualifiers from last year’s world championships were in the race and Weinberger finished ahead of six of them.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;‘’I’m very excited about this performance,’’ said Weinberger, 21.&amp;nbsp; ‘’It gives me a lot of confidence and it proves my strong results last year were no fluke.’’&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Weinberger emerged on the international scene last year as a serious medal threat for the London Games highlighted by a victory on the Olympic course at a test event in the British capital.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;‘’To be racing side by side and keeping pace with a guy like Spiros was exhilarating,’’ he said. ‘’There is still a long journey ahead but with continued serious training and hard work I feel that one day I can surpass him.’’&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Sunday’s race was held in warm and choppy waters totally opposite conditions to those he’ll likely face in &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;London&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;‘’The conditions were not in my favour today but still it is important for me to race in those kinds of situations,’’ Weinberger said.&amp;nbsp; ‘’In &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;London&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt; the waters will be cold and flat and that’ll be perfect for me.’’&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Xavier Desharnais of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Sherbrooke&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;, Que., was 16&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; and Aimeson King of Victoria 31&lt;sup&gt;st&lt;/sup&gt;.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;In the women’s 10 kilometre race, Martina Grimaldi of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Italy&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt; won the gold medal in 2:22:33.94.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Zsofia Balazs of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Toronto&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt; was the top Canadian placing 14&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; in 2:23:40.94.&amp;nbsp; Nadine Williams of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Sherwood Park&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;, Alta., was 21&lt;sup&gt;st&lt;/sup&gt;, Tyra Rooney of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Calgary&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt; 25&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; while Caitlin Nolan, of LaSalle, Que., did not finish.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;‘’It was one of my better races,’’ said Balazs.&amp;nbsp; ‘’I was happy with how I stayed calm and showed no anxiety when I would fall behind.’’&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="Company"&gt;The top-placing Canadian swimmer at either today’s race or the World Cup next Saturday in Argentina will be selected to attend the Olympic Marathon Qualifier in Portugal next June with hopes of grabbing one of the remaining Olympic spots.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Swimming Canada, the governing body for competitive swimming in Canada, will be selecting a team of 4 athletes (2 male, 2 female), to race under the maple leaf banner at the Olympic Marathon Qualifier.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The second qualifier will then be the next top-placing swimmer from either FINA 10km Marathon Swimming World Cups in Brazil, Argentina or Mexico on April 21st.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Full results: &lt;span style="color: blue;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.cbda.org.br/noticias/maratona-internacional-de-santos-resultados"&gt;http://www.cbda.org.br/noticias/maratona-internacional-de-santos-resultados&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4870623426949025293-1351565481310147935?l=canadiansportnews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://canadiansportnews.blogspot.com/feeds/1351565481310147935/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://canadiansportnews.blogspot.com/2012/01/canadas-richard-weinberger-wins-bronze.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4870623426949025293/posts/default/1351565481310147935'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4870623426949025293/posts/default/1351565481310147935'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://canadiansportnews.blogspot.com/2012/01/canadas-richard-weinberger-wins-bronze.html' title='Canada’s Richard Weinberger wins bronze at open water swimming World Cup'/><author><name>Canadian Sport News  Nouvelles-sport canadien</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02946825497859374761</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_FCS1CxvAJpQ/R1M6ACWzkoI/AAAAAAAAAAs/9Qb6W_aPBhw/S220/image001.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4870623426949025293.post-2054704136925800282</id><published>2012-01-19T16:22:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-20T03:56:14.403-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Six Canadians headed to playoff round in European Volleyball Champions League</title><content type='html'>&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;OTTAWA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt; – Canadian national team head coach Glenn Hoag of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Gatineau&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;, Que., and players Justin Duff of Winnipeg and John Gordon Perrin of Creston, B.C., have led Arkas Azmir to top spot in pool A in the 2012 CEV Volleyball Champions League.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;The Champions League is a three month tournament which determines the top professional volleyball club in &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Europe&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a name='more'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;The Turkish pro squad defeated CKSA Sofia from &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Bulgaria&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt; in its final round robin match 25-17, 25-23, 25-19 and advanced to the round of 12 for an encounter against Zaksa Kedzierzyn of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Poland&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;.&amp;nbsp; Perrin was the top scorer in the match with 16 points while Jason Haldane, a former Canadian national team player from Terrace, B.C., replied with 12 for &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Sofia&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Hoag, in his second season at the helm of the Azmir, led his troops to a 5-1 mark in the round robin.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Meanwhile Steve Brinkman of Bowmanville, Ont., who surpassed the 200-match plateau with the Canadian national team last summer, is also headed to the Champions League playoffs with Trentiono Planet Win365 in &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Italy&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt; after an easy win over Cai Teruel from &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Spain&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;.&amp;nbsp; Brinkman contributed five points in the victory.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Thomas Jarmoc of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Edmonton&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;, a member of Friedrichshafen Volleyball Club in &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Germany&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;, scored five points to help his squad qualify a spot in the round of 12.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Adam Simac of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Ottawa&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt; and Dan Lewis of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Oakville&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;, Ont., members of ACH Volley in &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Slovenia&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt; just fell short of advancing finishing third in their pool.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;In the women’s Champions League, Canadian national team star Sarah Pavan of Kitchener, Ont., continues to shine with her pro club Villa Cortes and is headed to the round of 16.&amp;nbsp; Pavan is currently seventh in league scoring and also ranks seventh in spiking.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;The playoff rounds start on January 27.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;For more information on the CEV Volleyball Champions League visit: &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Men:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.cev.lu/Competition-Area/competition.aspx?ID=548&amp;amp;PID=1117"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue;"&gt;http://www.cev.lu/Competition-Area/competition.aspx?ID=548&amp;amp;PID=1117&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Women:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.cev.lu/Competition-Area/competition.aspx?ID=551&amp;amp;PID=1126"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue;"&gt;http://www.cev.lu/Competition-Area/competition.aspx?ID=551&amp;amp;PID=1126&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4870623426949025293-2054704136925800282?l=canadiansportnews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://canadiansportnews.blogspot.com/feeds/2054704136925800282/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://canadiansportnews.blogspot.com/2012/01/six-canadian-players-headed-to-playoff.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4870623426949025293/posts/default/2054704136925800282'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4870623426949025293/posts/default/2054704136925800282'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://canadiansportnews.blogspot.com/2012/01/six-canadian-players-headed-to-playoff.html' title='Six Canadians headed to playoff round in European Volleyball Champions League'/><author><name>Canadian Sport News  Nouvelles-sport canadien</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02946825497859374761</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_FCS1CxvAJpQ/R1M6ACWzkoI/AAAAAAAAAAs/9Qb6W_aPBhw/S220/image001.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4870623426949025293.post-5434754553014996319</id><published>2012-01-19T10:23:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-19T10:23:31.983-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Le Centre canadien pour l’éthique dans le sport collabore  à réduire le nombre de traumatismes crâniens</title><content type='html'>(Ottawa, Ontario – 19 janvier 2012) – Le Centre canadien pour l’éthique dans le sport a le plaisir d’annoncer une collaboration avec l’Association canadienne des entraîneurs, Hockey Canada et Pensez d’abord Canada. Ce projet vise à réduire le nombre de traumatismes crâniens dans les sports d’équipe au Canada dans le cadre de l’initiative du gouvernement fédéral Actif et en sécurité rendue possible grâce au soutien financier de l’Agence de la santé publique du Canada. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Le gouvernement du Canada investissent 1,5 million de dollars dans ce projet de collaboration qui vise à réduire l’incidence des traumatismes crâniens associés aux sports et à améliorer la prise de décisions quant au moment où un joueur ayant subi une blessure à la tête peut être renvoyé au jeu en toute sécurité. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a name='more'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;« L’une des plus graves menaces au sport sain dans nos communautés est le fait que se produisent dans le sport des blessures qui auraient pu être prévenues et qui sont le résultat de pratiques non sécuritaires, a déclaré Paul Melia, président et directeur général du Centre canadien pour l’éthique dans le sport. La création d’environnements sportifs plus sécuritaires et d’un système sportif plus sûr offrirait aux enfants et aux jeunes canadiens de meilleures possibilités de pratiquer un sport qui soit juste, sécuritaire et ouvert. » &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Les traumatismes crâniens, y compris des commotions cérébrales, ne s’agit pas d’un problème qui n’affecte que les athlètes professionnels. Les enfants et les jeunes qui pratiquent le sport sont davantage susceptibles d’être victimes de blessures à la tête que tout autre groupe. Plus de 40 pour cent des blessures à la tête subies par des enfants et des jeunes de 10 à 19 ans qui sont traitées dans les salles d’urgence se produisent durant des activités récréatives et sportives.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;À titre de membre adhérent du Mouvement Sport pur, le Centre canadien pour l’éthique dans le sport va implanter les Principes de Sport pur comme un canal de communication pour s’assurer que le sport au Canada est juste, sécuritaire et ouvert à tous. Pour atteindre ce résultat, le Centre pour l’éthique collaborera avec les organismes de sport dans la communauté en vue de développer un certain nombre de ressources Sport pur pour la prévention des traumatismes crâniens; ces ressources viseront différents groupes qui pratiquent ou offrent des sports d’équipe à risque d’impact élevé au niveau communautaire. Les organismes sportifs partout au Canada et particulièrement dans les endroits isolés et éloignés auront accès à des ressources pratiques qui offrent de l’information à jour et fiable pour appuyer l’identification et le traitement des traumatismes crâniens, et particulièrement les commotions cérébrales. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;« Quinze « communautés de pratique » seront établies afin de tester et de raffiner ces outils ainsi que d’autres initiatives d’éducation et de participation,  note M. Melia. Un accent particulier sera mis sur l’identification et le développement des forces et des capacités de chaque communauté de pratique à développer des stratégies durables pour réduire les traumatismes crâniens. Une fois les communautés de pratique incluses et habilitées à se prendre en charge, celles-ci deviendront des chefs de file pour la mise en œuvre et le maintien des stratégies. » &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Le Centre canadien  pour l’éthique dans le sport est un organisme national indépendant et à but non lucratif. Nous reconnaissons que le sport sain peut faire une grande différence pour les individus, les collectivités et notre pays. Nous avons pris l’engagement de travailler en collaboration à activer un système sportif basé sur des valeurs et animé par des principes; à protéger l’intégrité du sport des forces négatives du dopage et d’autres menaces non éthiques; et à défendre le sport juste, sécuritaire et ouvert à tous.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4870623426949025293-5434754553014996319?l=canadiansportnews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://canadiansportnews.blogspot.com/feeds/5434754553014996319/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://canadiansportnews.blogspot.com/2012/01/le-centre-canadien-pour-lethique-dans.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4870623426949025293/posts/default/5434754553014996319'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4870623426949025293/posts/default/5434754553014996319'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://canadiansportnews.blogspot.com/2012/01/le-centre-canadien-pour-lethique-dans.html' title='Le Centre canadien pour l’éthique dans le sport collabore  à réduire le nombre de traumatismes crâniens'/><author><name>Canadian Sport News  Nouvelles-sport canadien</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02946825497859374761</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_FCS1CxvAJpQ/R1M6ACWzkoI/AAAAAAAAAAs/9Qb6W_aPBhw/S220/image001.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4870623426949025293.post-466977268629881782</id><published>2012-01-19T10:15:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-19T10:20:34.981-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport collaborates to reduce brain injuries</title><content type='html'>&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Ottawa, Ontario – January 19, 2012) – The Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport is pleased to announce its collaboration with the Coaching Association of Canada (CAC), Hockey Canada (HC) and ThinkFirst Pensez d’Abord Canada (TFC). The project is aimed at reducing brain injuries in team sports in Canada as part of the federal government’s Active and Safe initiative enabled through the financial support of the Public Health Agency of Canada. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Government of Canada is investing $1.5 million in this collaborative project developed to reduce the incidence of brain injuries in team sports and improve decision-making about when it is safe to return to play after a head injury. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a name='more'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“One of the greatest threats to true sport in our communities is the occurrence of preventable injuries in sport resulting from unsafe practices,” said Paul Melia, president and CEO, Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport. “Creating safer sport environments and a safer sport system would offer Canada’s children and youth better opportunities to participate in sport that is fair, safe, and open.” &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Brain injuries, including concussion, are not a problem that only affects professional athletes. Children and youth involved in sport are more likely to suffer head injuries than any other group. More than 40 per cent of head injuries in children and youth aged 10-19 years treated in emergency departments are sustained during recreation and sport activities. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As a contributing member of the True Sport Movement, the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport will implement the True Sport Principles as a conduit for ensuring that sport in Canada is fair, safe and open for everyone. To achieve this, the Centre for Ethics will collaborate with community sport organizations to develop a number of True Sport Brain Injury Prevention Resources that will target different groups who participate in or deliver high impact team sports at the community level. Sport organizations from across Canada, and particularly in isolated and remote locations, will have access to practical resources that offer up-to-date and reliable information to support the identification and treatment of brain injuries, particularly concussion. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“Fifteen ‘communities of practice’ will be established to test and refine the tools as well as other education and engagement initiatives,” said Melia. “An emphasis will also be placed on identifying and nurturing the strengths and capacities of each community of practice to develop sustainable strategies to reduce brain injuries. By including and empowering the communities of practice, they will take the lead in implementing and maintaining the strategies.”&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport is an independent, national, not-for-profit organization. We recognize that true sport can make a great difference for individuals, communities and our country. We are committed to working collaboratively to activate a values-based and principle-driven sport system; protecting the integrity of sport from the negative forces of doping and other unethical threats; and advocating for sport that is fair, safe and open to everyone.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4870623426949025293-466977268629881782?l=canadiansportnews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://canadiansportnews.blogspot.com/feeds/466977268629881782/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://canadiansportnews.blogspot.com/2012/01/canadian-centre-for-ethics-in-sport.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4870623426949025293/posts/default/466977268629881782'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4870623426949025293/posts/default/466977268629881782'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://canadiansportnews.blogspot.com/2012/01/canadian-centre-for-ethics-in-sport.html' title='Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport collaborates to reduce brain injuries'/><author><name>Canadian Sport News  Nouvelles-sport canadien</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02946825497859374761</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_FCS1CxvAJpQ/R1M6ACWzkoI/AAAAAAAAAAs/9Qb6W_aPBhw/S220/image001.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4870623426949025293.post-3606508830613705882</id><published>2012-01-16T14:39:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-16T14:39:43.220-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Le québécois Alex Paradis champion du monde universitaire en ski nautique</title><content type='html'>&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: FR-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;LOS MORROS, Chili – Alex Paradis, de Québec, et Kevin Melnuk, de Toronto, ont remporté des médailles d’or et d’argent, respectivement, la fin de semaine dernière, aux championnats du monde universitaires de ski nautique.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: FR-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Paradis a gagné la finale du saut masculin avec un bond de 63,1 mètres tandis que Melnuk a remporté une lutte à trois pour la médaille d’argent avec un bond de 60,9 tout juste devant celui qui a terminé troisième, Felipe Miranda, du Chili, avec 60,6. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a name='more'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: FR-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Melnuk a raté de justesse le podium pour son résultat au combiné et s’est classé quatrième avec 2510,75 points. Il ne lui a manqué que 16 points pour la troisième place. Il a aussi terminé sixième des figures et neuvième en slalom. Après avoir subi une grave blessure à un genou dans une chute dans un saut en 2010, Melnuk était satisfait de monter sur le podium.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: FR-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;«Il a été difficile de retrouver la confiance après l’accident, a dit Melnuk, qui termine sa maîtrise en administration des affaires à l’Université de Central Florida à Orlando. J’ai toujours été un sauteur prudent de toutes façons, mais, cette fin de semaine, j’ai vraiment dû sortir de ma zone de confort pour viser une médaille.»&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: FR-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Paradis a aussi terminé neuvième des figures et 13e en slalom pour se classer sixième au combiné.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: FR-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Il n’y avait que deux Canadiens dans la compétition.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4870623426949025293-3606508830613705882?l=canadiansportnews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://canadiansportnews.blogspot.com/feeds/3606508830613705882/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://canadiansportnews.blogspot.com/2012/01/le-quebecois-alex-paradis-champion-du.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4870623426949025293/posts/default/3606508830613705882'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4870623426949025293/posts/default/3606508830613705882'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://canadiansportnews.blogspot.com/2012/01/le-quebecois-alex-paradis-champion-du.html' title='Le québécois Alex Paradis champion du monde universitaire en ski nautique'/><author><name>Canadian Sport News  Nouvelles-sport canadien</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02946825497859374761</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_FCS1CxvAJpQ/R1M6ACWzkoI/AAAAAAAAAAs/9Qb6W_aPBhw/S220/image001.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4870623426949025293.post-2987111633887076044</id><published>2012-01-16T14:38:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-16T14:38:12.844-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Canadians 1-2 at World University Water Skiing Championships</title><content type='html'>&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;LOS MORROS, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Chile&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt; – Alex Paradis of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Quebec City&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt; and Kevin Melnuk of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Toronto&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt; earned gold and silver respectively this past weekend at the World University Water Skiing Championships.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Paradis won the men’s jump final with a leap of 63.1 metres while Melnuk won a three-way battle for silver soaring 60.9 just ahead of third place finisher Felipe Miranda of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Chile&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt; at 60.6 &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a name='more'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Melnuk just missed reaching the podium for his overall result placing fourth with 2,510.75 points.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; He was 16 points short of third place.&amp;nbsp; He was also sixth in tricks and ninth in slalom.&amp;nbsp; After suffering a serious knee injury in a jump crash in 2010, Melnuk was pleased to get on the podium.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;‘’It was hard to get the confidence back after the accident,’’ said Melnuk, who is completing his Masters in business administration at the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;st1:placetype&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;University&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:placetype&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt; of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:placename&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Central Florida&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:placename&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt; in &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Orlando&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;.&amp;nbsp; ‘’I’ve always been a cautious jumper anyway but this weekend I really had to get out of my comfort zone to contend for a medal.’’&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Paradis was also ninth in tricks and 13&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; in slalom for sixth overall.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;They were the only two Canadians at the competition.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4870623426949025293-2987111633887076044?l=canadiansportnews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://canadiansportnews.blogspot.com/feeds/2987111633887076044/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://canadiansportnews.blogspot.com/2012/01/canadians-1-2-at-world-university-water.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4870623426949025293/posts/default/2987111633887076044'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4870623426949025293/posts/default/2987111633887076044'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://canadiansportnews.blogspot.com/2012/01/canadians-1-2-at-world-university-water.html' title='Canadians 1-2 at World University Water Skiing Championships'/><author><name>Canadian Sport News  Nouvelles-sport canadien</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02946825497859374761</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_FCS1CxvAJpQ/R1M6ACWzkoI/AAAAAAAAAAs/9Qb6W_aPBhw/S220/image001.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4870623426949025293.post-1177222390576471325</id><published>2012-01-16T10:01:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-16T10:01:27.763-08:00</updated><title type='text'>L’ACAFS publie sa liste des femmes les plus influentes de 2011</title><content type='html'>&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;"&gt;Mettre en valeur les femmes qui se démarquent dans le milieu du sport et de l’activité physique partout au Canada&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"&gt;&lt;span lang="FR" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt;"&gt;Pour partager ce communiqué sur Twitter : &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;&lt;a href="http://bit.ly/zFakEe"&gt;&lt;span lang="FR" style="color: #0029fa; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt;"&gt;http://bit.ly/zFakEe&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="FR" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;"&gt;OTTAWA, le 17 janvier 2012 – L’Association canadienne pour l’avancement des femmes, du sport et de l’activité physique (ACAFS) publie aujourd’hui la liste des vingt femmes sélectionnées à titre de &lt;i&gt;Femmes les plus influentes dans le milieu du sport et de l’activité physique &lt;/i&gt;en 2011. Cet exercice a pour objectif de mieux faire connaître les femmes qui agissent et qui sont des modèles pour les autres femmes, ici même au Canada ou sur la scène internationale. Les femmes sélectionnées sont des femmes qui ont de l’influence, et qui ont contribué d’une manière significative au sport et à l’activité physique en 2011.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a name='more'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;"&gt;«&amp;nbsp;L’ACAFS publie la &lt;i&gt;Liste des femmes les plus influentes&lt;/i&gt; pour rendre hommage aux femmes canadiennes qui se démarquent dans leurs domaines d’expertise respectifs et y apportent des changements, dans le milieu du sport et de l’activité physique&amp;nbsp;», affirme la directrice administrative de l’ACAFS, Karin Lofstrom (Ottawa, Ontario). «&amp;nbsp;Ces femmes chefs de file partagent une passion commune, le sport et l’activité physique, et elles s’en inspirent pour améliorer le quotidien de leurs semblables. Ces femmes sont de véritables instruments du changement qui motivent les autres pour qu’elles s’affirment à leur tour&amp;nbsp;».&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;"&gt;Chaque année, la liste des femmes les plus influentes regroupe des athlètes, des officielles, des entraîneures, des politiciennes, des professeures, des administratrices et des bénévoles. Certaines ont été sélectionnées à plusieurs reprises, notamment l’athlète paralympique et entraîneure Chantal Petitclerc; d’autres viennent d’être sélectionnées pour la toute première fois, notamment la boxeuse et espoir olympique Mary Spencer, et Karen Rackel, première femme à être nommée présidente de l’Association royale de golf du Canada (dans sa 116&lt;sup&gt;e&lt;/sup&gt; année d’existence). Neuf d’entre elles viennent d’être sélectionnées pour la première fois, tandis que l’athlète olympique Beckie Scott et l’athlète paralympique Chantal Petitclerc ont toutes deux été choisies à six reprises, et l’athlète olympique Charmaine Crooks, à sept reprises, ce qui constitue un record de tous les temps!&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;"&gt;Voici la liste des femmes les plus influentes de 2011, telles que sélectionnées par l’ACAFS&amp;nbsp;:&amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 115%;"&gt;(en ordre alphabétique; les &lt;span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"&gt;profils et les photos se trouvent sur notre site, au &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.caaws.ca/"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: Arial; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 115%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue;"&gt;www.caaws.ca&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 115%;"&gt;)&lt;span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="ListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 150%;"&gt;§&lt;span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 150%;"&gt;Jodi Abbott&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 150%;"&gt;, Ph. D., &lt;span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: silver; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"&gt;officielle et bénévole&lt;/span&gt;, Patinage Canada, (&lt;span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: silver; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"&gt;Edmonton, Alberta&lt;/span&gt;)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 150%;"&gt;§&lt;span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 150%;"&gt;L’honorable Leona Aglukkaq&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 150%;"&gt;, ministre de la Santé, (Gjoa Haven et Iqaluit, Nunavut)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-pagination: none; text-indent: -18pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 150%;"&gt;§&lt;span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 150%;"&gt;Stacey Allaster&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 150%;"&gt;, présidente et chef de la direction, Association du tennis féminin, (St. Petersburg, Floride/Welland, Ontario)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 150%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 150%;"&gt;§&lt;span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 150%;"&gt;Caroline Assalian&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 150%;"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="FR" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 150%;"&gt;chef du sport&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 150%;"&gt;, Comité olympique canadien (Ottawa, Ontario)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 150%;"&gt;§&lt;span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 150%;"&gt;Claire Buffone-Blair&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 150%;"&gt;, présidente et chef de la direction, Panthéon des sports canadiens (Calgary, Alberta)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 150%;"&gt;§&lt;span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 150%;"&gt;L’équipe canadienne féminine de soccer&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 150%;"&gt; (équipe de 2011)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-pagination: none; text-indent: -18pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 150%;"&gt;§&lt;span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 150%;"&gt;Charmaine Crooks&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 150%;"&gt;, membre du conseil d’administration, Comité olympique canadien, (Vancouver, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="FR" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 150%;"&gt;Colombie&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="FR" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 150%;"&gt;-&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="FR" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 150%;"&gt;Britannique)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 150%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 150%;"&gt;§&lt;span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 150%;"&gt;Wendy Frisby&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 150%;"&gt;, Ph. D., professeure, École des sciences de l’activité physique et présidente du département des études de la femme et de la condition féminine, Université de la Colombie-Britannique, (Vancouver, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="FR" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 150%;"&gt;Colombie&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="FR" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 150%;"&gt;-&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="FR" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 150%;"&gt;Britannique)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 150%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 150%;"&gt;§&lt;span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 150%;"&gt;Wendy Gittens&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 150%;"&gt;, directrice administrative, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 150%;"&gt;Basket-ball en fauteuil roulant Canada, (Ottawa, Ontario)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 150%;"&gt;§&lt;span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 150%;"&gt;Andrea Grantham&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 150%;"&gt;, directrice administrative, Éducation physique et santé Canada, (Ottawa, Ontario)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 150%;"&gt;§&lt;span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 150%;"&gt;Vicki Harber&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 150%;"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 150%;"&gt;Ph. D., Faculté de l’éducation physique et des Loisirs, Université de l’Alberta, (Edmonton, Alberta)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 150%;"&gt;§&lt;span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 150%;"&gt;Lindsay Hugenholtz&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 150%;"&gt;, adjointe au chef de direction, Jeux d’hiver du Canada 2011, (Halifax, Nouvelle-Écosse)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 150%;"&gt;§&lt;span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 150%;"&gt;Clara Hughes&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 150%;"&gt;, athlète olympique et porte-parole, (Winnipeg, Manitoba / Glenn Sutton, Québec)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 150%;"&gt;§&lt;span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 150%;"&gt;Élaine Lauzon&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 150%;"&gt;, directrice générale, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 150%;"&gt;Égale Action, (Montréal, Québec)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-pagination: none; text-indent: -18pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 150%;"&gt;§&lt;span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 150%;"&gt;Anne Merklinger&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 150%;"&gt;, directrice, Sports d’été, À nous le podium, (Ottawa, Ontario)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 150%;"&gt;§&lt;span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 150%;"&gt;Kelly Murumets&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 150%;"&gt;, présidente et chef de la direction, ParticipACTION, (Toronto, Ontario)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 150%;"&gt;§&lt;span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 150%;"&gt;Chantal Petitclerc&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 150%;"&gt;, porte-parole, bénévole et entraîneure, (Montréal, Québec)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 150%;"&gt;§&lt;span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 150%;"&gt;Karen Rackel&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 150%;"&gt;, présidente de l’Association royale de golf du Canada, (Edmonton, Alberta)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 150%;"&gt;§&lt;span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 150%;"&gt;Beckie Scott&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 150%;"&gt;, athlète olympique et porte-parole, (Vermillion, Alberta)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-pagination: none; text-indent: -18pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 150%;"&gt;§&lt;span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 150%;"&gt;Mary Spencer&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 150%;"&gt;, athlète et bénévole, (Windsor, Ontario)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="ListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;"&gt;L’ACAFS choisit également des femmes dont le travail est «&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;à surveiller&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;». En 2011, deux jeunes femmes exceptionnelles ont été sélectionnées&amp;nbsp;:&amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;"&gt;Andrea Carey&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="color: #1f1f1f; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;"&gt;directrice des opérations et mobilisation de la communauté&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;"&gt;Pacific Institute for Sport Excellence (Victoria, Colombie-Britannique); et &lt;b&gt;Alexandra Orlando&lt;/b&gt;, adjointe au marketing, Comité organisateur des Jeux panaméricains de Toronto 2015 (Toronto, Ontario). Nous allons suivre l’évolution de leurs carrières respectives dans le milieu du sport et de l’activité physique avec beaucoup d’enthousiasme. Le nom de la boxeuse Mary Spencer était sur la liste de celles dont le travail était «&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;à surveiller&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;» en 2010, et, cette année, elle se retrouve sur la liste des femmes les plus influentes de 2011!&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;"&gt;La liste finale a été compilée par le jury de sélection de l’ACAFS, après examen des mises en candidature provenant du public et de leaders bien informés œuvrant dans le milieu du sport et de l’activité physique. Les membres du jury ont étudié toutes les mises en candidature et ont fait la sélection en fonction des réalisations et de l’importance des activités accomplies au cours de l’année civile 2011. L’ACAFS publie cette liste pour la 11&lt;sup&gt;e&lt;/sup&gt; année. Les listes précédentes se trouvent au &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.caaws.ca/influentialwomen/e/past_lists.htm"&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue;"&gt;http://www.caaws.ca/influentialwomen/e/past_lists.htm&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;"&gt;L’Association canadienne pour l’avancement des femmes, du sport et de l’activité physique (ACAFS) &lt;span class="A0"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 115%;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;est un organisme sans but lucratif qui travaille à atteindre l’égalité pour les filles et les femmes et à encourager celles-ci à devenir actives dans les sports et l’activité physique en tant que participantes et leaders. L’ACAFS offre un certain nombre de services, programmes et ressources à une variété de clients, dont les organismes de sport et d’activité physique, les enseignantes et enseignants, les entraîneures et entraîneurs, les athlètes, les bénévoles, les professionnelles et professionnels de la santé et les animatrices et animateurs en loisirs. Depuis 1981, l’ACAFS travaille en étroite collaboration avec des organisations des secteurs public et privé à la mise sur pied d’activités et de projets qui prônent une plus grande participation des jeunes filles et des femmes dans les sports et l’activité physique.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;"&gt; Suivez l’ACAFS sur Facebook.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;"&gt;Pour un profil complet et les photos des femmes les plus influentes, visitez le &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.caaws.ca/"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue;"&gt;www.caaws.ca&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Cambria;"&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="MsoHyperlink"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="background-attachment: initial; 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margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"&gt;&lt;span lang="FR" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: FR; mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho'; mso-fareast-language: FR;"&gt;To tweet this release: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;&lt;a href="http://bit.ly/wKdZuK"&gt;&lt;span lang="FR" style="color: #0029fa; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: FR; mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho'; mso-fareast-language: FR;"&gt;http://bit.ly/wKdZuK&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="FR" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: FR; mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho'; mso-fareast-language: FR;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;"&gt;OTTAWA, January 17, 2012 – The Canadian Association for the Advancement of Women and Sport and Physical Activity (CAAWS) announced today the twenty women selected to the &lt;i&gt;Most Influential Women in Sport and Physical Activity list &lt;/i&gt;(MIW) for 2011.&amp;nbsp; The objective of the list is to focus on women who are leaders and role models making a difference on the Canadian or international scene. The women on the MIW are influential women who contributed in a significant way to sport and physical activity in the year 2011. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;"&gt;“CAAWS publishes its &lt;i&gt;Most Influential Women list&lt;/i&gt; to celebrate and honour Canadian women who are influencing change in their area of expertise of sport and physical activity," said CAAWS Executive Director Karin Lofstrom (Ottawa, Ontario). “These leaders share a passion for sport and physical activity—and use it to improve the lives of others. These women are game changers who motivate others to become leaders.”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a name='more'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;"&gt;Every year, the MIW list includes athletes, officials, coaches, politicians, professors, administrators and volunteers. There are some women who have been named to the list several times, such as Paralympian and coach Chantal Petitclerc; and some who are new to the list like Olympic boxing hopeful Mary Spencer, and Karen Rackel who is the first ever women President of the Royal Canadian Golf Association (in its 116 year old history). Nine of the women are making their first appearance on the MIW List, while Olympian Beckie Scott and Paralympian Chantal Petitclerc have each been named to the MIW list 6 times, and Olympian Charmaine Crooks has appeared a record seven times. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;"&gt;The Caaws Most Influential Women List For 2011&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;"&gt; &lt;b&gt;is:&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"&gt;(in alphabetical order, &lt;span style="background: white;"&gt;profiles and photos at &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.caaws.ca/"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue;"&gt;www.caaws.ca&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"&gt;)&lt;span style="background: white;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="ListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"&gt;§&lt;span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"&gt;Dr Jodi Abbott&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"&gt;, &lt;span style="background: silver; mso-highlight: silver;"&gt;Official and volunteer&lt;/span&gt;, Skate Canada, (&lt;span style="background: silver; mso-highlight: silver;"&gt;Edmonton, Alberta&lt;/span&gt;)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"&gt;§&lt;span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"&gt;Honourable Leona Aglukkaq&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"&gt;, Minister of Health, (Gjoa Haven and Iqaluit, Nunavut)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-pagination: none; text-indent: -18pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-language: FR;"&gt;§&lt;span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"&gt;Stacey Allaster&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"&gt;, Chairman &amp;amp; CEO, Women’s Tennis Association, (St Petersburg, Florida/Welland, Ontario)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: FR;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"&gt;§&lt;span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"&gt;Caroline Assalian, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span lang="FR" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: FR; mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho'; mso-fareast-language: FR;"&gt;Chief Sport Officer, Canadian Olympic Committee, (Ottawa, Ontario)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"&gt;§&lt;span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"&gt;Claire Buffone-Blair&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"&gt;President and CEO, Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame, (Calgary, AB)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"&gt;§&lt;span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"&gt;Canadian Women’s National Soccer Team&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"&gt; (2011 team)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-pagination: none; text-indent: -18pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"&gt;§&lt;span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"&gt;Charmaine Crooks&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"&gt;, Board of Directors, Canadian Olympic Committee, (Vancouver, BC)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 150%;"&gt;§&lt;span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"&gt;Dr Wendy Frisby&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"&gt;, Professor, School of Human Kinetics and Chair of Women's and Gender Studies, University of British Columbia, (Vancouver, BC) &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 150%;"&gt;§&lt;span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 150%;"&gt;Wendy Gittens&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 150%;"&gt;, Executive Director, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"&gt;Wheelchair Basketball Canada&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 150%;"&gt;, (Ottawa, Ontario)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 150%;"&gt;§&lt;span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 150%;"&gt;Andrea Grantham&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 150%;"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="FR" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: FR; mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho'; mso-fareast-language: FR;"&gt;Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director of Physical and Health Education Canada&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 150%;"&gt;, (Ottawa, Ontario)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 150%;"&gt;§&lt;span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 150%;"&gt;Dr. Vicki Harber&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 150%;"&gt;, Faculty of Physical Education and Recreation, University of Alberta, (Edmonton, Alberta)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 150%;"&gt;§&lt;span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 150%;"&gt;Lindsay Hugenholtz&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 150%;"&gt;, Deputy CEO, 2011 Canada Winter Games, (Halifax, Nova Scotia)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 150%;"&gt;§&lt;span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 150%;"&gt;Clara Hughes&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 150%;"&gt;, Olympian and advocate, (Winnipeg, Manitoba / Glenn Sutton, Quebec)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 150%;"&gt;§&lt;span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 150%;"&gt;Élaine Lauzon&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 150%;"&gt;, Director General, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"&gt;Égale Action, (Montreal, Québec)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-pagination: none; text-indent: -18pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 150%;"&gt;§&lt;span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 150%;"&gt;Anne Merklinger&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 150%;"&gt;, Director Summer Sports, Own the Podium, (Ottawa, Ontario)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 150%;"&gt;§&lt;span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 150%;"&gt;Kelly Murumets&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 150%;"&gt;, President and CEO, ParticipACTION, (Toronto, Ontario)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 150%;"&gt;§&lt;span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 150%;"&gt;Chantal Petitclerc&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 150%;"&gt;, Spokesperson, volunteer and coach, (Montréal, Québec)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 150%;"&gt;§&lt;span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 150%;"&gt;Karen Rackel&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 150%;"&gt;, President of the Royal Canadian Golf Association, (Edmonton, Alberta)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 150%;"&gt;§&lt;span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 150%;"&gt;Beckie Scott&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 150%;"&gt;, Olympian and advocate, (Vermillion, Alberta)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-pagination: none; text-indent: -18pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 150%;"&gt;§&lt;span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 150%;"&gt;Mary Spencer&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 150%;"&gt;, Athlete and volunteer, (Windsor, Ontario)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="ListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;"&gt;CAAWS also nominates emerging leaders as &lt;i&gt;Ones to Watch&lt;/i&gt;. The two outstanding women selected for 2011 are: &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;"&gt;Andrea Carey&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #1f1f1f; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"&gt;Director of Operations &amp;amp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;"&gt;Community Engagement, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"&gt;Pacific Institute for Sport Excellence (Victoria, British Columbia); and &lt;b&gt;Alexandra Orlando&lt;/b&gt;, Marketing Associate, Toronto 2015 Pan/Parapan American Games Organizing Committee (Toronto, Ontario). We look forward to following their careers in sport and physical activity. Boxer Mary Spencer was on the &lt;i&gt;Ones to Watch&lt;/i&gt; list for 2010 and this year moved up to the MIW list.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"&gt;The final list was compiled by a CAAWS selection panel, from both public nominations and from contributions from knowledgeable sport and physical activity leaders. The panel reviewed the submissions and based its decision on accomplishment and scope of activities in the 2011 calendar year. This is the 11&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; year that CAAWS announces its MIW list. Past lists can be found at &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.caaws.ca/influentialwomen/e/past_lists.htm"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho'; mso-fareast-language: FR;"&gt;http://www.caaws.ca/influentialwomen/e/past_lists.htm&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"&gt;The Canadian Association for the Advancement of Women and Sport and Physical Activity (&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.caaws.ca/"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue;"&gt;CAAWS&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"&gt;) is a national non-profit organization dedicated to creating an&lt;b&gt; &lt;/b&gt;equitable sport and physical activity system in which girls and women are actively engaged as &lt;b&gt;participants and&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;leaders&lt;/b&gt;. CAAWS provides a number of services, programs and resources to a variety of clients, including sport and physical activity organizations, teachers, coaches, athletes, volunteers, health professionals and recreation leaders. Since 1981, CAAWS has worked in close cooperation with government and non-government organizations on activities and initiatives that advocate for positive change for girls and women in sport and physical activity. Follow CAAWS on Facebook and Twitter.&lt;a href="" name="_GoBack"&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"&gt;Full profiles and photos of all women on the MIW List can be found at &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.caaws.ca/"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue;"&gt;www.caaws.ca&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="MsoHyperlink"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4870623426949025293-662342750317844464?l=canadiansportnews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://canadiansportnews.blogspot.com/feeds/662342750317844464/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://canadiansportnews.blogspot.com/2012/01/caaws-announces-its-2011-most.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4870623426949025293/posts/default/662342750317844464'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4870623426949025293/posts/default/662342750317844464'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://canadiansportnews.blogspot.com/2012/01/caaws-announces-its-2011-most.html' title='CAAWS announces its 2011 most influential women list'/><author><name>Canadian Sport News  Nouvelles-sport canadien</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02946825497859374761</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_FCS1CxvAJpQ/R1M6ACWzkoI/AAAAAAAAAAs/9Qb6W_aPBhw/S220/image001.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4870623426949025293.post-7254771526783571729</id><published>2012-01-16T09:57:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-16T09:58:25.175-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Donna Vakalis to join pentathlon Olympic riding camp</title><content type='html'>&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-hyphenate: auto; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Courier; font-size: 9pt;"&gt;Canadian Pentathlete Donna Vakalis (&lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Courier; font-size: 9pt;"&gt;Toronto&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Courier; font-size: 9pt;"&gt;) will now be attending the joint Pentathlon &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Courier; font-size: 9pt;"&gt;Canada&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Courier; font-size: 9pt;"&gt; and Union International de Pentathlon Moderne (UIPM) Riding Camp in preparation for the London Olympic Games. Margaux Isaksen and Dennis Bowsher (USA) will no longer attend due to injury.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 9pt;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-hyphenate: auto; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-hyphenate: auto; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Courier; font-size: 9pt;"&gt;Each pentathlete will ride twice a day for 90 minutes each session. Training in swimming, running and possibly fencing will also be coordinated. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Courier; font-size: 9pt;"&gt;Athletes will be available for interviews.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 9pt;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-hyphenate: auto; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a name='more'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-hyphenate: auto; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Courier; font-size: 9pt;"&gt;When: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:date day="16" month="1" year="2012"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Courier; font-size: 9pt;"&gt;January 16-21, 2012&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:date&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Courier; font-size: 9pt;"&gt; inclusively&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 9pt;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-hyphenate: auto; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-hyphenate: auto; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Courier; font-size: 9pt;"&gt;Other athletes attending:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 9pt;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-hyphenate: auto; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Courier; font-size: 9pt;"&gt;- Pentathletes who have qualified for London 2012 Olympic Games&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 9pt;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-hyphenate: auto; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 9pt;"&gt;·&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 9pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Courier; font-size: 9pt;"&gt;Melanie McCann (&lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Courier; font-size: 9pt;"&gt;Canada&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Courier; font-size: 9pt;"&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 9pt;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-hyphenate: auto; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 9pt;"&gt;·&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 9pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Courier; font-size: 9pt;"&gt;Oscar Soto (&lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Courier; font-size: 9pt;"&gt;Mexico&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Courier; font-size: 9pt;"&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 9pt;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-hyphenate: auto; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 9pt;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-hyphenate: auto; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Courier; font-size: 9pt;"&gt;Where: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Courier; font-size: 9pt;"&gt;Vancouver&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Courier; font-size: 9pt;"&gt; Southlands Riding Club, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:address&gt;&lt;st1:street&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Courier; font-size: 9pt;"&gt;7025 MacDonald St&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:street&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Courier; font-size: 9pt;"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Courier; font-size: 9pt;"&gt;Vancouver&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Courier; font-size: 9pt;"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:state&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Courier; font-size: 9pt;"&gt;BC&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:state&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Courier; font-size: 9pt;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:postalcode&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Courier; font-size: 9pt;"&gt;V6N 1G2&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:postalcode&gt;&lt;/st1:address&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-hyphenate: auto; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-hyphenate: auto; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Courier; font-size: 9pt;"&gt;Pentathlon &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Courier; font-size: 9pt;"&gt;Canada&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Courier; font-size: 9pt;"&gt; is the national sport organization that governs the sport of modern pentathlon in &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Courier; font-size: 9pt;"&gt;Canada&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Courier; font-size: 9pt;"&gt; and is working to develop &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Courier; font-size: 9pt;"&gt;Canada&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Courier; font-size: 9pt;"&gt;’s best pentathletes. Info at &lt;a href="http://www.pentathloncanada.ca/"&gt;www.pentathloncanada.ca&lt;/a&gt; or on Facebook (Pentathlon &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Courier; font-size: 9pt;"&gt;Canada&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Courier; font-size: 9pt;"&gt;).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 9pt;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-hyphenate: auto; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-hyphenate: auto; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Courier; font-size: 9pt;"&gt;Pentathlete profiles at http://pentathlon.org/athletes/biographies/athletes&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 9pt;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-hyphenate: auto; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Courier; font-size: 9pt;"&gt;Melanie McCann: &lt;a href="http://pentathlon.org/athletes/biographies/athleteprofile/pentathlete/37374-melanie-mccann"&gt;http://pentathlon.org/athletes/biographies/athleteprofile/pentathlete/37374-melanie-mccann&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 9pt;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-hyphenate: auto; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-hyphenate: auto; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-hyphenate: auto; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-hyphenate: auto; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4870623426949025293-7254771526783571729?l=canadiansportnews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://canadiansportnews.blogspot.com/feeds/7254771526783571729/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://canadiansportnews.blogspot.com/2012/01/donna-vakalis-to-join-pentathlon.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4870623426949025293/posts/default/7254771526783571729'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4870623426949025293/posts/default/7254771526783571729'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://canadiansportnews.blogspot.com/2012/01/donna-vakalis-to-join-pentathlon.html' title='Donna Vakalis to join pentathlon Olympic riding camp'/><author><name>Canadian Sport News  Nouvelles-sport canadien</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02946825497859374761</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_FCS1CxvAJpQ/R1M6ACWzkoI/AAAAAAAAAAs/9Qb6W_aPBhw/S220/image001.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4870623426949025293.post-6023566650509694927</id><published>2012-01-15T18:54:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-15T18:54:40.570-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Five medals for Canada to conclude U.S., Grand Prix</title><content type='html'>&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;AUSTIN&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:state&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Texas&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:state&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt; – MacKenzie Downing of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Whitehorse&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt; and Jillian Tyler of Calgary helped &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Canada&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt; to victory in the women’s 4X100 medley relay and added an individual bronze on Sunday to conclude the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;U.S.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;, Grand Prix swimming competition.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Swim &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:state&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Ontario&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:state&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt; added a silver in the men’s relay and Stefan Hirniak of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:state&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Victoria&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:state&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt; was third in the 200 butterfly.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a name='more'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;In the women’s relay, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Canada&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt; won in 4:06.67 with Julia Wilkinson of Victoria, Tyler, Downing and Alexa Komarnycky of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:state&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Victoria&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:state&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;.&amp;nbsp; Texas A&amp;amp;M relays were second and third.&amp;nbsp; Swim &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:state&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Ontario&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:state&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt; was fourth with Brittany MacLean of Etobicoke, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Erin&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt; Stamp of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Guelph&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;, and Paige Schultz and Lauren Earp, both of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Toronto&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;In the men’s 4X100 medley relay, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:state&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;North Carolina&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:state&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;’s SwimMAC was first in 3:44.68 followed by Swim Ontario in 3:48.01 with Tobias Oriwol and Warren Barnes of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Toronto&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;, Zack Chetrat of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Oakville&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt; and Andrew Ford of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Guelph&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;In the women’s 200 butterfly, Camille Adams of the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;U.S.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;, was the winner in 2:06.76, Jemma Lowe of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Britain&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;, second in 2:07.39 and Downing followed in 2:10.04.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;‘’I’m really excited about getting on the podium,’’ said Downing.&amp;nbsp; ‘’In the past year I have just missed the medals at the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;U.S.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;, meets so this is a really good feeling.&amp;nbsp; I’ve been training hard and working on my race tactics.&amp;nbsp; I really came back strong in the last 100 metres.’’&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;In the women’s 100 breaststroke, world champion Rebecca Soni of the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;U.S.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;, took the gold in 1:06.88, Breeja Larson of the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;U.S.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;, was second in 1:08.29 and &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Tyler&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt; followed in 1:08.33.&amp;nbsp; Haylee Johnson of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Vancouver&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt; was seventh and Kierra Smith of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Kelowna&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;, B.C., eighth.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;‘’I was just coming off a training camp in &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:state&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Hawaii&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:state&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt; so I wasn’t sure what to expect,’’ said &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Tyler&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;.&amp;nbsp; ‘’The highlight for me was emerging in the lead after my underwater start.&amp;nbsp; It’s an area I really want to improve.’’&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;In the men’s 200 butterfly, Sebastien Rousseau of South Africa was the victor in 2:00.83, David Russell of the U.S., was second in 2:00.98 and Hirniak was third in 2:01.89.&amp;nbsp; Chetrat was fourth in 2:01.84 and Alec Page of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:state&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Victoria&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:state&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt; sixth in 2:02.87.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;‘’I was hoping for the victory but I mistimed my finish,’’ said Hirniak.&amp;nbsp; ‘’Still I’m pretty happy with the result after a tough meet.&amp;nbsp; I’m not where I want to be yet with my stroke but I’m improving my technique.’’&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;In other women’s finals, MacLean was fourth in the 800 freestyle; Wilkinson and Komarnycky were fourth and sixth in the 200 IM; and Hilary Caldwell of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Surrey&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;, B.C., and Brooklyn Snodgrass of Calgary were seventh and eighth in the 100 backstroke.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;On the men’s side, Ford was fourth in the 200 IM and Page sixth in the 1,500 freestyle.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Full results at: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.utexas.edu/longhornaquatics/results/index.htm"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue;"&gt;http://www.utexas.edu/longhornaquatics/results/index.htm&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4870623426949025293-6023566650509694927?l=canadiansportnews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://canadiansportnews.blogspot.com/feeds/6023566650509694927/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://canadiansportnews.blogspot.com/2012/01/five-medals-for-canada-to-conclude-us.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4870623426949025293/posts/default/6023566650509694927'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4870623426949025293/posts/default/6023566650509694927'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://canadiansportnews.blogspot.com/2012/01/five-medals-for-canada-to-conclude-us.html' title='Five medals for Canada to conclude U.S., Grand Prix'/><author><name>Canadian Sport News  Nouvelles-sport canadien</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02946825497859374761</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_FCS1CxvAJpQ/R1M6ACWzkoI/AAAAAAAAAAs/9Qb6W_aPBhw/S220/image001.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4870623426949025293.post-6787747589113221016</id><published>2012-01-14T19:20:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-14T19:20:59.816-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Golden sweep for Canadians in 4X200 freestyle relays U.S., Grand Prix</title><content type='html'>&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="Company"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Ford andKomarnycky each add an individual bronze&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;AUSTIN, Texas – Canadians won both relays Saturday whileAndrew Ford of Guelph, Ont., and Alexa Komarnycky of Victoria each added anindividual bronze medal at the U.S., Grand Prix swimming competition.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;In the men’s 4X200 freestyle relay, Blake Worsley,Stefan Hirniak, Jeremy Bashaw and Ryan Cochrane, all of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:state&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Victoria&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:state&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;, led Team &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Canada&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt; to victoryin 7:27.82.&amp;nbsp; Swim &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:state&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Ontario&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:state&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt; followed in secondwith Tobias Oriwol of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Toronto&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;, Zach Chetrat of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Oakville&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;, Ford and Matthew Kwatyra of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;London&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt; in &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:time hour="19" minute="36"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;7:36&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:time&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;. 96.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a name='more'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="Company"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;In the women’s 4X200 freestyle relay, Swim Ontario wongold with Lauren Earp of Toronto, Victoria Chan of Richmond Hill, Paige Schultzof Etobicoke and Brittany MacLean of Etobicoke in 8:08.79.&amp;nbsp; They edged Team &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Canada&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt; second in8:08.85 with Komarnycky, MacKenzie Downing of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Whitehorse&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;, Stephanie Hornerof &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:state&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Victoria&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:state&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt; and Julia Wilkinson of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:state&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Victoria&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:state&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;In the men’s 400 individual medley, American starMichael Phelps was the winner in 4:16.95 with Conor Dwyer of the U.S., secondin 4:21.16 and Ford, second to Phelps most of the race, third in 4:21.99.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;‘’It was kind surreal racing Michael Phelps in a finalthen sharing the podium with him,’’ said Ford.&amp;nbsp;‘’It was a race that put some wind back into my sails.&amp;nbsp; It was a solid time after some heavy trainingand there’s still a lot of room to find time before the Olympic trials.’’&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Alec Page of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:state&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Victoria&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:state&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt; was seventh.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;In the women’s 400 IM, Camille Adams of the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;U.S.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;, took gold in4:38.80, her compatriot Katie Hoff was second in 4:39.74 and Komarnycky thirdin 4:46.06.&amp;nbsp; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;‘’It was nice to come in third place but not the time Iwanted,’’ said Komarnycky, 22, who’ll be vying for a spot on her second Olympicteam this spring at trials.&amp;nbsp; ‘’I washappy with my butterfly leg tonight.&amp;nbsp; Istayed focused on my technique.’’&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Katie Caldwell of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Surrey&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;, B.C., was fourth and Hanna Pierse of&lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Vancouver&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt; sixth.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company"&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Canada&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt; posted three more fourth place finishes in three women’s finals.&amp;nbsp; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Victoria Poon of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Montreal&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt; was fourth in the50 freestyle just 0.07 seconds from the podium; MacLean and Barbara Jardin of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Montreal&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt; were fourth andseventh respectively in the 200 freestyle; Julia Wilkinson of Victoria, Jardinand Caldwell were fourth, sixth and eighth in the 200 backstroke.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;MacLean and Wilkinson were both less than a half secondfrom the podium.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;In the other men’s finals, Oriwol was fifth in the 200backstroke and Nicholas Sinclair of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:state&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Victoria&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:state&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt; seventh in the 200freestyle.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Competition ends Sunday.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Full results at: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.utexas.edu/longhornaquatics/results/index.htm"&gt;http://www.utexas.edu/longhornaquatics/results/index.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;"&gt;Liveweb streaming: &lt;a href="http://www.ihigh.com/usaswimming/broadcast_201797.html?silverlight=1"&gt;http://www.ihigh.com/usaswimming/broadcast_201797.html?silverlight=1&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4870623426949025293-6787747589113221016?l=canadiansportnews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://canadiansportnews.blogspot.com/feeds/6787747589113221016/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://canadiansportnews.blogspot.com/2012/01/golden-sweep-for-canadians-in-4x200.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4870623426949025293/posts/default/6787747589113221016'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4870623426949025293/posts/default/6787747589113221016'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://canadiansportnews.blogspot.com/2012/01/golden-sweep-for-canadians-in-4x200.html' title='Golden sweep for Canadians in 4X200 freestyle relays U.S., Grand Prix'/><author><name>Canadian Sport News  Nouvelles-sport canadien</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02946825497859374761</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_FCS1CxvAJpQ/R1M6ACWzkoI/AAAAAAAAAAs/9Qb6W_aPBhw/S220/image001.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4870623426949025293.post-3604264944838969339</id><published>2012-01-14T07:13:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-14T07:13:29.874-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Le Canada gagne la médaille de bronze au championnat pan-pacifique de water-polo</title><content type='html'>&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: FR-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;MELBOURNE, Australie – La gardienne Rachel Riddell, de Victoria, a arrêté un tir de pénalité et une échappée au quatrième quart, samedi, quand le Canada a défait la Chine, classée deuxième au monde, 10-6 pour gagner la médaille de bronze au championnat pan-pacifique de water-polo féminin.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: FR-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;L’Australie a gagné la médaille d’or en battant les É.-U. 7-4 dans la finale.&amp;nbsp; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a name='more'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: FR-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;«Je suis satisfait de la manière dont le match s’est déroulé. Nous avons bien commencé et les filles ont respecté le plan de match, a dit l’entraîneur-chef du Canada, Patrick Oaten.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: FR-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;«Nous avons eu un peu le vent dans les voiles à la fin du premier quart et je pense que la différence entre ce match et le verdict nul de la dernière fois (8-8 dans le tournoi à la ronde) est que nous avons été forts pendant tous les quatre quarts et avons bien joué aux deux extrémités de la piscine.»&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: FR-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Les marqueuses canadiennes ont été Krystina Alogbo, de Rivière-des-Prairies, au Québec, et Marina Radu, de Pointe-Claire, au Québec, avec trois buts chacune, Joëlle Békhazi, de Pointe-Claire, avec deux, et Monika Eggens, de Maple Ridge, en C.-B., et sa soeur Carmen Eggens avec un chacune.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: FR-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Donglun Song a marqué sur le premier jeu du match pour la Chine grâce à un puissant tir de l’extérieur des cinq mètres. En réponse, le Canada a attaqué sans relâche avec Bekhazi et Alogbo. Les deux attaquantes-centres ont malmené la défensive chinoise avec de belles passes avant d’inscrire toutes deux leur premier but.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: FR-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Les Canadiennes ont continué d’appliquer de la pression offensive dans le deuxième quart et Alogbo a marqué son deuxième but après avoir déjoué deux défenseures chinoises comme attaquante-centre et elle a envoyé le ballon dans le filet pour placer le Canada en avant 7-4.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: FR-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Chaque équipe n’a réussi qu’un but chacune au troisième quart, laissant les Canadiennes en avant 8-5 pour commencer le dernier quart.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: FR-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Les deux équipes ont éprouvé des difficultés à marquer au début du dernier quart avant que la gardien Riddell ne fasse un arrêt spectaculaire contre un tir de pénalité puis ne lance une contre-attaque pour permettre à Radu de marquer en échappée pour sceller la victoire.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: FR-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;«Nous avons joué comme l’équipe que nous pouvons être, a dit Radu. Nous étions intenses et nous sommes battues fort du début à la fin.»&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: FR-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Le Canada, classé huitième au monde, a terminé le tournoi avec un dossier global de trois victoires, deux revers et un verdict nul.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: FR-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;«C’est une bonne sensation de terminer le tournoi avec une bonne performance après l’avoir commencé de manière chancelante et avoir eu quelques faiblesses tactiques. Mais si bien faire contre l’équipe numéro deux au monde est excellent», a dit Alogbo, qui a été expulsé après s’être bagarrée avec Ping Lui au troisième quart.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: FR-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Selon Oaten, ce fut une excellente préparation pour sa troupe en prévision du tournoi de qualification olympique qui aura lieu en avril en Italie.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: FR-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;«Nous avons travaillé sur notre structure défensive et nous devons continuer à nous améliorer, mais elle s’est améliorée et nous continuerons de travailler là-dessus, a-t-il dit. Nous devons encore passer au travers de la sélection finale pour notre tournoi de qualification olympique et nous regarderons les vidéos pour voir ce que nous avons aimé et n’avons pas aimé, pour que nous puissions effectuer nos sélections au cours des prochaines semaines.»&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4870623426949025293-3604264944838969339?l=canadiansportnews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://canadiansportnews.blogspot.com/feeds/3604264944838969339/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://canadiansportnews.blogspot.com/2012/01/le-canada-gagne-la-medaille-de-bronze.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4870623426949025293/posts/default/3604264944838969339'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4870623426949025293/posts/default/3604264944838969339'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://canadiansportnews.blogspot.com/2012/01/le-canada-gagne-la-medaille-de-bronze.html' title='Le Canada gagne la médaille de bronze au championnat pan-pacifique de water-polo'/><author><name>Canadian Sport News  Nouvelles-sport canadien</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02946825497859374761</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_FCS1CxvAJpQ/R1M6ACWzkoI/AAAAAAAAAAs/9Qb6W_aPBhw/S220/image001.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4870623426949025293.post-1993178199737614228</id><published>2012-01-14T07:09:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-14T07:09:45.004-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Canada wins the bronze medal at Pan Pacific water polo championships</title><content type='html'>&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;MELBOURNE&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Australia&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt; – Goaltender Rachel Riddell of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:state&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Victoria&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:state&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt; stopped a penalty shot and a breakaway in the fourth quarter on Saturday as &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Canada&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt; defeated world number-two &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;China&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt; 10-6 to win the bronze medal at the Pan Pacific women’s water polo championships.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Australia&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt; won the gold medal defeating the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;U.S.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;, 7-4 in the final.&amp;nbsp; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a name='more'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;“I’m happy with the way the game went we started off pretty well, the girls stuck to the game plan,” said &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Canada&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;’s head coach Patrick Oaten.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;“We got a little bit of a roll on at the end of the first and I think the difference between this game and draw last time (8-8 in the round robin) is that we were strong throughout all four quarters and played solid at both ends of the pool."&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Canadian scorers were Krystina Alogbo of Riviere-des-Prairies, Que., and Marina Radu of Pointe-Claire, Que., with three each, Joelle Békhazi of Pointe-Claire with two and Monika Eggens of Maple Ridge, B.C., and her sister Carmen Eggens with one apiece.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Donglun Song scored in the first play of the game for &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;China&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;, with a powerful strike from outside the five metres.&amp;nbsp; In response, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Canada&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt; attacked repeatedly through Bekhazi and Alogbo. The two centre forwards troubling the Chinese defence with some nice passing before they each netted their first for the game.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;The Canadians continued to apply offensive pressure in the second period with Alogbo netting her second after out-manoeuvring two Chinese defenders at centre-forward and hooking the ball in to put &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Canada&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt; up 7-4.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Each team only managed a goal apiece in the third term allowing the Canadians to take an 8-5 lead into the last period.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Both teams struggled to score early in the final term, before keeper Riddell made a spectacular penalty save and then set up a counter attack in which Radu scored on the fast break to seal the win.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;"We played like the team were are capable of being,’’ said Radu.&amp;nbsp; We were intense and fought hard from beginning to end."&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Canada&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;, ranked eighth in the world, posted an overall tournament record of three wins, two losses and a tie.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;“It is a good feeling to end the tournament on a high after we started off a bit rocky and we had a few tactical weaknesses. But to do so well against the number two team in the world is great,” said Alogbo, who was ejected after scuffling with Ping Lui in the third quarter.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;For Oaten this was a great preparation for his troops for the Olympic qualifying tournament this April in &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Italy&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;“We’ve been working on our defensive structures, and we’ve still got to get better, but it has improved and we’ll keep working on it,’’ he said.&amp;nbsp; “We’ve still got to go through the final selection for our Olympic qualifiers and we’ll look at the videos to see what we did and didn’t like, so we can make our selections in the next few weeks.”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4870623426949025293-1993178199737614228?l=canadiansportnews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://canadiansportnews.blogspot.com/feeds/1993178199737614228/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://canadiansportnews.blogspot.com/2012/01/canada-wins-bronze-medal-at-pan-pacific.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4870623426949025293/posts/default/1993178199737614228'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4870623426949025293/posts/default/1993178199737614228'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://canadiansportnews.blogspot.com/2012/01/canada-wins-bronze-medal-at-pan-pacific.html' title='Canada wins the bronze medal at Pan Pacific water polo championships'/><author><name>Canadian Sport News  Nouvelles-sport canadien</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02946825497859374761</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_FCS1CxvAJpQ/R1M6ACWzkoI/AAAAAAAAAAs/9Qb6W_aPBhw/S220/image001.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4870623426949025293.post-9106643693547058417</id><published>2012-01-13T18:18:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-13T18:18:17.349-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Ryan Cochrane launches 2012 with golden performance at U.S., Grand Prix</title><content type='html'>&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;AUSTIN&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:state&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Texas-&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:state&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt; Olympic and world championship medallist Ryan Cochrane of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:state&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Victoria&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:state&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt; won the gold medal in the men’s 400-metre freestyle on Friday top open the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;U.S.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;, Grand Prix swimming competition.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Canada&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt; added a second victory to close the first day of racing in the men’s 4X100 freestyle relay.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a name='more'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Cochrane clocked 3:50.66, Michael Klueh of the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;U.S.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;, was second in 3:51.23 and Charles Houchin of the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;U.S.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;, third in 3:51.77.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;‘’It’s a great way to start the year 2012,’’ said Cochrane, who’ll also race the 200 freestyle here this weekend.&amp;nbsp; ‘’ I was feeling a bit stressful now that we are actually into the Olympic year.&amp;nbsp; Now I’m looking forward to posting sub &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:time hour="15" minute="50"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;3:50&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:time&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt; times which will give me more confidence as the year progresses.’’&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Jeremy Bagshaw of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:state&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Victoria&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:state&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt; was fifth in 3:53.70 and Nicholas Sinclair of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:state&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Victoria&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:state&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt; seventh in 3:54.33.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;In the men’s 4X100 freestyle relay &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Canada&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt; won in 3:23.89 with Blake Worsley of Victoria, Joel Greenshields of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Calgary&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;, Luke Peddie of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Edmonton&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt; and Stefan Hirniak of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:state&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Victoria&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:state&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;. &amp;nbsp;North Caroline’s SwimMac relay teams followed in second and third in 3:24.81 and 3:26.09 respectively.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Team &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:state&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Ontario&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:state&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt; was fourth with Hassaan Abdel-Khalik of Etobicoke, Zach Chetrat of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Oakville&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;, Andrew Ford of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Guelph&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt; and Tobias Oriwol of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Toronto&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;In the women’s 400 freestyle, Barbara Jardin of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Montreal&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt; came within 0.29 seconds of a medal placing fourth in 4:10.95.&amp;nbsp; Brittany MacLean of Etobicoke, Ont., was fifth in 4:11.28 and Alexa Komarnycky of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Toronto&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt; sixth in 4:12.01. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Other Canadian finalists for the women were: Victoria Poon of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Montreal&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt; and Julia Wilkinson of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Stratford&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;, Ont., fifth and sixth in the 100 freestyle; Jillian Tyler of Calgary and Hanna Pierse of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Vancouver&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;, fifth and sixth in the 200 breaststroke; and MacKenzie Downing of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Whitehorse&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt; eighth in the 100 butterfly.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Warren Barnes of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Toronto&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt; was eighth in the men’s 200 breaststroke. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Competition continues through to Sunday.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Full results at: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.utexas.edu/longhornaquatics/results/index.htm"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue;"&gt;http://www.utexas.edu/longhornaquatics/results/index.htm&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Live web streaming: &lt;a href="http://www.ihigh.com/usaswimming/broadcast_201797.html?silverlight=1"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue;"&gt;http://www.ihigh.com/usaswimming/broadcast_201797.html?silverlight=1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4870623426949025293-9106643693547058417?l=canadiansportnews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://canadiansportnews.blogspot.com/feeds/9106643693547058417/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://canadiansportnews.blogspot.com/2012/01/ryan-cochrane-launches-2012-with-golden.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4870623426949025293/posts/default/9106643693547058417'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4870623426949025293/posts/default/9106643693547058417'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://canadiansportnews.blogspot.com/2012/01/ryan-cochrane-launches-2012-with-golden.html' title='Ryan Cochrane launches 2012 with golden performance at U.S., Grand Prix'/><author><name>Canadian Sport News  Nouvelles-sport canadien</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02946825497859374761</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_FCS1CxvAJpQ/R1M6ACWzkoI/AAAAAAAAAAs/9Qb6W_aPBhw/S220/image001.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4870623426949025293.post-1068416684728033582</id><published>2012-01-13T10:55:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-13T10:55:06.191-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Women's Olympic Volleyball Qualifier Confirmed for April 29 to May 5 in Tijuana, Mexico</title><content type='html'>&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;WINNIPEG&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt; (&lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:date day="13" month="1" year="2012"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;January 13, 2012&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:date&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;)&amp;nbsp; - Volleyball &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Canada&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt; has recently received confirmation of the dates for the NORCECA (North and &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Central America&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt; and Carribean) &amp;nbsp;Women's Continental Olympic Qualification Tournament.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;The competition was initially scheduled for this week, but was postponed due to financial difficulties of the host. &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;The event will remain in &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Tijuana&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Mexico&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;, and is now scheduled for April 29 - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:date day="5" month="5" year="2012"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;May 5, 2012&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:date&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a name='more'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;The event will feature the highest ranked teams in the NORCECA Zone.&amp;nbsp; This includes &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Canada&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Cuba&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Dominican Republic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Puerto Rico&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Mexico&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt; and two others.&amp;nbsp; The winner will qualify for the London Olympics. The &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;USA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;, who qualified for the Olympics by finishing second at the World Cup in &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Japan&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt; in November, will not compete in &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Tijuana&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;After receiving notification of the event postponement, several Canadian athletes that had planned on staying in &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Winnipeg&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt; and training through to the initial qualifier dates in January, immediately began looking for contract opportunities overseas.&amp;nbsp; Others planned to remain in &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Winnipeg&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt; throughout the winter to continue training and preparing for this ultimate goal of Olympic qualification. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Below is an update on the whereabouts of athletes that could be among the roster of twelve that will compete in the qualifier in April:&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Sarah Pavan (&lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Kitchener&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:state&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;ON&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:state&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;) - Villa Cortese (&lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Italy&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Marisa Field (&lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Kelowna&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:state&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;BC&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:state&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;) - Envacom Volleys Sinsheim (&lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Germany&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Nadine Alphonse (&lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Montréal&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:state&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;QC&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:state&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;) - FKB Volley Duedingen (&lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Switzerland&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: FR-CA;"&gt;Marie-Pier Murray-Methot (Québec City, QC) - Val-de-Travers (Switzerland) &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Tammy Mahon (&lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Holland&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:state&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;MB&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:state&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;) - Envacom Volleys Sinsheim (&lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Germany&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: FR-CA;"&gt;Liz Cordonier (Vancouver, BC) - LP Viesti (Finland)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Colette Meek (&lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Sherwood Park&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:state&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;AB&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:state&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;) - Svedala VBK (&lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Sweden&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Lucy Charuk (&lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Tsawwassen&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:state&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;BC&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:state&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;) - Zok Split 1700 (&lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Croatia&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Kyla Richey (&lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;st1:placename&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Roberts&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:placename&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:placename&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Creek&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:placename&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;, BC) - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;st1:placetype&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;University&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:placetype&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt; of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:placename&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;British Columbia&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:placename&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Julie Young (&lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Red Deer&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:state&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;AB&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:state&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;) - pending contract in Pieksamaki (&lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Finland&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Brittney Page (&lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Vernon&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:state&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;BC&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:state&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;) - pending contract in &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Sweden&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Tasha Holness (&lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Calgary&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:state&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;AB&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:state&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;) - pending contract in &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Indonesia&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Those remaining in &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Winnipeg&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt; to train from January through to the qualifier in April are:&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Claire Hanna (&lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Calgary&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:state&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;AB&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:state&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Tiffany Dodds (Lucky &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Lake&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:state&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;SK&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:state&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;) &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Jennifer Hinze (&lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Vancouver&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:state&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;BC&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:state&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Tonya Mokelki (&lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Weyburn&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:state&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;SK&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:state&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Carla Bradstock (&lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Richmond&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:state&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;BC&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:state&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;) will return to &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Winnipeg&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt; in early March to train through to the qualifier in April&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4870623426949025293-1068416684728033582?l=canadiansportnews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://canadiansportnews.blogspot.com/feeds/1068416684728033582/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://canadiansportnews.blogspot.com/2012/01/womens-olympic-volleyball-qualifier.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4870623426949025293/posts/default/1068416684728033582'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4870623426949025293/posts/default/1068416684728033582'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://canadiansportnews.blogspot.com/2012/01/womens-olympic-volleyball-qualifier.html' title='Women&apos;s Olympic Volleyball Qualifier Confirmed for April 29 to May 5 in Tijuana, Mexico'/><author><name>Canadian Sport News  Nouvelles-sport canadien</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02946825497859374761</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_FCS1CxvAJpQ/R1M6ACWzkoI/AAAAAAAAAAs/9Qb6W_aPBhw/S220/image001.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4870623426949025293.post-7718044177958234348</id><published>2012-01-13T09:58:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-13T09:58:18.040-08:00</updated><title type='text'>La Ligue majeure nationale de développement de Water Polo Canada lance sa toute première saison</title><content type='html'>&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="Company"&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: FR-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;OTTAWA – La Ligue majeure nationale dedéveloppement de Water Polo Canada lance sa toute première saison, samedi etdimanche (14-15 janvier) alors que le Pacific Storm hôte affrontera lesTorpedeos de Calgary au Centre aquatique de Vancouver.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company"&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: FR-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Il y a six équipes masculines de 18ans et moins de partout au pays représentées dans la LMND: Pacific Storm deVancouver, Torpedoes de Calgary, Équipe Saskatchewan, Club de water-polo deDollard-des-Ormeaux, Club de water-polo CAMO de Montréal et York Mavericks deToronto.&amp;nbsp; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a name='more'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="Company"&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: FR-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;La LMND est séparée en Associations del’Est et de l’Ouest. Chaque équipe jouera contre chaque équipe dans sonAssociation respective quatre fois. Il y aura un calendrier croiséinter-association à la mi-saison à Calgary au Talisman Centre alors que les équipesde l’Est affronteront deux fois chacune celles de l’Ouest. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company"&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: FR-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;La saison régulière se dérouleratoutes les fins de semaine jusqu’au 3-4 mars.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company"&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: FR-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Les finales auront lieu les 17-18 marset opposeront quatre équipes: la gagnante de l’Association de l’Est; lagagnante de l’Association de l’Ouest, l’équipe hôtesse et l’équipe de deuxièmeplace des Associations de l’Est ou de l’Ouest (selon là où ont lieu les finales).&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company"&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: FR-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Veuillez visiter notre page Internet à&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.waterpolo.ca/aproposlmnd.aspx"&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA"&gt;https://www.waterpolo.ca/aproposlmnd.aspx&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: FR-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company"&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: FR-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Le calendrier 2012 &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.waterpolo.ca/horairelmnd.aspx"&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA"&gt;https://www.waterpolo.ca/horairelmnd.aspx&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: FR-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4870623426949025293-7718044177958234348?l=canadiansportnews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://canadiansportnews.blogspot.com/feeds/7718044177958234348/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://canadiansportnews.blogspot.com/2012/01/la-ligue-majeure-nationale-de.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4870623426949025293/posts/default/7718044177958234348'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4870623426949025293/posts/default/7718044177958234348'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://canadiansportnews.blogspot.com/2012/01/la-ligue-majeure-nationale-de.html' title='La Ligue majeure nationale de développement de Water Polo Canada lance sa toute première saison'/><author><name>Canadian Sport News  Nouvelles-sport canadien</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02946825497859374761</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_FCS1CxvAJpQ/R1M6ACWzkoI/AAAAAAAAAAs/9Qb6W_aPBhw/S220/image001.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4870623426949025293.post-6134568804714039228</id><published>2012-01-13T09:50:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-13T10:22:41.809-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Water Polo Canada’s National Development Premier League launches its inaugural season this weekend in Vancouver</title><content type='html'>&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;OTTAWA – Water Polo Canada’s National Development Premier League launches its inaugural season this Saturday and Sunday (January 14-15) as the host Pacific Storm face the Calgary Torpedoes at the Vancouver Aquatic Centre.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"&gt;The National Development Premier League (NDPL) was masterminded by Dragan Jovanovic, head coach of the Senior Men’s National Team, with the ultimate goal to increase the capacity of the Canadian Club System.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="company" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"&gt;&lt;st1:date day="13" month="1" year="2012"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;"&gt;January 13, 2012&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:date&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="company" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="company" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;"&gt;Water Polo &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;"&gt;Canada&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;"&gt;’s National Development PremierLeague launches its inaugural season this weekend in &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;"&gt;Vancouver&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="company" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="company" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"&gt;&lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;"&gt;OTTAWA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;"&gt; – Water Polo &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;"&gt;Canada&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;"&gt;’s National Development PremierLeague launches its inaugural season this Saturday and Sunday (January 14-15)as the host Pacific Storm face the Calgary Torpedoes at the Vancouver AquaticCentre.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="company" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"&gt;The National Development Premier League (NDPL) was masterminded byDragan Jovanovic, head coach of the Senior Men’s National Team, with theultimate goal to increase the capacity of the Canadian Club System. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"&gt;The NDPL goals are to create more depth in the high performance streamof male athletes, to increase the amount of professional coaches and thetechnical abilities of these coaches, to increase the amount of referees in thehigh performance stream, and to help improve the efficiency and capacity withinthe club structure in &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"&gt;Canada&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"&gt;.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;"&gt;‘’We wantto work with younger athletes and get them ready earlier by providing them withcompetitive opportunities,’’ said Jovanovic. &amp;nbsp;‘’Each country in the water polo world has domesticleagues which provide consistent competitive and training opportunities.’’&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="company" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;"&gt;There are six men’s 18 &amp;amp; underteams from across the country represented in the NDPL: Vancouver Pacific Storm,Calgary Torpedoes, Team &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:state&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;"&gt;Saskatchewan&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:state&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;"&gt;, Dollard-des-Ormeaux Water PoloClub, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;"&gt;Montreal&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;"&gt;’s CA&lt;a href="" name="_GoBack"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;MO Water Polo Club, and the YorkMavericks from &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;"&gt;Toronto&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;"&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="company" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="company" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;"&gt;The NDPL is divided into an East andWest conference. Each team will play every team in their respective conferencefour times. There will be a mid-season inter-conference crossover in &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;"&gt;Calgary&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;"&gt; at the Talisman Centre where allthe East teams will play against each west team twice. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="company" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="company" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;"&gt;The regular season runs each weekenduntil March 3-4.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="company" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="company" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;"&gt;The finals are on March 17-18 andconsist of four teams: the winner of the East conference; winner of the Westconference, the host team; and the second place team from the East or Westconference (depending on where the finals are played). &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="company" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="company" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;"&gt;Please visit our webpage at &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.waterpolo.ca/aboutndpl.aspx"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;"&gt;https://www.waterpolo.ca/aboutndpl.aspx&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="company" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;"&gt;The 2012 schedule &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.waterpolo.ca/ndplschedule.aspx"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;"&gt;https://www.waterpolo.ca/ndplschedule.aspx&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4870623426949025293-6134568804714039228?l=canadiansportnews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://canadiansportnews.blogspot.com/feeds/6134568804714039228/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://canadiansportnews.blogspot.com/2012/01/water-polo-canadas-national-development.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4870623426949025293/posts/default/6134568804714039228'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4870623426949025293/posts/default/6134568804714039228'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://canadiansportnews.blogspot.com/2012/01/water-polo-canadas-national-development.html' title='Water Polo Canada’s National Development Premier League launches its inaugural season this weekend in Vancouver'/><author><name>Canadian Sport News  Nouvelles-sport canadien</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02946825497859374761</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_FCS1CxvAJpQ/R1M6ACWzkoI/AAAAAAAAAAs/9Qb6W_aPBhw/S220/image001.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4870623426949025293.post-5093238389443570696</id><published>2012-01-13T08:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-13T08:00:08.888-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Olympic Champion Bilodeau to compete in Quebec this weekend</title><content type='html'>SAINTE-ADÈLE, Que.&amp;nbsp;– 2011 World Dual Mogul Champion and 2010 Olympic Champion Alex Bilodeau announced this morning that he will take part in this weekend’s Canada Post Grand Prix here at Ski Mont Gabriel.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The 23 year-old from Rosemere, Quebec who is on partial sabbatical this season said that after training on the FIS World Cup course yesterday, he and his coach Michel Hamelin agreed that the dual mogul event would be a good complement to Bilodeau’s training program for the season.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a name='more'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;“The course is in great shape and I love competing at home in front of Quebec fans; and the fact that it fits into my training plans, so it’s opportunity I can’t miss,” said Bilodeau.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bilodeau and Hamelin will be available tomorrow for scrum-style interviews at the bottom of the World Cup course at the end of Bilodeau’s training.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4870623426949025293-5093238389443570696?l=canadiansportnews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://canadiansportnews.blogspot.com/feeds/5093238389443570696/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://canadiansportnews.blogspot.com/2012/01/olympic-champion-bilodeau-to-compete-in.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4870623426949025293/posts/default/5093238389443570696'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4870623426949025293/posts/default/5093238389443570696'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://canadiansportnews.blogspot.com/2012/01/olympic-champion-bilodeau-to-compete-in.html' title='Olympic Champion Bilodeau to compete in Quebec this weekend'/><author><name>Canadian Sport News  Nouvelles-sport canadien</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02946825497859374761</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_FCS1CxvAJpQ/R1M6ACWzkoI/AAAAAAAAAAs/9Qb6W_aPBhw/S220/image001.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4870623426949025293.post-6202494676030673829</id><published>2012-01-13T07:14:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-13T07:15:34.838-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Le champion olympique Alex Bilodeau sera du départ ce week-end</title><content type='html'>SAINTE-ADÈLE, Québec– Le champion du monde 2011 aux bosses en parallèle et champion olympique 2012, Alex Bilodeau, a ce matin annoncé qu’il participera à l’épreuve de la Coupe du monde ce week-end dans le cadre du Grand Prix de ski acrobatique Postes Canada à Ski Mont Gabriel.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;L’athlète de 23 ans, de Rosemère, Qc, qui a opté pour une année semi-sabbatique cette saison, a indiqué que suite à son entraînement sur le parcours de la Coupe du monde FIS, hier, lui et son entraîneur Michel Hamelin avaient décidé que cette épreuve de bosses en parallèle serait un excellent ajout à son programme d’entraînement de la saison.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a name='more'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;«&amp;nbsp;Le parcours est en très bon état, et j’adore compétitionner devant les fans québécois. De plus, puisque tout s’emboîte parfaitement dans mon plan d’entraînement, c’est une occasion à ne pas manquer&amp;nbsp;», de confier Bilodeau.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bilodeau et Hamelin seront tous deux disponibles lors d’une mêlée de presse au bas du parcours de la Coupe du monde de bosses suite à la période d’entraînement.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4870623426949025293-6202494676030673829?l=canadiansportnews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://canadiansportnews.blogspot.com/feeds/6202494676030673829/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://canadiansportnews.blogspot.com/2012/01/le-champion-olympique-alex-bilodeau.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4870623426949025293/posts/default/6202494676030673829'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4870623426949025293/posts/default/6202494676030673829'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://canadiansportnews.blogspot.com/2012/01/le-champion-olympique-alex-bilodeau.html' title='Le champion olympique Alex Bilodeau sera du départ ce week-end'/><author><name>Canadian Sport News  Nouvelles-sport canadien</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02946825497859374761</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_FCS1CxvAJpQ/R1M6ACWzkoI/AAAAAAAAAAs/9Qb6W_aPBhw/S220/image001.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4870623426949025293.post-5783737734218101061</id><published>2012-01-13T06:22:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-13T06:22:29.770-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Le Canada jouera dans le match pour la médaille de bronze au championnat pan-pacifique</title><content type='html'>&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: FR-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;MELBOURNE, Australie – Sophie Baron-La Salle, de Montréal, a marqué quatre buts et le Canada a assommé le Brésil 19-3, vendredi, au championnat pan-pacifique de water-polo féminin.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: FR-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Le Canada termine le tournoi à la ronde avec deux victoires, deux revers et un verdict nul et affrontera la Chine dans le match pour la médaille de bronze, samedi.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: FR-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a name='more'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: FR-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Carmen Eggens, de Maple Ridge, en C.-B., et Tara Campbell, de Baie-d’Urfé, au Québec, ont marqué trois buts chacune. Rosanna Tomiuk, de Beaconsfield, au Québec, Kelly McKee, de Calgary, et Krystina Alogbo, de Rivière-des-Prairies, au Québec, ont ajouté deux buts chacun et Joëlle Békhazi et Marina Radu, toutes deux de Pointe-Claire, au Québec, et Whitney Genoway, de Regina ont touché la cible une fois. Serena Bredin, de Winnipeg, a effectué huit arrêts devant le filet canadien.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: FR-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;La marque était égale 2-2 après le premier quart, avant que le Canada n’explose avec 11 buts consécutifs pour mener 13-2 après trois quarts.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: FR-CA;"&gt;«Nous avons contrôlé le match, a dit l’entraîneur-chef du Canada, Patrick Oaten. Nous avons mieux fait en avantage numérique aujourd’hui et nous devrons continuer de travailler là-dessus. Nous avons hâte au match de demain conre la Chine.»&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: FR-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: FR-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Dans les autres matches de vendredi, l’Australie a défait la Chine 8-7 tandis que les É.-U. ont vaincu les Barbarians de l’Australie 12-5. L’Australie a terminé le tournoi à la ronde avec un dossier parfait de 5-0-0. Les É.-U. sont deuxièmes à 4-1-0, la Chine et le Canada troisièmes à égalité à 2-2-1, devant les Barbarians 1-4-0 et le Brésil 0-5-0.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: FR-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Les É.-U. affronteront l’Australie dans le match pour la médaille d’or, aussi samedi.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4870623426949025293-5783737734218101061?l=canadiansportnews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://canadiansportnews.blogspot.com/feeds/5783737734218101061/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://canadiansportnews.blogspot.com/2012/01/le-canada-jouera-dans-le-match-pour-la.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4870623426949025293/posts/default/5783737734218101061'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4870623426949025293/posts/default/5783737734218101061'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://canadiansportnews.blogspot.com/2012/01/le-canada-jouera-dans-le-match-pour-la.html' title='Le Canada jouera dans le match pour la médaille de bronze au championnat pan-pacifique'/><author><name>Canadian Sport News  Nouvelles-sport canadien</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02946825497859374761</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_FCS1CxvAJpQ/R1M6ACWzkoI/AAAAAAAAAAs/9Qb6W_aPBhw/S220/image001.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4870623426949025293.post-6745517791505402385</id><published>2012-01-13T05:31:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-13T05:32:23.716-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Canada heads to bronze medal game at Pan Pacific Championships</title><content type='html'>&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="Company"&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;MELBOURNE&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Australia&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt; – Sophie Baron-&lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;La Salle&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt; of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Montreal&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt; notched four goals as &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Canada&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt; hammered &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Brazil&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt; 19-3 onFriday at the Pan Pacific women’s water polo championships.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company"&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Canada&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt; concludes the round robin with two wins, two losses and a tie and willface &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;China&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt; for the bronze medal on Saturday.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a name='more'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Carmen Eggens of Maple Ridge, B.C., and Tara Campbell ofBaie-d’Urfé, Que., scored three goals each.&amp;nbsp;Rosanna Tomiuk of Beaconsfield, Que., Kelly McKee of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Calgary&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt; and Krystina Alogboof Riviere-des-Prairies, Que., added two goals each with singles to JoelleBékhazi and Marina Radu, both of Pointe-Claire, Que., and Whitney Genoway ofRegina.&amp;nbsp; Serena Bredin of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Winnipeg&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt; made eight saves inthe Canadian net.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;The score was tied 2-2 after the first quarter before &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Canada&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt; explodedwith 11 unanswered goals to lead &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:time hour="15" minute="13"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;13-2 after three&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:time&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt; quarters.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;‘’Wecontrolled the game,’’ said &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Canada&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;’s head coach Patrick Oaten.‘’We were better on the power play today, and we will need to continue to workon it going forward. We are looking forward to tomorrow's game versus &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;China&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;".&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;In other games Friday, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Australia&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt; edged &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;China&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt; 8-7 while the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;U.S.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;, defeated theAustralia Barbarians 12-5.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Australia&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt; concludesthe round robin at a perfect 5-0-0, the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;U.S.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;, second at &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:date day="1" month="4" year="2000"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;4-1-0&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:date&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;China&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt; and &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Canada&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt; were &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:date day="2" month="2" year="2001"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;2-2-1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:date&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;, the Barbarians &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:date day="4" month="1" year="2000"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;1-4-0&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:date&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt; and &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Brazil&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt; 0-5-0.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;The &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;U.S.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;, meets &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Australia&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt; for the goldmedal, also on Saturday.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4870623426949025293-6745517791505402385?l=canadiansportnews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://canadiansportnews.blogspot.com/feeds/6745517791505402385/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://canadiansportnews.blogspot.com/2012/01/canada-heads-to-bronze-medal-game-at.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4870623426949025293/posts/default/6745517791505402385'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4870623426949025293/posts/default/6745517791505402385'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://canadiansportnews.blogspot.com/2012/01/canada-heads-to-bronze-medal-game-at.html' title='Canada heads to bronze medal game at Pan Pacific Championships'/><author><name>Canadian Sport News  Nouvelles-sport canadien</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02946825497859374761</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_FCS1CxvAJpQ/R1M6ACWzkoI/AAAAAAAAAAs/9Qb6W_aPBhw/S220/image001.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4870623426949025293.post-8345057171701292385</id><published>2012-01-12T12:48:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-12T12:50:42.382-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Pentathlon Canada to host riding camp with pentathletes qualified for London</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-hyphenate: auto; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 9pt;"&gt;OTTAWA - Pentathlon &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 9pt;"&gt;Canada&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 9pt;"&gt; will host one of five Union International de Pentathlon Moderne (UIPM) Riding Camps in preparation for the London Olympic Games featuring four athletes who have qualified for London 2012. Each pentathlete will ride twice a day for 90 minutes each session. Training in swimming, running and possibly fencing will also be coordinated. Athletes will be available for interviews.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 9pt;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-hyphenate: auto; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-hyphenate: auto; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a name='more'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-hyphenate: auto; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 9pt;"&gt;When: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:date day="16" month="1" year="2012"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 9pt;"&gt;January 16-21, 2012&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:date&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 9pt;"&gt; inclusively&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 9pt;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-hyphenate: auto; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-hyphenate: auto; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 9pt;"&gt;Who:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 9pt;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-hyphenate: auto; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 9pt;"&gt;- Pentathletes who have qualified for London 2012 Olympic Games&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 9pt;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-hyphenate: auto; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 9pt;"&gt;·&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 9pt;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 9pt;"&gt;Melanie McCann (&lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 9pt;"&gt;Canada&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 9pt;"&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 9pt;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-hyphenate: auto; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 9pt;"&gt;·&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 9pt;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 9pt;"&gt;Oscar Soto (&lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 9pt;"&gt;Mexico&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 9pt;"&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 9pt;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-hyphenate: auto; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 9pt;"&gt;·&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 9pt;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 9pt;"&gt;Margaux Isaksen&amp;nbsp; (&lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 9pt;"&gt;USA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 9pt;"&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 9pt;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-hyphenate: auto; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 9pt;"&gt;·&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 9pt;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 9pt;"&gt;Dennis Bowsher (&lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 9pt;"&gt;USA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 9pt;"&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 9pt;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-hyphenate: auto; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-hyphenate: auto; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 9pt;"&gt;Where: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 9pt;"&gt;Vancouver&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 9pt;"&gt; Sountlands Riding Club, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:address&gt;&lt;st1:street&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 9pt;"&gt;7025 MacDonald St&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:street&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 9pt;"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 9pt;"&gt;Vancouver&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 9pt;"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:state&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 9pt;"&gt;BC&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:state&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 9pt;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:postalcode&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 9pt;"&gt;V6N 1G2&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:postalcode&gt;&lt;/st1:address&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 9pt;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-hyphenate: auto; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-hyphenate: auto; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4870623426949025293-8345057171701292385?l=canadiansportnews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://canadiansportnews.blogspot.com/feeds/8345057171701292385/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://canadiansportnews.blogspot.com/2012/01/pentathlon-canada-to-host-riding-camp.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4870623426949025293/posts/default/8345057171701292385'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4870623426949025293/posts/default/8345057171701292385'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://canadiansportnews.blogspot.com/2012/01/pentathlon-canada-to-host-riding-camp.html' title='Pentathlon Canada to host riding camp with pentathletes qualified for London'/><author><name>Canadian Sport News  Nouvelles-sport canadien</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02946825497859374761</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_FCS1CxvAJpQ/R1M6ACWzkoI/AAAAAAAAAAs/9Qb6W_aPBhw/S220/image001.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4870623426949025293.post-881392355623656345</id><published>2012-01-12T12:45:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-12T12:45:55.176-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Les adversaires nord-américaines présentent un autre match classique au championnat pan-pacifique</title><content type='html'>&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: FR-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;MELBOURNE, Australie – Les États-Unis ont défait le Canada 8-7, jeudi, dans un autre match classique entre les deux adversaires nord-américaines au championnat pan-pacifique de water-polo féminin.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Les Américaines ont failli échapper une avance de 7-3 au troisième quart et ont survécu à deux avantages numériques tardifs des Canadiennes au quatrième quart.&amp;nbsp; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a name='more'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: FR-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;«Nous avons été dominées physiquement dans la première demie, ce qui a fait mal à notre offensive, a dit l’entraîneur adjoint du Canada, Justin Oliveira. L’équipe est revenue plus forte dans la deuxième demie, mais nous n’avons pas pu capitaliser sur nos chances au quatrième quart pour niveler la marque.»&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Dominique Perreault, de Montréal, a dirigé l’attaque du Canada avec trois buts. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: FR-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Rosanna Tomiuk, de Beaconsfield, au Québec, en a ajouté deux tandis que Sophie Baron La Salle, de Montréal, et Emily Csikos, en ont obtenu un chacune. Les Américaines menaient 2-1 après le premier quart, 6-3 à la demie et 8-6 après trois quarts.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Tomiuk a ramené le Canada dans le match au troisième quarts en marquant ses deux buts en une minute, le deuxième sur un tir de pénalité. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: FR-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Tanya Gandy a expédié un boulet au coin inférieur gauche du filet seulement une minute plus tard quand les Américaines ont profité d’une attaque rapide.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: FR-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Le Canada n’a pas abandonné et Perreault a marqué en avantage numérique pour porter la marque à 8-6 pour entreprendre le quatrième quart.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: FR-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Csikos a raté un tir de pénalité pour le Canada avec moins de cinq minutes à jouer, mais Perreault a réussi son troisième but du match pour faire 8-7 avec quatre minutes à jouer.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: FR-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Dans les autres matches de jeudi, l’Australie a défait les Barbarians de l’Australie 8-3 tandis que la Chine a défait le Brésil 16-5. L’Australie demeure invaincue à 4-0, les É.-U. sont à 3-1, la Chine à 2-1-1, le Canada à 1-2-1, les Barbarians à 1-3 et le Brésil à 0-4. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: FR-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Le Canada, qui se prépare présentement pour son tournoi de qualification olympique qui aura lieu en avril terminera le tournoi à la ronde contre le Brésil vendredi.&amp;nbsp; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: FR-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Les deux premières équipes du tournoi à la ronde s’affronteront pour la médaille d’or, samedi, tandis que celles des troisième et quatrième places joueront pour celle de bronze.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4870623426949025293-881392355623656345?l=canadiansportnews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://canadiansportnews.blogspot.com/feeds/881392355623656345/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://canadiansportnews.blogspot.com/2012/01/les-adversaires-nord-americaines.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4870623426949025293/posts/default/881392355623656345'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4870623426949025293/posts/default/881392355623656345'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://canadiansportnews.blogspot.com/2012/01/les-adversaires-nord-americaines.html' title='Les adversaires nord-américaines présentent un autre match classique au championnat pan-pacifique'/><author><name>Canadian Sport News  Nouvelles-sport canadien</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02946825497859374761</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_FCS1CxvAJpQ/R1M6ACWzkoI/AAAAAAAAAAs/9Qb6W_aPBhw/S220/image001.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4870623426949025293.post-5055503282203970160</id><published>2012-01-12T10:08:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-12T10:08:42.040-08:00</updated><title type='text'>North American rivals deliver another classic at Pan Pacific Championships</title><content type='html'>&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;MELBOURNE&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Australia&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt; – The &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;United States&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt; defeated &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Canada&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt; 8-7 on Thursday in another classic battle between the North American rivals at the Pan Pacific Championships women’s water polo tournament.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;The Americans nearly squandered a 7-3 third quarter lead and survived two late power play opportunities for the Canadians in the fourth.&amp;nbsp; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a name='more'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;"We were out muscled in the first half of the game, which hurt our offensive attack,’’ said &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Canada&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;’s assistant coach Justin Oliveira.&amp;nbsp; ‘’The team came back strong in the second half, but we failed to capitalize in the fourth quarter when we had chances to tie equalize the game."&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Dominique Perreault of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Montreal&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt; led &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Canada&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt; with three goals, Rosanna Tomiuk of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Beaconsfield&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;, Que., added two while Sophie Baron La Salle of Montreal and Emily Csikos scored once each.&amp;nbsp; The Americans led 2-1 after the first quarter, 6-3 at the half and 8-&lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:time hour="15" minute="6"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;6 after three&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:time&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Tomiuk got &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Canada&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt; back into the match in the third scoring her two goals within a minute, the second on a penalty shot.&amp;nbsp; Tanya Gandy delivered a rocket into the bottom left corner of the goal just over a minute later as the Americans capitalised on a fast break.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Canada&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt; would not go away though and Perreault scored an extra man goal to make it 8-6 entering the fourth.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Csikos missed a penalty shot for &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Canada&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt; with just under five minutes to go but Perreault scored her third of the game&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #333333;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;to make it 8-7 with four minutes left.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;In other games Thursday, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Australia&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt; defeated the Australia Barbarians 8-3 while &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;China&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt; defeated &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Brazil&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt; 16-5.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Australia&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt; remains undefeated at 4-0, the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;U.S.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;, is 3-1, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;China&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:date day="2" month="1" year="2001"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;2-1-1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:date&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Canada&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:date day="1" month="2" year="2001"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;1-2-1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:date&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;, the Barbarians 1-3 and &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Brazil&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt; 0-4. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Canada&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;, which is currently tuning up for its Olympic qualifier in April, concludes the round robin against &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Brazil&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt; on Friday.&amp;nbsp; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;The top-two in the round robin battle for gold on Saturday while third and fourth play for bronze.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4870623426949025293-5055503282203970160?l=canadiansportnews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://canadiansportnews.blogspot.com/feeds/5055503282203970160/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://canadiansportnews.blogspot.com/2012/01/north-american-rivals-deliver-another.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4870623426949025293/posts/default/5055503282203970160'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4870623426949025293/posts/default/5055503282203970160'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://canadiansportnews.blogspot.com/2012/01/north-american-rivals-deliver-another.html' title='North American rivals deliver another classic at Pan Pacific Championships'/><author><name>Canadian Sport News  Nouvelles-sport canadien</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02946825497859374761</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_FCS1CxvAJpQ/R1M6ACWzkoI/AAAAAAAAAAs/9Qb6W_aPBhw/S220/image001.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4870623426949025293.post-7992761299141988253</id><published>2012-01-11T08:56:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-11T08:56:17.804-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Le Canada annule contre les médaillées d’argent du championnat du monde au championnat pan-pacifique</title><content type='html'>&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: FR-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;MELBOURNE, Australie – Joëlle Békhazi, de Pointe-Claire, au Québec, a marqué trois fois, dont le but égalisateur tard au quatrième quart, alors que le Canada et la Chine se sont livré un verdict nul de 8-8, mercredi, au championnat pan-pacifique de water-polo féminin.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: FR-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Les Canadiennes ont explosé dès le premier quart avec trois buts rapides, dont deux par la centre-ailier Krystina Alogbo, de Rivière-des-Prairies, au Québec.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a name='more'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;«Nous étions plus préparées et prêtes pour le match d’aujourd’hui, ce qui nous a permis de nous donner une avance rapide, a dit Alogbo. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: FR-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Nos fins de jeu se sont améliorées aujourd’hui, mais nous avons encore faits des erreurs importantes en défensive, ce qui a permis aux Chinoises de demeurer dans le match.»&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: FR-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;La Chine a marqué rapidement au deuxième quart par Yi Wang, uniquement pour voir le Canada réagir avec deux buts pour prendre les devants 5-3 à la mi-temps.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: FR-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;La Chine a enfilé quatre buts consécutifs dans le dernier quart dont le cinquième but du match par Huanhuan Ma.&amp;nbsp;Toutefois, le but tardif de Bekhazi a assuré que le match se termine à égalité alors qu’aucune des deux équipes n’a trouvé d’ouverture dans la dernière minute.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: FR-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;L’entraîneur-chef canadien Pat Oaten était satisfait de la manière dont l’équipe a débuté le match, mais a dit que les erreurs mentales au dernier quart lui ont coûté une victoire importante.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: FR-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;«Nous avons arrêté de pousser en attaque, ce qui a mis de la pression sur la défensive, a-t-il dit. Nous avons débuté en étant très disciplinées, respectant notre plan de match pour nous donner une avance rapide de 3-0 au premier quart. Nous devons continuer d’attaquer parce que cela met en place notre défensive.»&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Les autres marqueuses canadiennes ont été Marina Radu, de Pointe-Claire, avec deux, et Tara Campbell, de Baie-d’Urfé, au Québec, avec un. Rachel Riddell, de Victoria, a effectué 13 arrêts devant le filet canadien. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: FR-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Les Canadiennes ont aussi été six en sept en avantage numérique.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Dans les autres matches de mercredi, l’Australie a défait les É.-U. 8-7 et les Barbarians de l’Australie ont vaincu le Brésil 8-4. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: FR-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;L’Australie est en tête du classement du tournoi à la ronde avec un dossier de 3-0. Les É.-U. sont à 2-1, le Canada et la Chine à 1-1-1, les Barbarians à 1-2 et le Brésil à 0-3.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Le Canada, qui se prépare présentement pour son tournoi de qualification olympique qui aura lieu en avril, affrontera les É.-U. jeudi dans un match qui pourrait déterminer une place dans le match pour la médaille d’or, et le Brésil vendredi.&amp;nbsp; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: FR-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Les deux premières équipes du tournoi à la ronde s’affronteront pour la médaille d’or, samedi, tandis que celles des troisième et quatrième places joueront pour celle de bronze.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4870623426949025293-7992761299141988253?l=canadiansportnews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://canadiansportnews.blogspot.com/feeds/7992761299141988253/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://canadiansportnews.blogspot.com/2012/01/le-canada-annule-contre-les-medaillees.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4870623426949025293/posts/default/7992761299141988253'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4870623426949025293/posts/default/7992761299141988253'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://canadiansportnews.blogspot.com/2012/01/le-canada-annule-contre-les-medaillees.html' title='Le Canada annule contre les médaillées d’argent du championnat du monde au championnat pan-pacifique'/><author><name>Canadian Sport News  Nouvelles-sport canadien</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02946825497859374761</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_FCS1CxvAJpQ/R1M6ACWzkoI/AAAAAAAAAAs/9Qb6W_aPBhw/S220/image001.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4870623426949025293.post-7502453757374659474</id><published>2012-01-11T06:16:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-11T06:16:39.898-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Canada ties world championship silver medallists at Pan Pacific Championships</title><content type='html'>&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;MELBOURNE&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Australia&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt; – Joelle Békhazi of Pointe-Claire, Que., scored three times including the game tying goal late in the fourth quarter as &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Canada&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt; and &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;China&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt; played to an 8-8 draw on Wednesday at the Pan Pacific Championships women’s water polo tournament.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;The Canadians came out firing in the opening quarter with three early goals, including two by centre-forward Krystina Alogbo of Riviere-des-Prairies, Que.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a name='more'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;"We were more prepared and ready for today's game which allowed us to come out with an early lead,’’ said Alogbo.&amp;nbsp; ‘’Our finishing improved today, but we still made significant errors on defence which allowed the Chinese to stay in the game."&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;China&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt; scored quickly in the second with a strike by Yi Wang, only to see &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Canada&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt; respond with two goals to head into half leading 5-3.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;China&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt; went on 4-0 scoring run in the last period with Huanhuan Ma scoring her fifth goal of the game.&amp;nbsp; However Bekhazi’s late goal ensured the game finished in a deadlock with neither team finding an opening in the last minute.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Canadian coach Pat Oaten was happy with the way the team started but said mental errors in the last quarter cost them the vital win.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;“We stopped pushing on offence, which puts pressure on the defence,” he said.&amp;nbsp; "We came out very disciplined, sticking to our game plan started ahead 3-0 early in the first quarter. We have to continue to attack offence because that sets up our defence."&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Other Canadian scorers were Marina Radu of Pointe-Claire with two and Tara Campbell of Baie-d’Urfé, Que., with one.&amp;nbsp; Rachel Riddell of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:state&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Victoria&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:state&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt; made 13 saves in the Canadian net.&amp;nbsp; The Canadians were also six-for-seven on the power play.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;In other games Wednesday, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Australia&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt; edged the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;U.S.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;, 8-7 and the Australia Barbarians defeated &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Brazil&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt; 8-4.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Australia&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt; leads the round robin standings at 3-0, the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;U.S.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;, is 2-1, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Canada&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt; and &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;China&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt; are &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:date day="1" month="1" year="2001"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;1-1-1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:date&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;, the Barbarians 1-2 and &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Brazil&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt; 0-3.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Canada, which is currently tuning up for its Olympic qualifier in April, faces the U.S., on Thursday in a match that could determine a berth in the gold medal game, &amp;nbsp;and Brazil on Friday.&amp;nbsp; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;The top-two in the round robin battle for gold on Saturday while third and fourth play for bronze.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4870623426949025293-7502453757374659474?l=canadiansportnews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://canadiansportnews.blogspot.com/feeds/7502453757374659474/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://canadiansportnews.blogspot.com/2012/01/canada-ties-world-championship-silver.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4870623426949025293/posts/default/7502453757374659474'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4870623426949025293/posts/default/7502453757374659474'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://canadiansportnews.blogspot.com/2012/01/canada-ties-world-championship-silver.html' title='Canada ties world championship silver medallists at Pan Pacific Championships'/><author><name>Canadian Sport News  Nouvelles-sport canadien</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02946825497859374761</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_FCS1CxvAJpQ/R1M6ACWzkoI/AAAAAAAAAAs/9Qb6W_aPBhw/S220/image001.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4870623426949025293.post-7996573734581699388</id><published>2012-01-10T07:55:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-10T07:55:21.065-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Canada falls 9-7 to Australia at Pan Pacific water polo championships</title><content type='html'>&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;MELBOURNE&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Australia&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt; – A slow start possibly proved costly for &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Canada&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt; on Tuesday in a 9-7 loss to &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Australia&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt; at the inaugural Pan Pacific championships in women’s water polo.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;With the defeat, the Canadians even their record at one win and one loss in round robin play.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a name='more'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Carmen Eggens of Maple Ridge, B.C., scored twice for &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Canada&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt; with singles to Marina Radu of Pointe-Claire, Que., Katie Monton, of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Dorval&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;, Que., Emily Csikos of Calgary, Kelly McKee of Calgary and Dominique Perreault of Montreal.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;"We came out slow, but we had great moments during game which allowed us to keep it close,’’ said Csikos.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;The score was tied 1-1 after the first quarter and the Australians led &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:time hour="14" minute="4"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;4-3 after two&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:time&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt; and &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:time hour="15" minute="7"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;7-5 after three&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:time&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt; quarters.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;"We came out very slow for this afternoon’s game, and we were unable to pick up the pace,’’ said &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Canada&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;’s assistant coach Justin Oliveira.&amp;nbsp; ‘’We had many errors of on the defensive end, and many missed opportunities on offense that ultimately cost us."&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;In other games Tuesday, the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;U.S.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;, hammered &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Brazil&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt; 20-2 and &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;China&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt; defeated Australia Barbarians 10-5.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Australia&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt; and the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;U.S.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;, lead the standings at 2-0 followed by &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Canada&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt; ande &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;China&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt; at 1-1 while the Barbarians and &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Brazil&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt; are winless.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Canada&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;, which is currently tuning up for its Olympic qualifier in April, faces &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;China&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt; on Wednesday, the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;U.S.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;, on Thursday and &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Brazil&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt; on Friday.&amp;nbsp; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;The top-two in the round robin battle for gold on Saturday while third and fourth play for bronze.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Official tournament website: &lt;a href="http://waterpolopanpacs.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue;"&gt;http://waterpolopanpacs.com/&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Team &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Canada&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;: &lt;a href="http://www.waterpolo.ca/"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue;"&gt;www.waterpolo.ca&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Canadian women’s water polo team for the 2012 Pan Pacific Championships in &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Melbourne&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Australia&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. Krystina Alogbo – Rivière-des-Prairies, QC&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;2. Sophie Baron La Salle – &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Montreal&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:state&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;QC&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:state&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;3. Joelle Békhazi – &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Pointe-Claire&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:state&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;QC&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:state&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;4. Serena Bredin – &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Winnipeg&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:state&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;MB&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:state&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;5. Tara Campbell – Baie-d’Urfé, QC&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;6. Emily Csikos – &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Calgary&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:state&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;AB&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:state&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;7. Carmen Eggens – &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Maple Ridge&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:state&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;BC&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:state&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;8. Monika Eggens – &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Maple Ridge&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:state&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;BC&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:state&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;9. Whitney Genoway – &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Regina&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:state&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;SK&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:state&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;10. Kelly McKee – &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Calgary&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:state&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;AB&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:state&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;11. Katrina Monton – &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Dorval&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:state&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;QC&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:state&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;12. Dominique Perreault – &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Montreal&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:state&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;QC&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:state&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;13. Marina Radu – &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Pointe-Claire&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:state&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;QC&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:state&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;14. Rachel Riddell – &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Victoria&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:state&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;BC&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:state&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;15. Rosanna Tomiuk – &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Beaconsfield&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:state&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;QC&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:state&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;16. Anna Yelizarova – &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;La Salle&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:state&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;QC&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:state&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Staff&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Head coach: Pat Oaten – &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Pointe-Claire&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:state&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;QC&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:state&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Assistant coach: Justin Oliveira – &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Pointe-Claire&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:state&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;QC&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:state&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Assistant coach&amp;nbsp;: Gyula Toth – &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Calgary&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:state&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;AB&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:state&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Team manager: Laurence Melançon – &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Montreal&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:state&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;QC&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:state&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4870623426949025293-7996573734581699388?l=canadiansportnews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://canadiansportnews.blogspot.com/feeds/7996573734581699388/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://canadiansportnews.blogspot.com/2012/01/canada-falls-9-7-to-australia-at-pan.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4870623426949025293/posts/default/7996573734581699388'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4870623426949025293/posts/default/7996573734581699388'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://canadiansportnews.blogspot.com/2012/01/canada-falls-9-7-to-australia-at-pan.html' title='Canada falls 9-7 to Australia at Pan Pacific water polo championships'/><author><name>Canadian Sport News  Nouvelles-sport canadien</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02946825497859374761</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_FCS1CxvAJpQ/R1M6ACWzkoI/AAAAAAAAAAs/9Qb6W_aPBhw/S220/image001.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4870623426949025293.post-6603853662769343803</id><published>2012-01-09T11:39:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-09T11:40:55.383-08:00</updated><title type='text'>More than $200,000 invested in sports equipment for athletes with a disability</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"&gt;OTTAWA, January 9, 2012 - The Canadian Paralympic Committee (CPC) is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2011-12 Para-Equipment Fund, presented by Petro-Canada, a Suncor Energy business, and supported by Sport Canada and the CPC.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"&gt;The Para-Equipment Fund delivers grants of up to $5,000 to national sport organizations and provincial and local-level clubs to purchase adapted equipment - for sports such as wheelchair basketball, sledge hockey or sit-skiing, for example - to enable people with a disability to participate in sport.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"&gt;In all, 33 sports organizations across the country, representing 21 different sports among them, have received a total of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"&gt;$&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"&gt;116,670&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"&gt;Grants are awarded to cover 50 per cent of the total cost of the equipment. The &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"&gt;applicant is responsible for covering the other 50 per cent of the equipment costs, bringing this year's total equipment investment to $&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"&gt;233,340.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"&gt;"We recognize that while it is important to support the Canadian Paralympic Team competing on the world stage, it is also vital to support introductory efforts to help more Canadians with a disability get active in the first place," said Steven Keith of Petro-Canada, a long-time partner of the Canadian Paralympic Committee and presenting sponsor of the Para-Equipment Fund.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"&gt;"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"&gt;Access to adapted equipment can sometimes be a barrier for people with a disability trying sports for the first time. We're extremely proud to support this grassroots initiative and to help organizations make it easier for all Canadians to have the opportunity to participate."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"&gt;"On behalf of the Canadian Paralympic Committee, I'd like to congratulate all the recipients of the Para-Equipment Fund," said Henry Storgaard, President of the Canadian Paralympic Committee. "It's very exciting to see the increase in the availability of adapted sports equipment, ensuring that more people with a disability can enjoy the benefits of sport. Thank you, Petro-Canada, for supporting this essential program."&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"&gt;The next round of applications for the Para-Equipment Fund will be accepted starting January 25, 2012. (Applications for the Recruitment Programs Fund, which helps organizations provide positive introductory sport experiences for people with a disability, will also open Jan. 25.)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4870623426949025293-6603853662769343803?l=canadiansportnews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://canadiansportnews.blogspot.com/feeds/6603853662769343803/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://canadiansportnews.blogspot.com/2012/01/more-than-200000-invested-in-sports.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4870623426949025293/posts/default/6603853662769343803'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4870623426949025293/posts/default/6603853662769343803'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://canadiansportnews.blogspot.com/2012/01/more-than-200000-invested-in-sports.html' title='More than $200,000 invested in sports equipment for athletes with a disability'/><author><name>Canadian Sport News  Nouvelles-sport canadien</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02946825497859374761</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_FCS1CxvAJpQ/R1M6ACWzkoI/AAAAAAAAAAs/9Qb6W_aPBhw/S220/image001.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4870623426949025293.post-1768202854549076769</id><published>2012-01-09T11:36:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-09T11:36:49.715-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Les Canadiennes battent un club australien dans leur premier match du championnat pan-pacifique de water-polo</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: FR-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;MELBOURNE, Australie - Rosanna Tomiuk, de Beaconsfield, au Québec, a marqué trois buts pour conduire le Canada à une victoire de 7-4 contre les Barbarians d’Australie dans son premier match du tout premier championnat pan-pacifique de water-polo féminin.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: FR-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Krystina Alogbo, de Rivière-des-Prairies, au Québec, et Carmen Eggens, de Maple Ridge, en C.-B., ont ajouté deux buts chacune. Les Canadiennes, classées huitièmes au monde, menaient 2-1 après le premier quart, 5-2 à la demie et 7-2 après trois quarts.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a name='more'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: FR-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;«Il était important de commencer le tournoi avec une victoire, a dit Tomiuk. Nous devons jouer du mieux que nous pouvons peu importe l’adversaire puisqu’il y a toujours quelque chose à retirer de chaque match joué.»&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: FR-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Pour le Canada, le tournoi est aussi une préparation pour son tournoi de qualification olympique qui aura lieu en avril en Italie.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: FR-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;«C’était un bon début de tournoi, a dit l’entraîneur-chef du Canada, Patrick Oaten. Notre jeu défensif a été constant et nous avons contrôlé le match pendant trois quarts de suite.»&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: FR-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Dans les autres matches du tournoi à la ronde de lundi, les É.-U. ont défait la Chine 8-4 et l’équipe nationale australienne a écrasé le Brésil 18-2.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: FR-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Le Canada affrontera l’équipe nationale australienne mardi, la Chine mercredi, les É.-U. jeudi et le Brésil vendredi.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: FR-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Les deux premières équipes du tournoi à la ronde s’affronteront pour la médaille d’or, samedi, tandis que les équipes des troisième et quatrième places joueront pour celle de bronze.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: FR-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Site Internet officiel du tournoi: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;&lt;a href="http://waterpolopanpacs.com/"&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: FR-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue;"&gt;http://waterpolopanpacs.com/&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: FR-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: FR-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Équipe Canada: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.waterpolo.ca/"&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: FR-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue;"&gt;www.waterpolo.ca&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: FR-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: FR-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;L’équipe féminine canadienne de water-polo pour le championnat pan-pacifique 2012 à Melbourne, en Australie&lt;span style="color: #1f497d;"&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: FR-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. Krystina Alogbo – Rivière-des-Prairies, QC&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: FR-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;2. Sophie Baron La Salle – Montréal, QC&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: FR-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;3. Joelle Békhazi – Pointe-Claire, QC&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: FR-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;4. Serena Bredin – Winnipeg, MB&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: FR-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;5. Tara Campbell – Baie-d’Urfé, QC&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;6. Emily Csikos – &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Calgary&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;AB&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;7. Carmen Eggens – Maple Ridge, C.-B.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;8. Monika Eggens – Maple Ridge, C.-B.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;9. Whitney Genoway – &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Regina&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;SK&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;10. Kelly McKee – &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Calgary&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;AB&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: FR-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;11. Katrina Monton – Dorval, QC&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: FR-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;12. Dominique Perreault – Montréal, QC&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: FR-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;13. Marina Radu – Pointe-Claire, QC&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: FR-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;14. Rachel Riddell – Victoria, C.-B.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: FR-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;15. Rosanna Tomiuk – Beaconsfield, QC&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: FR-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;16. Anna Yelizarova – La Salle, QC&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: FR-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Personnel&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: FR-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Entraîneur-chef: Pat Oaten – Pointe-Claire, QC&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: FR-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Entraîneur adjoint: Justin Oliveira – Pointe-Claire, QC&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: FR-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Entraîneur adjoint: Gyula Toth – Calgary, AB&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: FR-CA; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Gérante de l’équipe: Laurence Melançon – Montréal, QC&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4870623426949025293-1768202854549076769?l=canadiansportnews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://canadiansportnews.blogspot.com/feeds/1768202854549076769/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://canadiansportnews.blogspot.com/2012/01/les-canadiennes-battent-un-club.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4870623426949025293/posts/default/1768202854549076769'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4870623426949025293/posts/default/1768202854549076769'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://canadiansportnews.blogspot.com/2012/01/les-canadiennes-battent-un-club.html' title='Les Canadiennes battent un club australien dans leur premier match du championnat pan-pacifique de water-polo'/><author><name>Canadian Sport News  Nouvelles-sport canadien</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02946825497859374761</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_FCS1CxvAJpQ/R1M6ACWzkoI/AAAAAAAAAAs/9Qb6W_aPBhw/S220/image001.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4870623426949025293.post-31824584438376568</id><published>2012-01-09T06:36:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-09T06:38:51.137-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Canadians beat Australian club to open Pan Pacific water polo championships</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;MELBOURNE&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Australia-&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt; Rosanna Tomiuk of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Beaconsfield&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;, Que., scored three goals to lead &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Canada&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt; to a 7-4victory over the Australia Barbarians in its opening match at the inaugural PanPacific women’s water polo championships.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="Company"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Krystina Alogbo of Riviere-des-Prairies, Que., andCarmen Eggens of Maple Ridge, B.C., added two goals each.&amp;nbsp; The Canadians, ranked eighth in the world,led 2-1 after the first quarter, 5-2 at the half and &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;7-2 after three&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt; quarters.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a name='more'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="Company"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;"It was important to start the tournament off witha win,’’ said Tomiuk.&amp;nbsp; ‘’We need to playour best no matter which opponent as there is always something to gain fromevery game play."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;For &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Canada&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;, thetournament is also a tune-up for its Olympic qualifying tournament set forApril in &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Italy&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;"It was a good start to the tournament,’’ said &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Canada&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;’s head coachPatrick Oaten.&amp;nbsp; ‘’Our defence wasconsistent and we controlled the game for three straight quarters."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;In other round robin matches Monday, the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;U.S.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;, defeated &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;China&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt; 8-4 and theAustralian national team dumped &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Brazil&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt; 18-2.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Canada&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt; faces the Australian national squad on Tuesday, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;China&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt; on Wednesday, the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;U.S.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;, on Thursday and &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Brazil&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt; onFriday.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;The top-two in the round robin battle for gold onSaturday while third and fourth play for bronze.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Official tournament website: &lt;a href="http://waterpolopanpacs.com/"&gt;http://waterpolopanpacs.com/&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Team &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Canada&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;: &lt;a href="http://www.waterpolo.ca/"&gt;www.waterpolo.ca&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Canadian women’s water polo team for the 2012 PanPacific Championships in &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Melbourne&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Australia&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. Krystina Alogbo – Rivière-des-Prairies, QC&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;2. Sophie Baron La Salle – &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Montreal&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;QC&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;3. Joelle Békhazi – &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Pointe-Claire&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;QC&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;4. Serena Bredin – &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Winnipeg&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;MB&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;5. Tara Campbell – Baie-d’Urfé, QC&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;6. Emily Csikos – &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Calgary&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;AB&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;7. Carmen Eggens – &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Maple Ridge&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;BC&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;8. Monika Eggens – &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Maple Ridge&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;BC&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;9. Whitney Genoway – &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Regina&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;SK&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;10. Kelly McKee – &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Calgary&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;AB&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;11. Katrina Monton – &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Dorval&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;QC&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;12. Dominique Perreault – &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Montreal&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;QC&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;13. Marina Radu – &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Pointe-Claire&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;QC&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;14. Rachel Riddell – &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Victoria&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;BC&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;15. Rosanna Tomiuk – &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Beaconsfield&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;QC&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;16. Anna Yelizarova – &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;La Salle&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;QC&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Staff&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Head coach: Pat Oaten – &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Pointe-Claire&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;QC&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Assistant coach: Justin Oliveira – &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Pointe-Claire&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;QC&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Assistant coach&amp;nbsp;: Gyula Toth – &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Calgary&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;AB&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Team manager: Laurence Melançon – &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Montreal&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;QC&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4870623426949025293-31824584438376568?l=canadiansportnews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://canadiansportnews.blogspot.com/feeds/31824584438376568/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://canadiansportnews.blogspot.com/2012/01/canadians-beat-australian-club-to-open.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4870623426949025293/posts/default/31824584438376568'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4870623426949025293/posts/default/31824584438376568'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://canadiansportnews.blogspot.com/2012/01/canadians-beat-australian-club-to-open.html' title='Canadians beat Australian club to open Pan Pacific water polo championships'/><author><name>Canadian Sport News  Nouvelles-sport canadien</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02946825497859374761</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_FCS1CxvAJpQ/R1M6ACWzkoI/AAAAAAAAAAs/9Qb6W_aPBhw/S220/image001.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4870623426949025293.post-6181064520428973722</id><published>2011-12-21T05:36:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-12-21T05:36:34.754-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Two medals for Canada as Kingsbury wins in Meribel</title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;MERIBEL, France -- &lt;/strong&gt;Mikael Kingsbury of Deux Montagnes, Quebec retained his crown, and the FIS Freestyle leader’s yellow bib, as the 19-year-old won the World Cup dual mogul here tonight . His teammate, 17 year-old Justine Dufour-Lapointe of Montreal, made it a two-medal night for Canada by taking home the silver.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On a course that only received snow in the last 48 hours, and with only an hour-and-a half of training for the athletes before the event, the Canadian teens proved that they have the grit to triumph in a grueling five-run dual mogul competition.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a name='more'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In men’s head-to-head action, Kingsbury qualified first to make it in to the round of 16. There, he bested teammate Marc-Antoine Gagnon of Terrebonne, Que. and Denis Dolgodvorov of Russia before meeting up with Sho Kashima of the U.S. in the semi-finals.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The dual with Kashima was a nail-biter as the American beat Kingsbury across the line, but the Canadian’s textbook turns and legendary air advanced him to the finals in an 18 to 17 decision by the judges. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In the final round, Kingsbury beat hometown favorite, France’s Anthony Benna, to take the gold in a 20 to 15 decision.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;“It was a perfect day with the snow, it was icy yesterday, but it snowed all day today so it was great for the finals. In my training my skiing was pretty and I was focused on not making mistakes, I just made training like competition and took it one dual at a time,” said Kingsbury who added, &amp;nbsp;“In the final I felt like the Boston Bruins when they come to Montreal! All the French were cheering for Anthony Benna, but I like not being the favorite, so it was fun for me.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Kashima defeated his countryman Patrick Deneen for the bronze medal in the small final.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Philippe Marquis (Quebec City, Que.), Eddie Hicks (Langley, B.C.) and Gagnon all advanced to finals, but were knocked out in the first round. They finished 13&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt;, 14&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; and 16&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt;, respectively.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cedric Rochon of St. Sauveur, Que. finished just out of the finals in 17&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; position and Simon Pouliot-Cavanagh (Quebec City) was 22&lt;sup&gt;nd&lt;/sup&gt; in the field of 47 men. Team veteran Pierre-Alexandre Rousseau was ill and did not compete.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On the women’s side, the day belonged to Dufour-Lapointe who, unfortunately, had to dual her sister Chloé in the first round. She then defeated Arisa Murato of Japan and Heather McPhie of the U.S. before meeting up with Olympic Champion Hannah Kearney in the final.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dufour-Lapointe gave Kearney a run for her money, but ultimately experience won out with Kearney taking the gold in a 21 to 14 decision.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“ I think Meribel is a lucky place for me, I won my first world cup medal here last year. Duals is my favorite event and I have good scores with duals. I think it’s because I like to fight so it’s in my vibe.,” said Dufour-Lapointe.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;She added, “I was really happy that I pushed all I could and I didn’t crash. I’m really proud that I could push it like that and stay in control. I can’t wait to come back home and ski at Gabriel, I think I’ll be even more confident there.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;McPhie took third place against Ekaterina Stolyarova of Russia.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Chloé Dufour-Lapointe was the only other Canadian woman to make today’s finals. She finished 12&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Chelsea Henitiuk (Spruce Grove, Alta.) and Maxime Dufour-Lapointe finished just outside the finals in 17&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; and 18&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; positions, respectively.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4870623426949025293-6181064520428973722?l=canadiansportnews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://canadiansportnews.blogspot.com/feeds/6181064520428973722/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://canadiansportnews.blogspot.com/2011/12/two-medals-for-canada-as-kingsbury-wins.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4870623426949025293/posts/default/6181064520428973722'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4870623426949025293/posts/default/6181064520428973722'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://canadiansportnews.blogspot.com/2011/12/two-medals-for-canada-as-kingsbury-wins.html' title='Two medals for Canada as Kingsbury wins in Meribel'/><author><name>Canadian Sport News  Nouvelles-sport canadien</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02946825497859374761</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_FCS1CxvAJpQ/R1M6ACWzkoI/AAAAAAAAAAs/9Qb6W_aPBhw/S220/image001.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4870623426949025293.post-7231960090222318437</id><published>2011-12-18T17:01:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2011-12-18T17:01:52.997-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Émilie Heymans remporte une finale excitante aux championnats nationaux d’hiver</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 5pt 0cm;"&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: FR-CA; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;VICTORIA – Eric Sehn, d’Edmonton, a obtenu des notes parfaites pour deux de ses plus difficiles plongeons en route vers la médaille d’or, dimanche, à la tour masculine de 10 mètres aux championnats nationaux d’hiver de plongeon.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 5pt 0cm;"&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: FR-CA; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;La finale du tremplin féminin de trois mètres, plus tôt dimanche, a été toute aussi excitante puisque la vétéran Émilie Heymans, de St-Lambert, au Québec, est sortie gagnante d’une lutte à trois pour remporter la médaille d’or.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 5pt 0cm;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a name='more'&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 5pt 0cm;"&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: FR-CA; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;À la tour masculine, Sehn, âgé de 27 ans, a produit une performance incroyable avec un record personnel de 519,80 points. Il a reçu trois notes parfaites de 10 et quatre de 9,5 pour son plongeon arrière dans la quatrième ronde et son plongeon renversé dans la cinquième ronde.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 5pt 0cm;"&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: FR-CA; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;«Je n’avais jamais reçu de notes parfaites pour deux plongeons dans une finale auparavant, a dit Sehn. C’était absolument fantastique. Ces deux plongeons m’ont donné des difficultés et nous avons vraiment travaillé sur eux au cours des deux dernières semaines.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 5pt 0cm;"&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: FR-CA; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;«Ce sont mes plongeons décisifs en compétition.» &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 5pt 0cm;"&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: FR-CA; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Riley McCormick, de Victoria, a gagné la médaille d’argent avec 463,35 et Kevin Geyson, de Winnipeg, a terminé troisième avec 457,75.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 5pt 0cm;"&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: FR-CA; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Heymans, triple médaillée olympique et avec plus de 30 titres nationaux en carrière, a terminé première de la finale du tremplin féminin de trois mètres avec 322,10 points. Pamela Ware, de Beloeil, au Québec, l’a suivie de près pendant presque toute la compétition pour terminer deuxième avec 321,75 et Myriam Selmani, de Montréal, a obtenu la médaille de bronze avec 320,40.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 5pt 0cm;"&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: FR-CA; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Ware était très bien placée pour obtenir la médaille d’or, mais a obtenu de mauvaises notes pour son dernier plongeon avec vrilles.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 5pt 0cm;"&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: FR-CA; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;La médaillée de bronze des championnats du monde Jennifer Abel, de Laval, au Québec, a raté son deuxième plongeon, recevant zéro points, et elle a terminé neuvième. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 5pt 0cm;"&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: FR-CA; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;«Quand j’ai appris que Jennifer avait raté un plongeon, je me suis sentie mal pour elle car elle est une amie, a dit Heymans, qui a gagné le tremplin synchronisé de trois mètres avec Abel plus tôt cette semaine. Vous ne voulez jamais voir cela se produire. Ce n’est pas amusant à vivre. Après d’excellentes ronde préliminaire et demi-finale, j’aurais aimé cinq plongeons solides dans la finale, mais je suis satisfaite d’avoir gagné.»&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 5pt 0cm;"&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: FR-CA; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;La compétition est aussi les essais de l’équipe pour la Coupe du monde de la FINA qui aura lieu en février dans la nouvelle piscine olympique de Londres. Dans la Coupe du monde, le Canada pourra décrocher d’autres places olympiques. Sehn tentera d’ajouter une deuxième place pour le Canada à la tour masculine.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 5pt 0cm;"&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: FR-CA; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;«J’espère aller là-bas et exécuter le même genre de performance qu’aujourd’hui», a dit Sehn. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4870623426949025293-7231960090222318437?l=canadiansportnews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://canadiansportnews.blogspot.com/feeds/7231960090222318437/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://canadiansportnews.blogspot.com/2011/12/emilie-heymans-remporte-une-finale.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4870623426949025293/posts/default/7231960090222318437'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4870623426949025293/posts/default/7231960090222318437'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://canadiansportnews.blogspot.com/2011/12/emilie-heymans-remporte-une-finale.html' title='Émilie Heymans remporte une finale excitante aux championnats nationaux d’hiver'/><author><name>Canadian Sport News  Nouvelles-sport canadien</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02946825497859374761</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_FCS1CxvAJpQ/R1M6ACWzkoI/AAAAAAAAAAs/9Qb6W_aPBhw/S220/image001.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4870623426949025293.post-496398745178636922</id><published>2011-12-18T16:30:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2011-12-18T16:30:28.085-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Edmonton’s Eric Sehn shows perfection in golden performance at Winter Nationals</title><content type='html'>&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;&lt;xml&gt; 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font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman";}&lt;/style&gt;&lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;VICTORIA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt; – Eric Sehn of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Edmonton&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt; earned perfect scores on two of his most difficult divesen route to the gold medal Sunday on men’s 10-metre tower at the WinterNationals diving competition.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;The women’s three-meter finalearlier Sunday was just as exciting as veteran Emilie Heymans of St-Lambert,Que., emerged from a three-way battle for the gold.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a name='more'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;On men’s tower, the27-year-old Sehn produced an incredible performance with a personal best 519.80points.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;He collected three perfect 10’sand four 9.5’s on both his backward dive in the fourth round and his reversedive in the fifth round.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;‘’I’ve never had perfectscores on two dives in one final before,’’ said Sehn.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;‘It was absolutely amazing.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Those two dives are ones I’d been havingtrouble with and we really worked on them for the past two weeks.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;‘’They are my make or breakdives in competition.’’&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Riley McCormick of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Victoria&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt; took the silver at 463.35 and Kevin Geyson of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Winnipeg&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt; was third at 457.75.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Heymans, a three-time Olympicmedallist with more than 30 national titles, placed first in the women’sthree-metre final with 322.10 points. Pamela Ware of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Beloeil&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;, Que., kept pace most of the way scoring 321.75 andMyriam Selmani of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Montreal&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt; took the bronze at 320.40.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Ware was in a strong positionfor the gold but scored poorly on her final twisting dive.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;World championship bronzemedallist Jennifer Abel of Laval, Que., failed her second dive receiving zeropoints and placed ninth.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;‘’When I heard Jennifer faileda dive I just felt bad for her as a friend,’’ said Heymans, who won thethree-metre synchro event with Abel earlier this week.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;‘’You never want to see that happen, it’s notfun to go through.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;After a great prelimsand semis I would have liked five solid dives in the final but I’m happy tocome out with the win.’’&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;The competition is also a teamtrial for the FINA World Cup this February at the new Olympic pool in &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;London&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;At the WorldCup, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Canada&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt; can gain more Olympic spots.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Sehn will be looking to add a second spot for&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;Canada&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt; on men’s tower.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-no-proof: no;"&gt;‘’I’m hoping to go there anddo the kind of performance I did today,’’ said Sehn. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4870623426949025293-496398745178636922?l=canadiansportnews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://canadiansportnews.blogspot.com/feeds/496398745178636922/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://canadiansportnews.blogspot.com/2011/12/edmontons-eric-sehn-shows-perfection-in.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4870623426949025293/posts/default/496398745178636922'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4870623426949025293/posts/default/496398745178636922'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://canadiansportnews.blogspot.com/2011/12/edmontons-eric-sehn-shows-perfection-in.html' title='Edmonton’s Eric Sehn shows perfection in golden performance at Winter Nationals'/><author><name>Canadian Sport News  Nouvelles-sport canadien</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02946825497859374761</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_FCS1CxvAJpQ/R1M6ACWzkoI/AAAAAAAAAAs/9Qb6W_aPBhw/S220/image001.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4870623426949025293.post-3305386775760019098</id><published>2011-12-18T14:15:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2011-12-18T14:15:36.986-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Le Canada gagne la médaille de bronze dans la Coupe Canada de water-polo féminin</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="Company0" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: FR-CA;"&gt;MONTRÉAL – Emily Csikos, de Calgary, a marqué cinq buts, dimanche, pour conduire le Canada à un victoire de 14-11 contre la Hongrie dans le match pour la médaille de bronze dans la Coupe Canada de water-polo féminin qui a eu lieu cette semaine au Centre sportif du Parc olympique.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company0" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company0" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: FR-CA;"&gt;Dans une revanche de la finale de l’an dernier, l’Australie a défait la Chine 11-8 pour décrocher la médaille d’or.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company0" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a name='more'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="Company0" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: FR-CA;"&gt;Le Canada a gagné la médaille de bronze pour la deuxième année de suite et a terminé le tournoi avec un dossier global de 3-3. C’était aussi une douce revanche pour les Canadiennes qui avaient perdu contre les Hongroises plus tôt cette semaine dans le tournoi à la ronde.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company0" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company0" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: FR-CA;"&gt;«Malgré notre précédente défaite contre la Hongrie et que nous avons tiré de l’arrière par deux buts plusieurs fois dans le match, nous n’avons jamais abandonné et nous avons prouvé que nous avons ce qu’il faut pour participer aux Jeux olympiques», a dit Csikos.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company0" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company0" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: FR-CA;"&gt;Pour le Canada, le tournoi était une occasion d’évaluer les joueuses en préparation pour son tournoi de qualification olympique qui aura lieu du 15 au 22 avril 2011 en Italie.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company0" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company0" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: FR-CA;"&gt;«Il y a eu un excellent jeu d’équipe aujoud’hui. Plusieurs joueuses différentes ont contribué à l’offensive ainsi qu’en défensive, a dit l’entraîneur adjoint du Canada, Justin Oliveira.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company0" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company0" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: FR-CA;"&gt;«Nous avons eu beaucoup de succès en avantage numérique. Nous en avons profité lors de moments importants dans le match. Alors que nous sommes dans la procédure de bâtir notre formation pour le tournoi de qualification, ce tournoi nous a donné une excellente perception de nos joueuses qui n’étaent pas avec nous l’été dernier et qui ont bien joué dans ce tournoi.»&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company0" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company0" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: FR-CA;"&gt;Les autres marqueuses canadiennes ont été Krystina Alogbo, de Rivière-des-Prairies, au Québec, et Joëlle Békhazi, de Pointe-Claire, au Québec, avec deux buts chacune, et Rosanna Tomiuk, de Beaconsfield, au Québec, Dominique Perreault, de Montréal, Carmen Eggens, de Maple Ridge, en C.-B., Tara Campbell, de Baie-d’Urfé, au Québec, et Anna Yelizarova avec un chacune.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company0" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company0" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: FR-CA;"&gt;Les Hongroises menaient 5-4 après le premier quart, 6-5 à la demie et la marque était égale 9-9 après trois quarts. Les Canadiennes ont inscrits quatre buts de suite en moins de trois minutes au quatrième quart après que les Hongroises aient pris les devants 10-9.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company0" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company0" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: FR-CA;"&gt;Dans le match pour la cinquième place, les Pays-Bas ont défait l’Espagne 8-7.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company0" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company0" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: FR-CA;"&gt;Dans les honneurs individuels du tournoi, Carmen Eggens a été choisie dans l.équipe d’étoiles.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4870623426949025293-3305386775760019098?l=canadiansportnews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://canadiansportnews.blogspot.com/feeds/3305386775760019098/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://canadiansportnews.blogspot.com/2011/12/le-canada-gagne-la-medaille-de-bronze_18.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4870623426949025293/posts/default/3305386775760019098'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4870623426949025293/posts/default/3305386775760019098'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://canadiansportnews.blogspot.com/2011/12/le-canada-gagne-la-medaille-de-bronze_18.html' title='Le Canada gagne la médaille de bronze dans la Coupe Canada de water-polo féminin'/><author><name>Canadian Sport News  Nouvelles-sport canadien</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02946825497859374761</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_FCS1CxvAJpQ/R1M6ACWzkoI/AAAAAAAAAAs/9Qb6W_aPBhw/S220/image001.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4870623426949025293.post-5300554242944428062</id><published>2011-12-18T12:58:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2011-12-18T12:58:47.313-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Canada wins the bronze medal at Canada Cup women’s water polo tournament</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="Company0" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;MONTREAL&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt; – Emily Csikos of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;Calgary&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt; scored five goals on Sunday to lead &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;Canada&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt; to a 14-11 victory over &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;Hungary&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt; in the bronze medal game at the Canada Cup women’s water polo tournament held this past week at the Olympic Park Sports Centre.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company0" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company0" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;In a rematch of last year’s final, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;Australia&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt; defeated &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;China&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt; 11-8 for the gold medal.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company0" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a name='more'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="Company0" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;Canada&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt; won the bronze for the second straight year and finished the tournament with a 3-3 record overall.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;It was also sweet revenge for the Canadians who lost to &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;Hungary&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt; earlier this week in round robin play.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company0" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company0" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;‘’Despite our previous loss to Hungary, and going down by two goals several times in the game we never gave up and proved that we have what it takes to be in the Olympics, ’’ said Csikos.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company0" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company0" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;For &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;Canada&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt; the tournament was an opportunity to assess players in preparation for its Olympic qualifing tournament &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;April 15-22, 2012&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt; in &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;Italy&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company0" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company0" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;‘’It was a great a team game today, many different players contributing on the offensive end as well as the on the defensive end,’’ said &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;Canada&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;’s assistant coach Justin Oliveira.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company0" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company0" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;‘’We had a lot success on our power play, capitalizing during key moments in the game.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;As we are in process of building our squad for the qualification tournament, this tournament gave us a great view on players who were not with us this summer and performed well at this tournament.’’&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company0" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company0" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;Also scoring for the Canadians were Krystina Alogbo of Rivere-des-Prairies, Que., and Joelle Békhazi of Pointe-Claire, Que., with two goals each and Rosanna Tomiuk of Beaconsfield, Que., Dominique Perreault of Montreal, Carmen Eggens of Maple Ridge, B.C., Tara Campbell of Baie-d’Urfé, Que., and Anna Yelizarova with one apiece.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company0" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company0" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;The Hungarians led 5-4 after the first quarter, 6-5 at the half and the score was tied &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;9-9 after three&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;The Canadians scored four unanswered goals in less than three minutes in the fourth after the Hungarians grabbed a 10-9 lead.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company0" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company0" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;In the fifth place match, the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;Netherlands&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt; beat &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;Spain&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt; 8-7.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company0" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Company0" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;In the tournament individual awards Carmen Eggens was named to the all star team.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4870623426949025293-5300554242944428062?l=canadiansportnews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://canadiansportnews.blogspot.com/feeds/5300554242944428062/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://canadiansportnews.blogspot.com/2011/12/canada-wins-bronze-medal-at-canada-cup.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4870623426949025293/posts/default/5300554242944428062'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4870623426949025293/posts/default/5300554242944428062'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://canadiansportnews.blogspot.com/2011/12/canada-wins-bronze-medal-at-canada-cup.html' title='Canada wins the bronze medal at Canada Cup women’s water polo tournament'/><author><name>Canadian Sport News  Nouvelles-sport canadien</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02946825497859374761</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_FCS1CxvAJpQ/R1M6ACWzkoI/AAAAAAAAAAs/9Qb6W_aPBhw/S220/image001.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4870623426949025293.post-4340360216161971446</id><published>2011-12-18T08:05:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2011-12-18T08:07:52.300-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Une grosse victoire contre les Pays-Bas place le Canada dans le match pour la médaille de bronze dans la Coupe Canada</title><content type='html'>&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="left" style="font-family: Tahoma, Verdana; font-size: 11px; line-height: 13.5pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;MONTRÉAL&lt;b&gt; –&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;Le deuxième but de Joelle Békhazi au début du quatrième quart s’est révélé le filet vainqueur quand le Canada a défait les Pays-Bas 7-6, samedi, pour se qualifier pour le match pour la médaille de bronze dans la Coupe Canada de water-polo féminin qui regroupe six pays.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left" style="font-family: Tahoma, Verdana; font-size: 11px; line-height: 13.5pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left" style="font-family: Tahoma, Verdana; font-size: 11px; line-height: 13.5pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Békhazi, de Pointe-Claire, au Québec, a donné au Canada une avance de 6-5 avec 5:52 à jouer dans le match et Emily Csikos, de Calgary, a augmenté l’avance une minute plus tard. Lefke Van Belkum a ramené les Pays-Bas à un but de retard avec 4:18 à jouer.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left" style="font-family: Tahoma, Verdana; font-size: 11px; line-height: 13.5pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a name='more'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left" style="font-family: Tahoma, Verdana; font-size: 11px; line-height: 13.5pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;«Nous avons travaillé fort et très bien joué défensivement, a dit l’entraîneur adjoint du Canada, Justin Oliveira. Les filles ont vraiment voulu participer à un match de médaille alors que le tournoi a lieu chez-nous et obtenir une victoire contre des adversaires européennes.»&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left" style="font-family: Tahoma, Verdana; font-size: 11px; line-height: 13.5pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left" style="font-family: Tahoma, Verdana; font-size: 11px; line-height: 13.5pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Les autres marqueuses du Canada ont été Rosanna Tomiuk, de Beaconsfield, au Québec, Dominique Perreault, de Montréal, Marina Radu, de Pointe-Claire, et Anna Yelizarova, de Montréal.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left" style="font-family: Tahoma, Verdana; font-size: 11px; line-height: 13.5pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left" style="font-family: Tahoma, Verdana; font-size: 11px; line-height: 13.5pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Les Pays-Bas menaient 1-0 après le premier quart et 3-2 à la demie.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left" style="font-family: Tahoma, Verdana; font-size: 11px; line-height: 13.5pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left" style="font-family: Tahoma, Verdana; font-size: 11px; line-height: 13.5pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Dans les autres matches de samedi, l’Australie et la Chine ont annulé 9-9 et la Hongrie a défait l’Espagne 13-8.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left" style="font-family: Tahoma, Verdana; font-size: 11px; line-height: 13.5pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;L’Australie (trois victoires, aucune défaite et deux verdicts nuls) s’est classée première du tournoi à la ronde avec huit points suivie de la Chine (3-1-1) avec sept, de la Hongrie (3-2-0) avec six, du Canada (2-3-0) avec quatre, des Pays-Bas (1-3-1) avec trois et de l’Espagne (1-4-0) avec deux.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left" style="font-family: Tahoma, Verdana; font-size: 11px; line-height: 13.5pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left" style="font-family: Tahoma, Verdana; font-size: 11px; line-height: 13.5pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Les matches de classement de dimanche seront Pays-Bas-Espagne à 10h30 pour la cinquième place; Canada-Hongrie pour la médaille de bronze à midi et Australie-Chine pour la médaille d’or à 13h30. Tous les matches sont joués au Centre sportif du Parc olympique.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left" style="font-family: Tahoma, Verdana; font-size: 11px; line-height: 13.5pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left" style="font-family: Tahoma, Verdana; font-size: 11px; line-height: 13.5pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;«Nous sommes excitées d’avoir une autre occasion d’affronter la Hongrie et de montrer qu’elle n’est pas meilleure que nous par cinq buts», a dit Oliveira au sujet de la défaite de 13-8 de vendredi contre les Hongroises.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4870623426949025293-4340360216161971446?l=canadiansportnews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://canadiansportnews.blogspot.com/feeds/4340360216161971446/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://canadiansportnews.blogspot.com/2011/12/une-grosse-victoire-contre-les-pays-bas.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4870623426949025293/posts/default/4340360216161971446'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4870623426949025293/posts/default/4340360216161971446'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://canadiansportnews.blogspot.com/2011/12/une-grosse-victoire-contre-les-pays-bas.html' title='Une grosse victoire contre les Pays-Bas place le Canada dans le match pour la médaille de bronze dans la Coupe Canada'/><author><name>Canadian Sport News  Nouvelles-sport canadien</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02946825497859374761</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_FCS1CxvAJpQ/R1M6ACWzkoI/AAAAAAAAAAs/9Qb6W_aPBhw/S220/image001.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4870623426949025293.post-7665460766927662711</id><published>2011-12-18T08:03:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2011-12-18T08:03:27.283-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Big win over the Netherlands puts Canada in bronze medal game at Canada Cup</title><content type='html'>&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt;"&gt;&lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;MONTREAL&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt; –Joelle Békhazi’s second goal early in the fourth quarter proved to be thewinner as &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;Canada&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;defeated the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;Netherlands&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;7-6 on Saturday to advance to the bronze medal game at the six-country CanadaCup women’s water polo tournament.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;Békhazi,from Pointe-Claire, Que., gave &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;Canada&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;a 6-5 lead with &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:time hour="5" minute="52"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;5:52&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:time&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;remaining in the game and Emily Csikos of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;Calgary&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;extended the lead a minute later.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;LefkeVan Belkum brought the Dutch back within one goal with &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:time hour="4" minute="18"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;4:18&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:time&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt; to go.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a name='more'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;‘’We foughthard and played really well on defence,’’ said &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;Canada&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;’sassistant coach Justin Oliveira.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;‘’Thegirls really wanted to get into a medal game with the tournament at home andget a win against a European opponent.’’&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt;"&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;Canada&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;’sother scorers were Rosanna Tomiuk of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;Beaconsfield&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;,Que., Dominique Perreault of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;Montreal&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;Marina&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;Radu of Pointe-Claire and Anna Yelizarova of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;Montreal&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;The Dutchled 1-0 after the first quarter and 3-2 at the half.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;In othergames Saturday, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;Australia&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;and &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;China&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;tied 9-9 while &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;Hungary&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;beat &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;Spain&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;13-8.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt;"&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;Australia&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt; (threewins, no losses and two ties) places first in the round robin standings witheighth points followed by &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;China&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:date day="1" month="1" year="2003"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;3-1-1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:date&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;)with seven, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;Hungary&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:date day="2" month="3" year="2000"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;3-2-0&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:date&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;)with six, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;Canada&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:date day="3" month="2" year="2000"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;2-3-0&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:date&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;)with four, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;Netherlands&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:date day="1" month="3" year="2001"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;1-3-1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:date&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;)with three and &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;Spain&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:date day="4" month="1" year="2000"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;1-4-0&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:date&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;)with two.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;Theplacement matches for Sunday are Netherlands-Spain at &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:time hour="10" minute="30"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;10:30 a.m.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:time&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;, for fifthplace; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;Canada&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;– &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;Hungary&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;for the bronze at &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:time hour="12" minute="0"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;noon&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:time&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;and Australia-China for the gold at &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:time hour="13" minute="30"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;1:30 p.m.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:time&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Allgames are at the Olympic Park Sports Centre.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;‘’We’reexcited about getting another opportunity to play Hungary and show they are notfive goals better than us,’’ said Oliveira referring to Friday’s 13-8 loss tothe Hungarians.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4870623426949025293-7665460766927662711?l=canadiansportnews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://canadiansportnews.blogspot.com/feeds/7665460766927662711/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://canadiansportnews.blogspot.com/2011/12/big-win-over-netherlands-puts-canada-in.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4870623426949025293/posts/default/7665460766927662711'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4870623426949025293/posts/default/7665460766927662711'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://canadiansportnews.blogspot.com/2011/12/big-win-over-netherlands-puts-canada-in.html' title='Big win over the Netherlands puts Canada in bronze medal game at Canada Cup'/><author><name>Canadian Sport News  Nouvelles-sport canadien</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02946825497859374761</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_FCS1CxvAJpQ/R1M6ACWzkoI/AAAAAAAAAAs/9Qb6W_aPBhw/S220/image001.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4870623426949025293.post-3374041754685584563</id><published>2011-12-17T16:44:00.003-08:00</published><updated>2011-12-17T16:44:51.860-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Reuben Ross and Meaghan Benfeito retain their Canadian titles at Winter Nationals</title><content type='html'>&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;st1:state&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;VICTORIA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:state&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;– Reuben Ross of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;Regina&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;withstood a strong finish from François Imbeau-Dulac of St-Lazare, Que., to winthe men’s three-metre event on Saturday at the Winter Nationals divingcompetition being held this week at &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:street&gt;&lt;st1:address&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;Saanich  Commonwealth Place&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:address&gt;&lt;/st1:street&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;With the victory, Ross will join Alexandre Despatie ofLaval, Que., in the event at the FINA World Cup in February.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Both divers will look to earn Olympic quotaspots in the event for &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;Canada&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Despatie was pre-selected for the World Cup.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a name='more'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;On Saturday, Ross tabulated 464.30 points to keep hisnational champion crown earned at the Summer Nationals last June.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Imbeau-Dulac posted big scores on his finaltwo twisting dives to make it close at 462.35.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;Maxim Bouchard of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;Montreal&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;was third at 441.90.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;‘’I felt really good about my performance,’’ saidRoss, a 2008 Olympian.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;‘’I had threestrong rounds, gained a lot of confidence and left a strong impression.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;The highlight was my reverse three and ahalf.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;It’s been troublesome incompetition but I did it well here.’’&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;On women’s 10-metre tower, Meaghan Benfeito of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;Montreal&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;rebounded from a rough showing in&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;Thursday’s preliminaries to win the gold with 382.30 points.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Roseline Filion of Laval, Que., followed in351.75 and Rachel Kemp of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:state&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;Victoria&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:state&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;was third at 336.80.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;Benfeito and Filion were fourth and eighthrespectively this past summer at the world championships to gain &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;Canada&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;’stwo Olympic quota spots.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;‘’I got my act together today and just went out andduplicated what I have been doing in practice,’’ said Benfeito, fifth afterThursday’s prelims.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;‘’I’ve recoveredfrom the injuries that bothered me last year and it was just a great feeling tocompete today.’’&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;Competition ends Sunday.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4870623426949025293-3374041754685584563?l=canadiansportnews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://canadiansportnews.blogspot.com/feeds/3374041754685584563/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://canadiansportnews.blogspot.com/2011/12/reuben-ross-and-meaghan-benfeito-retain.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4870623426949025293/posts/default/3374041754685584563'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4870623426949025293/posts/default/3374041754685584563'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://canadiansportnews.blogspot.com/2011/12/reuben-ross-and-meaghan-benfeito-retain.html' title='Reuben Ross and Meaghan Benfeito retain their Canadian titles at Winter Nationals'/><author><name>Canadian Sport News  Nouvelles-sport canadien</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02946825497859374761</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_FCS1CxvAJpQ/R1M6ACWzkoI/AAAAAAAAAAs/9Qb6W_aPBhw/S220/image001.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4870623426949025293.post-5626793103383148508</id><published>2011-12-17T16:44:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2011-12-17T16:44:17.533-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Reuben Ross et Meaghan Benfeito conservent leur titre canadien aux championnats nationaux d’hiver</title><content type='html'>&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;"&gt;VICTORIA –Reuben Ross, de Regina, a résisté à une forte poussée de François Imbeau-&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;"&gt;Dulac, deSt-Lazare, au Québec, pour gagner le tremplin masculin de trois mètres, samedi,aux&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;"&gt;championnatsnationaux d’hiver qui ont lieu cette semaine à Saanich Commonwealth Place.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;"&gt;À la suitede la victoire, Ross se joindra à Alexandre Despatie, de Laval, au Québec, danscette&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;"&gt;épreuvelors de la Coupe du monde de la FINA qui aura lieu en février. Les deuxplongeurs&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;"&gt;tenterontde décrocher des places olympiques dans cette épreuve pour le Canada. Despatiea&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;"&gt;étéprésélectionné pour la Coupe du monde.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a name='more'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;"&gt;Samedi,Ross a obtenu 464,30 points pour conserver sa couronne de champion national&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;"&gt;décrochéeaux championnats nationaux d’été en juin dernier. Imbeau-Dulac a obtenu degrosses&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;"&gt;notes pourses deux derniers plongeons avec vrilles pour terminer tout près avec 462,35points.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;"&gt;MaximBouchard, de Montréal, s’est classé troisième avec 441,90.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;"&gt;«Je suisvraiment satisfait de ma performance, a dit Ross, olympien 2008. J’ai eu troisrondes&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;"&gt;solides,j’ai acquis beaucoup de confiance et j’ai laissé une forte impression. Le faitsaillant a été&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;"&gt;monrenversé trois et demi. Il me donnait de la difficulté en compétition, mais jel’ai bien exécuté&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;"&gt;ici.»&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;"&gt;À la tourféminine de 10 mètres, Meaghan Benfeito, de Montréal, s’est reprise à la suited’une&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;"&gt;performancedifficile dans la ronde préliminaire de jeudi pour gagner la médaille d’or avec382,30&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;"&gt;points.Roseline Filion, de Laval, au Québec, a suivi avec 351,75 et Rachel Kemp, deVictoria,&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;"&gt;troisièmeavec 336,80.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;"&gt;Benfeito etFilion se sont classée respectivement quatrième et huitième l’été dernier aux&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;"&gt;championnatsdu monde pour donner au Canada deux places olympiques.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;"&gt;«J’airetrouvé ma touche aujourd’hui et j’ai simplement plongé et copié ce que jefaisais à&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;"&gt;l’entraînement,a dit Benfeito, cinquième après la ronde préliminaire de jeudi. Je suis remise&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;"&gt;desblessures qui m’ont affectée l’an dernier et c’était une excellente sensationde concourir&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;"&gt;aujourd’hui.»&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;"&gt;Lacompétition se terminera dimanche.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4870623426949025293-5626793103383148508?l=canadiansportnews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://canadiansportnews.blogspot.com/feeds/5626793103383148508/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://canadiansportnews.blogspot.com/2011/12/reuben-ross-et-meaghan-benfeito.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4870623426949025293/posts/default/5626793103383148508'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4870623426949025293/posts/default/5626793103383148508'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://canadiansportnews.blogspot.com/2011/12/reuben-ross-et-meaghan-benfeito.html' title='Reuben Ross et Meaghan Benfeito conservent leur titre canadien aux championnats nationaux d’hiver'/><author><name>Canadian Sport News  Nouvelles-sport canadien</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02946825497859374761</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_FCS1CxvAJpQ/R1M6ACWzkoI/AAAAAAAAAAs/9Qb6W_aPBhw/S220/image001.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4870623426949025293.post-4922031971121200785</id><published>2011-12-16T19:41:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2011-12-16T19:41:03.625-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Écroulement coûteux en deuxième demie pour les Canadiennes dans la Coupe Canada</title><content type='html'>&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;"&gt;MONTRÉAL –Le Canada aura fort à faire pour se qualifier pour un match de médaille dans la&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;"&gt;CoupeCanada de water-polo féminin à la suite d’une défaite de 14-9 contre laHongrie, vendredi.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;"&gt;Avec lerevers, le dossier des Canadiennes est maintenant de 1-3 et elles doiventgagner leur&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;"&gt;derniermatch du tournoi à la ronde, samedi, pour avoir une chance de participer aumatch pour&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;"&gt;la médaillede bronze de dimanche.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a name='more'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;"&gt;«C’est unedéfaite pas mal décevante, mais nous savions que les équipes européennesseraient&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;"&gt;fortes dansce tournoi, a dit l’entraîneur adjoint du Canada, Justin Oliveira. Encore unefois&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;"&gt;notreattaque massive a éprouvé de la difficulté ce soir. Nous avons eu plusieurschances, mais&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;"&gt;n’avons paspu en profiter.»&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;"&gt;SophieBaron-La Salle, de Montréal, a été la meilleure marqueuse canadienne avec troisbuts.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;"&gt;KrystinaAlogbo, de Rivière-des-Prairies, au Québec, Emily Csikos, de Calgary, Rosanna&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;"&gt;Tomiuk, deBeaconsfield, au Québec, Monika Eggens, de Maple Ridge, en C.-B., TaraCampbell,&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;"&gt;deBaie-d’Urfé, au Québec, et Marina Radu, de Pointe-Claire, au Québec, en ontajouté un&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;"&gt;chacune.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;"&gt;Les équipesétaient à égalité 6-6 à la demie avant que les Hongroises ne dominent les&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;"&gt;Canadiennes8-3 dans les 16 dernières minutes.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;"&gt;Dans lesautres matches de vendredi, la Chine a défait l’Espagne 16-13 tandis quel’Australie et&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;"&gt;lesPays-Bas ont annulé 6-6. Les Australiennes sont en tête du classement avectrois victoires et&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;"&gt;un verdictnul. La Chine est à 3-1, la Hongrie à 2-2, les Pays-Bas ont une victoire, deuxrevers et&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;"&gt;un verdictnul tandis que l’Espagne et le Canada sont à 1-3.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;"&gt;Le derniermatch du Canada dans le tournoi à la ronde aura lieu samedi contre les Pays-Basà&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;"&gt;20h auCentre sportif du Parc olympique.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;"&gt;Les matchesde classement auront lieu le dimanche 18 décembre à compter de 10h 30 avec le&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;"&gt;match pourla cinquième place. Le match pour la médaille de bronze suivra à midi et celuipour la&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;"&gt;médailled’or débutera à 13h30.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4870623426949025293-4922031971121200785?l=canadiansportnews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://canadiansportnews.blogspot.com/feeds/4922031971121200785/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://canadiansportnews.blogspot.com/2011/12/ecroulement-couteux-en-deuxieme-demie.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4870623426949025293/posts/default/4922031971121200785'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4870623426949025293/posts/default/4922031971121200785'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://canadiansportnews.blogspot.com/2011/12/ecroulement-couteux-en-deuxieme-demie.html' title='Écroulement coûteux en deuxième demie pour les Canadiennes dans la Coupe Canada'/><author><name>Canadian Sport News  Nouvelles-sport canadien</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02946825497859374761</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_FCS1CxvAJpQ/R1M6ACWzkoI/AAAAAAAAAAs/9Qb6W_aPBhw/S220/image001.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4870623426949025293.post-908173180390304090</id><published>2011-12-16T19:40:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2011-12-16T19:40:13.903-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Second half collapse costly for Canadians at Canada Cup</title><content type='html'>&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;MONTREAL&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;– &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;Canada&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;will be hard pressed to advance to a medal game at the Canada Cup women’s waterpolo tournament after a 14-9 loss to &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;Hungary&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;on Friday.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;With the loss the Canadians record drops to 1-3 andthey must win their final round robin match on Saturday to have any hope to bein Sunday’s bronze medal game.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a name='more'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;‘’It’s a pretty disappointing loss but we knew theEuropean teams were going to be strong in this tournament,’’ said &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;Canada&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;’sassistant coach Justin Oliveira.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;‘’Againour power play struggled tonight.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;We hada lot of opportunities but couldn’t capitalize on them.’’&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;Sophie Baron-La Salle of Montreal was the top Canadianscorer with three goals.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Krystina Alogboof Riviere-des-Prairies, Que., Emily Csikos of Calgary, Rosanna Tomiuk ofBeaconsfield, Que., Monika Eggens of Maple Ridge, B.C., Tara Campbell ofBaie-d’Urfé, Que., and Marina Radu of Pointe-Claire, Que., added one each.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;The teams were tied 6-6 at the half before theHungarians outscored the Canadians 8-3 in the last 16 minutes.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;In other matches Friday, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;China&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;defeated &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;Spain&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;16-13 while &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;Australia&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;and the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;Netherlands&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;tied 6-6.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;The Australians are first inthe standings with three wins and a tie, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;China&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;is 3-1, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;Hungary&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;is 2-2, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;Netherlands&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;has a win, two losses and a tie while &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;Spain&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;and &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;Canada&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;are 1-3.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt;"&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;Canada&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;’sfinal round robin game is Saturday against the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;Netherlands&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt; at&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:time hour="20" minute="0"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;8 p.m.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:time&gt;&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;atthe Olympic Park Sports Centre.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;Theplacement matches are on Sunday December 18 starting at&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:time hour="10" minute="30"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;10:30 a.m.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:time&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;, with the fifth place game.&amp;nbsp; The bronzemedal game follows at&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:time hour="12" minute="0"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;noon&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:time&gt;&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;andthe gold medal showdown at&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:time hour="13" minute="30"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;1:30 p.m.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:time&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4870623426949025293-908173180390304090?l=canadiansportnews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://canadiansportnews.blogspot.com/feeds/908173180390304090/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://canadiansportnews.blogspot.com/2011/12/second-half-collapse-costly-for.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4870623426949025293/posts/default/908173180390304090'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4870623426949025293/posts/default/908173180390304090'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://canadiansportnews.blogspot.com/2011/12/second-half-collapse-costly-for.html' title='Second half collapse costly for Canadians at Canada Cup'/><author><name>Canadian Sport News  Nouvelles-sport canadien</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02946825497859374761</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_FCS1CxvAJpQ/R1M6ACWzkoI/AAAAAAAAAAs/9Qb6W_aPBhw/S220/image001.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4870623426949025293.post-4538332077577866601</id><published>2011-12-16T17:50:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2011-12-16T17:50:17.605-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Geyson and Sehn qualify for World Cup with victory at Winter Nationals</title><content type='html'>&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;st1:state&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;VICTORIA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:state&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt; –Kevin Geyson of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;Winnipeg&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;and Eric Sehn of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;Edmonton&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;will take another crack at qualifying an Olympic spot for &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;Canada&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;in men’s 10-metre synchro after winning the event on Friday at the WinterNationals diving competition.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;Geyson and Sehn tabulated 391.89 points for the winwith Tyler Henschel and Julien Cousineau of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;Edmonton&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;second at 307.86.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Geyson and Sehnqualify for the FINA World Cup in February where they can qualify an Olympicspot for &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;Canada&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;with a top-eight finish.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a name='more'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;‘’It was a satisfying performance,’’ said Sehn, abronze medallist with Geyson this past October at the Pan Am Games.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;‘’We struggled with one dive and there areother areas we know that we can do better.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;We are where we need to be right now and we stand a good shot to get anOlympic spot.’’&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;Geyson has made a remarkable recovery from a seriousinjury this past summer.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;He was hit by acar a few days after he and Sehn placed eighth at the world championships.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;‘’I feel I’m about 95 percent recovered,’’ saidGeyson.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;‘’There is still one dive I’mstill working on and we hope to add it to our list in time for the World Cup.’’&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;On women’s three-metre synchro, world championshipsilver medallists Emilie Heymans of St-Lambert, Que., and Jennifer Abel ofLaval, Que., took the gold with 325.50 points.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;Mandy Moran of Thunder Bay, Ont., and Emma Friesen of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:state&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;Victoria&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:state&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;were second at 301.65 and Pamela Ware and Carol-Ann Ware of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;Beloeil&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;,Que., third at 276.30.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;‘’To come out and get such a strong score is a greatway to head into the Olympic season for us,’’ said Abel. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;At the world championships this past summer the pairalso clinched an Olympic spot for &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;Canada&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;in the event.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;‘’We are not making any changes to our diving list,’’said Heymans, a three-time Olympic medallist.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;‘’I think what were looking for is more consistency and just improvingthe rhythm of our dives.’’&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;In the women’s three-metre preliminaries, Abel isfirst followed by Heymans and Lacey Truelove of London, Ont.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;In the men’s tower prelims, Riley McCormick is aheadwith Eric Sehn of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;Edmonton&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;second and Kevin Geyson of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;Winnipeg&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;third.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;Competition continues Saturday at &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:street&gt;&lt;st1:address&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;Saanich  Commonwealth Place&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:address&gt;&lt;/st1:street&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4870623426949025293-4538332077577866601?l=canadiansportnews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://canadiansportnews.blogspot.com/feeds/4538332077577866601/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://canadiansportnews.blogspot.com/2011/12/geyson-and-sehn-qualify-for-world-cup.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4870623426949025293/posts/default/4538332077577866601'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4870623426949025293/posts/default/4538332077577866601'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://canadiansportnews.blogspot.com/2011/12/geyson-and-sehn-qualify-for-world-cup.html' title='Geyson and Sehn qualify for World Cup with victory at Winter Nationals'/><author><name>Canadian Sport News  Nouvelles-sport canadien</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02946825497859374761</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_FCS1CxvAJpQ/R1M6ACWzkoI/AAAAAAAAAAs/9Qb6W_aPBhw/S220/image001.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4870623426949025293.post-4953081793543627471</id><published>2011-12-16T17:49:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2011-12-16T17:49:25.605-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Geyson et Sehn se qualifient pour la Coupe du monde avec une victoire aux championnats nationaux d’hiver</title><content type='html'>&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;"&gt;VICTORIA –Kevin Geyson, de Winnipeg, et Eric Sehn, d’Edmonton, auront une autre chance&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;"&gt;dequalifier une place olympique pour le Canada à la tour synchronisée masculinede 10 mètres&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;"&gt;après avoirgagné cette épreuve, vendredi, aux championnats nationaux d’hiver de plongeon.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;"&gt;Geyson etSehn ont récolté 391,89 points pour décrocher la victoire. Tyler Henschel etJulien&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;"&gt;Cousineau,d’Edmonton, ont terminé deuxième avec 307,86. Geyson et Sehn se sont qualifiés&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;"&gt;pour laCoupe du monde de la FINA qui aura lieu en février et dans laquelle ilspourront qualifier&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;"&gt;une placeolympique pour le Canada avec un classement parmi les huit premiers.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a name='more'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;"&gt;«Ce fut uneperformance satisfaisante, a dit Sehn, médaillé de bronze avec Geyson enoctobre&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;"&gt;dernier auxJeux panaméricains. Nous avons éprouvé de la difficulté avec un plongeon et ily&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;"&gt;a d’autresdomaines sur lesquels nous savons que nous pouvons faire mieux. Nous sommes&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;"&gt;là où nousdevons être présentement et nous avons une bonne chance d’obtenir une place&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;"&gt;olympique.»&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;"&gt;Geyson aeffectué une récupération remarquable à la suite d’une blessure grave subiel’été&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;"&gt;dernier. Ila été frappé par une voiture quelques jours après que lui et Sehn se soientclassés&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;"&gt;huitièmesaux championnats du monde.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;"&gt;«Je sensque j’ai récupéré à 95%, a dit Geyson. Il y a encore un plongeon sur lequel jetravaille&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;"&gt;et nousespérons l’ajouter à notre liste à temps pour la Coupe du monde.»&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;"&gt;Au tremplinsynchronisé féminin de trois mètres, les médaillées d’argent des championnatsdu&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;"&gt;mondeÉmilie Heymans, de St-Lambert, au Québec, et Jennifer Abel, de Laval, auQuébec, ont&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;"&gt;remporté lamédaille d’or avec 325,50 points. Mandy Moran, de Thunder Bay, en Ontario, et&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;"&gt;EmmaFriesen, de Victoria, se sont classées deuxièmes avec 301,65 et Pamela Ware etCarol-&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;"&gt;Ann Ware,de Beloeil, au Québec, troisième avec 276,30.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;"&gt;«Plonger etobtenir une si forte note est une excellente manière d’entreprendre la saison&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;"&gt;olympiquepour nous», a dit Abel.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;"&gt;Auxchampionnats du monde de l’été dernier, le duo a aussi décroché une placeolympique pour&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;"&gt;le Canadadans cette épreuve.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;"&gt;«Nous nefaisons aucun changement à notre liste de plongeons, a dit Heymans, triplemédaillée&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;"&gt;olympique.Je pense que ce que nous visons est plus de constance et simplement améliorerle&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;"&gt;rythme denos plongeons.»&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;"&gt;Dans laronde préliminaire du tremplin féminin de trois mètres, Abel est première,suivie&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;"&gt;d’Heymanset de Lacey Truelove, de London, en Ontario.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;"&gt;Dans laronde préliminaire de la tour masculine, Riley McCormick est devant Eric Sehn,&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;"&gt;d’Edmonton,deuxième, et Kevin Geyson, de Winnipeg, troisième.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;"&gt;Lacompétition se poursuivra samedi à Saanich Commonwealth Place.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4870623426949025293-4953081793543627471?l=canadiansportnews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://canadiansportnews.blogspot.com/feeds/4953081793543627471/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://canadiansportnews.blogspot.com/2011/12/geyson-et-sehn-se-qualifient-pour-la.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4870623426949025293/posts/default/4953081793543627471'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4870623426949025293/posts/default/4953081793543627471'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://canadiansportnews.blogspot.com/2011/12/geyson-et-sehn-se-qualifient-pour-la.html' title='Geyson et Sehn se qualifient pour la Coupe du monde avec une victoire aux championnats nationaux d’hiver'/><author><name>Canadian Sport News  Nouvelles-sport canadien</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02946825497859374761</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_FCS1CxvAJpQ/R1M6ACWzkoI/AAAAAAAAAAs/9Qb6W_aPBhw/S220/image001.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4870623426949025293.post-2093174455510889484</id><published>2011-12-15T19:38:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2011-12-16T11:38:46.785-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Les Canadiennes subissent une deuxième défaite crève-cœur dans la Coupe Canada</title><content type='html'>&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;MONTRÉAL –Gemma Beadsworth a marqué avec 49 secondes à jouer en temps réglementaire&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;pour donnerà l’Australie une victoire de 9-8 contre le Canada dans le tournoi à la ronde,jeudi,&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;dans laCoupe Canada de water-polo féminin qui regroupe six pays.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;L’Australiedemeure invaincue avec un dossier de 3-0 tandis que la fiche du Canada glisse à1-2&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;et tous sesmatches ont été décidés par un but.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a name='more'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;«Ce fut unmatch serré d’un bout à l’autre et il a été décidé par pratiquement qui allaitcommettre&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;la dernièreerreur, a dit l’entraîneur-chef du Canada, Patrick Oaten. Ce fut un autre bonmatch&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;pour nous.Nous avons pu voir des joueuses qui ont vraiment haussé leur jeu. Nous avonsutilisé&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;beaucoup dejoueuses et il est difficile de créer une chimie en tant qu’équipe.»&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Oaten ditqu’il utilise ce tournoi comme une des dernières occasions de sélection pourdéterminer&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;l’équipecanadienne qui participera au tournoi de qualification olympique qui aura lieuen Italie du&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;15 au 22avril 2012.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;KrystinaAlogbo, de Rivières-des-Prairies, au Québec, et Kelly McKee, de Calgary, ontmarqué&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;deux butschacune pour le Canada et Emily Csikos, de Calgary, Whitney Genoway, de Regina,&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;RosannaTomiuk, de Beaconsfield, au Québec, et Carmen Eggens, de Maple Ridge, en C.-B.ont&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;complété lamarque.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;L’Australiemenait 3-2 après le premier quart, le Canada était en tête 5-4 à la demie, maisles&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Australiennesont renversé la vapeur pour revenir en tête 7-6 après trois quarts et elles ontporté&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;leur avanceà 8-6 au début du quatrième. Alogbo et McKee ont ensuite marqué en moins d’une&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;minute pourpréparer une fin dramatique.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Dans lesautres matches de jeudi, la Chine a défait la Hongrie 11-10 et les Pays-Bas ontdéfait&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;l’Espagne11-7. Les Australiennes sont invaincues à 3-0, la Chine suit à 2-1, le Canada,la&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Hongrie,les Pays-Bas et l’Espagne sont tous à 1-2.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Les autresmatches du Canada dans le tournoi à la ronde auront lieu vendredi contre la&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Hongrie etsamedi contre les Pays-Bas. Tous les matches du Canada dans le tournoi à laronde&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;débuterontà 20h au Centre sportif du Parc olympique.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Les matchesde classement auront lieu le dimanche 18 décembre à compter de 10h 30 avec le&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;match pourla cinquième place. Le match pour la médaille de bronze suivra à midi et celuipour la&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;médailled’or débutera à 13h30.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4870623426949025293-2093174455510889484?l=canadiansportnews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://canadiansportnews.blogspot.com/feeds/2093174455510889484/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://canadiansportnews.blogspot.com/2011/12/les-canadiennes-subissent-une-deuxieme.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4870623426949025293/posts/default/2093174455510889484'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4870623426949025293/posts/default/2093174455510889484'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://canadiansportnews.blogspot.com/2011/12/les-canadiennes-subissent-une-deuxieme.html' title='Les Canadiennes subissent une deuxième défaite crève-cœur dans la Coupe Canada'/><author><name>Canadian Sport News  Nouvelles-sport canadien</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02946825497859374761</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_FCS1CxvAJpQ/R1M6ACWzkoI/AAAAAAAAAAs/9Qb6W_aPBhw/S220/image001.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4870623426949025293.post-658079088554970477</id><published>2011-12-15T19:21:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2011-12-15T19:21:24.043-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Canadians suffer second heartbreaking loss at Canada Cup</title><content type='html'>&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;MONTREAL&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;– Gemma Beadsworth scored with 49 seconds remaining in regulation to lift &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;Australia&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;to a 9-8 victory over &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;Canada&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;in round robin action Thursday at the six-country Canada Cup women’s water polotournament.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;Australia&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;remains undefeated at 3-0 while &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;Canada&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;’srecord drops to 1-2 with all three of its games decided by one goal.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a name='more'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;‘’It was back and forth the whole game and it prettymuch came down to who would like make the last error,’’ said Canada’s headcoach Patrick Oaten.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;‘’This was anothergood game for us we’ve been able to see some players really step it up.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;We’ve been using a lot of players and it’sbeen hard to gel as a team.’’&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;Oaten sayshe is using this tournament as one of the final selection opportunities todetermine the Canadian team for the Olympic qualifying tournament in&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;Italy&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:date day="15" month="4" year="2012"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;April 15-22, 2012&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:date&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;Krystina Alogbo of Rivieres-des-Prairies, Que., andKelly McKee of Calgary scored two goals each for Canada with singles to EmilyCsikos of Calgary, Whitney Genoway of Regina, Rosanna Tomiuk of Beaconsfield,Que., and Carmen Eggens of Maple Ridge, B.C.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;Australia&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;led 3-2 after the first quarter, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;Canada&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;was up 5-4 at the half but the Aussies were back on top &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:time hour="3" minute="7"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;7-6 after three&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:time&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt; andextended their lead to 8-6 early in the fourth.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;Alogbo and McKee then scored less than a minute apart to set up adramatic ending.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;In Thursday’s other matches, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;China&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;edged &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;Hungary&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;11-10 and the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;Netherlands&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;bounced &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt;Spain&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; ms
