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September, 13, 2012 - Swimming Canada, the national governing body for Canadian swimming announced today that Ben Titley, one of the most decorated and longest-standing British swimming coaches, has been hired has Head coach for the National Swim Center Ontario in Toronto.
BUFFALO, N.Y.—Canada’s Joanna Brown continued a solid rookie season as an elite triathlete after winning the bronze medal in a Pan American Cup race in Buffalo, N.Y. on Saturday. Ranked third alongside Olympians Sarah Haskins and Flora Duffy, the 19-year-old Canuck had one of the strongest 1.5-kilometre swims of the year after diving into Lake Erie. With Haskins and Duffywasting no time to jump well ahead of the field, Brown took advantage of a fast transition to hammer the 40-kilometre bike before setting up a strong 10-kilometre run to finish with a third place time of 2:07:29.
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The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) today approved the List of Prohibited Substances and Methods for 2013 at its Executive Committee meeting in London. The new List will be made official and published by October 1 and will take effect on January 1, 2013.
Valerie Grand’Maison of Montreal won the gold medal in world record time in the women’s 200-metre individual medley on Friday night at the Paralympic Games. Amber Thomas Drayton Valley, Alta., added a silver in the women’s 400 freestyle.
LONDON - September 5, 2012 - It was a five-medal day today as Benoit Huot of Montreal collected a third medal at the Paralympic Games, a silver, and Aurélie Rivard of St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Que., added a surprise silver in their respective 400-metre freestyle races on Wednesday in swimming.
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.
Ottawa, ON (August 14, 2012) – Canada’s top summer athletes have demonstrated—once again—the valuable link between experience at the Commonwealth Games and podium results at the Olympics.
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.
