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Commonwealth Games Veteran, Benoit Huot, Captures Canada's First Gold at Paralympic Games

Montreal swimmer Benoit Huot won gold in the men's 200-metre individual medley at the Paralympics Games in London on Thursday, giving Canada its first medal of the Games. Huot picked up his ninth career Paralympic swimming gold by breaking his own world record with a time of two minutes 10.01 seconds. The 28-year-old won four bronze medals in Beijing four years ago.

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Commonwealth Games veterans deliver in London

Ottawa, ON (August 14, 2012) – Canada’s top summer athletes have demonstrated—once again—the valuable link between experience at the Commonwealt

Delhi Gold Medalist Huynh Takes Bronze In London

With a lot of skill and a bit of good fortune, Carol Huynh won her second women’s 48-kilogram freestyle wrestling medal Wednesday, capturing bronze to go with her gold at Beijing 2008. After losing in the semi-finals on Day 12 to the top-ranked Hitomi Obara of Japan, the Hazelton, B.C., native defeated Senegal’s Isabelle Sambou 1-0, 1-0 in her bronze-medal match.

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Commonwealth Medalist Verbeek has won her third Olympic medal in women’s wrestling

Canadian Tonya Verbeek has won her third medal in women’s wrestling, settling for a silver after losing to Japan’s Saori Yoshida again in the 55kg gold-medal final on Day 13 of London 2012.

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.

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