Keith Morgan of Calgary

In men's 90 kilos, Morgan registered his fourth victory within the last couple of months as he defeated Edelmar Zanol of Brazil in the final. The Brazilian attempted a move at the halfway mark of the bout, but Morgan counter attacked and scored a bout ending Ippon for the win. Morgan won all five of his bouts by Ippon.

"I'm definitely on a roll right now," said Morgan, who also beat Zanon for bronze at the 1999 Pan Am Games. "It's too bad there isn't a world championship this year. I feel I'm fighting really well right now and it'd be great to showcase this at a major world event."

In men's 100 kilos, Gill in only his second competition in the past nine months, defeated Jean Van Bever of France in the final by Ippon. Gill ended the day with a perfect 4-0 record. Last weekend he won a silver medal at another Italian meet.

Aminata Sall of Montreal in 52 kilos and Marie-Helene Chisholm of Port-Cartier, Que., in 70 kilos each added silver medals losing to Cubans in their respective finals. Michelle Buckingham of Ottawa was third in 57 kilos while Luce Baillargeon of Montreal lost in the repechage.

Nicolas Gill
of Montreal

Clara Hughes of Calgary

Hughes will be joining Lyne Bessette of Knowlton QC and Geneviève Jeanson of Lachine QC. Bessette, who won a Gold medal at the 1998 Commonwealth Games, and Jeanson, have already been pre-selected to the team. Bessette was the 2001 National Road and Time Trial Champion, and Jeanson placed 2nd in the National Time Trial Championships, to Bessette. The CCA's High Performance Committee will name a fourth woman to the team at a later date.

The men's road team selection will take place during the first road stage at the Grand Prix Cycliste de Beauce, June 17-23. The first Canadian to finish the stage will automatically be selected to the Commonwealth Games team. This individual will join the 2001 National Road Champion, Mark Walters, and 2001 National Time Trial Champion, Eric Wohlberg. The High Performance Committee will also nominate a fourth member.

T"Morgan really lifted himself up for this race," said Knabe's coach Jan Bidrman. "It was a pretty positive way to end the tour. But we have a lot of things to work on in preparation for the Commonwealth Games.".

In Saturday's competition, Rick Say of Calgary earned his third medal on the current Mare Nostrum swimming circuit Saturday placing third in the men's 400m freestyle under chilly conditions at the outdoor venue.

Morgan Knabe of Calgary takes a bronze in the 200m breaststroke.

Rick Say , who trains in Calgary, captured silver in the 400m freestyle event.

Dragos Coman of Romania won the gold medal clocking 3:54.43 while Nicolas Rostoucher of France was second at 3:55.06 and Say, the Canadian record holder, followed in 3:59.24 for his 10th career international medal.

The daytime high was only 5 degrees for the swimmers, most of whom are in preparation for the bigger meets this summer such as the Commonwealth Games and the European championships.

Johhny Huang joins the Canadain Table Tennis team heading for the Commonwealth Games.

Geng, a former world number-one with China now in her 14th season on the Canadian national team is one of the top players in the Brazilian pro league and recently she was third at the North American championships. Joining Geng on the women‚s squad are Petra Cada of Halifax, Chris Xu of Vancouver and Marie-Christine Roussy of Le Gardeur, Que.

Huang, fifth in men's singles at the 1996 Olympics, is one of the most sought professional players in the world. He currently shuttles between teams in Croatia and Japan and has beaten several of the world's top players over the past year.

He is joined on the men's squad by two-17 year-old standouts, Bence Csaba and Faazil Kassam, both of Ottawa, who were the big story at the trials last weekend, and another young star Pradeeban Peter-Paul of Toronto.