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Canada's Derek Drouin earns high jump bronze

Tuesday, August 7, 2012 - Canada’s Derek Drouin captured an Olympic bronze medal in the men’s high jump event on Tuesday in London.

Commonwealth Champ Tara Whitten Leads Cycling Team to a Bronze Medal

August 4, 2012 - London - Canada won bronze in the women's team pursuit at the Olympic Velodrome on Saturday in London.Tara Whitten of Edmonton, Gillian Carleton of Victoria and Jasmin Glaesser of Coquitlam, B.C., defeated Australia with a time of three minutes, 17.915 seconds to place third.

Commonwealth Champ Canada's Ryan Cochrane swims to 1,500m freestyle silver

Since winning bronze four years ago in Beijing, Cochrane’s main motivation for London Olympics was the swim his best ever time — and a medal, of course. The Canadian accomplished both those things.

Commonwealth Alumni Brent Hayden wins bronze medal at Olympic Games

Brent Hayden of Mission, B.C., made history Wednesday as he won the bronze medal in the men’s 100-metre freestyle at the Olympic Games in a race in which less than a second separated the eight finalists.

Antoine Valois-Fortier Earns Olympic Bronze Medal

London, UK – July 31, 2012 (Sportcom) – After a twelve year wait, Antoine Valois-Fortier earned Canada another Olympic medal in Judo, Tuesday in the Under 81 kg category.

Filion and Benfeito win the Olympic bronze medal in 10-metre synchro

July 31, 2012 LONDON – Roseline Filion of Laval, Que., and Meaghan Benfeito of Montreal nailed their final twisting dive to assure themselves the bronze medal in the women’s 10-me

Weightlifter Girard wins Canada's 3rd bronze of day

Christine Girard of White Rock, B.C., finished third in the women's 63 kg weightlifting division on Tuesday in London, picking up Canada's fourth bronze medal of the Olympics and third of t

Heymans, Abel capture Canada's 1st medal at London Olympics

Emilie Heymans and Jennifer Abel have given Canada its first medal of the London Games. The diving pair claimed bronze in the women's three-metre synchronized event Sunday. The podium is familiar ground to Heymans. The 30-year-old native of St. Lambert, Que., is the first female diver in history to win a medal in four straight Olympic Games. “It’s really great. And I hope it’s going to inspire the other athletes to do well and to do their best over the next two weeks,” Heymans said.Abel won her first medal after making her Olympic debut at Beijing four years ago. The 20-year-old from Laval, Que., also won a silver with Heymans in the event at last year's world championships.

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Canadian Olympian Richard Weinberger wins World Cup race

ROBERVAL, Que. – Canadian Olympic team member Richard Weinberger of Victoria won the gold medal on Thursday in the men’s 10 kilometre race at the FINA open water World Cup circuit. It was Weinberger’s first career World Cup win.

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