Karley Stutzel of Canada finished 11th in the 10k and 12th in the 5k in earlier competition at the World Open Water Championships.

Canadian Tim Cowan of Calgary was the closest Canadian, finishing 16 in a time of 6:16:10.

Furthermore, Koudinov was again the best in the 25 km of the 9th FINA World Championships in Fukuoka (2001). For the Russian swimmer this victory was his third world title out of the last three world level rendezvous. Van Dijk was second in Fukuoka and first of the overall ranking of the 2001 FINA Marathon Swimming World Cup. In Sharm El Sheikh she had already won the silver medal in the 5 km and was fourth in the 10 km.

The other medallists of the day were Anton Sanatchev (RUS), second (his first medal at this level), and Gabriel Chaillou (ARG), third – the same classification as in the 1998 FINA World Championships. In the women, the German swimmers Angela Maurer and Britta Kamrau, respectively third and first of the 10 km, were the protagonists of the toughest fight of the day. At the end, Maurer was second and Kamrau third by a difference of 27 hundredths of a second.

Ryder Hesjedal

Hesjedal, 21, from Victoria, BC, was pencilled in to ride in the Espoir Time Trial event in Zolder. He was also in contention for one of the three starter positions for the Espoir Road Race.

Hesjedal has enjoyed some success on the road following the Mountain Bike World Championships. He had been riding with Rabobank trade team and he had won the Volta Catalunya de l’Avenir in Spain. He was in a lead group at Tour de Seine et Marne when he went down. He is suffering from a sore back and wrist and ribs, as well as some bad scrapes.

The general concept behind the NSTC is to identify Provincial Team of Club Level athletes that have NDT and NST potential and nurture their progress in their developmental years. The NSTC athletes will reap the benefits of receiving coaching assistance in the form of special Training Camps in combination with the NDT. The NSTC coaches will also be available for consultation at specific events that each athlete participates in.

“This new venture for the Canadian Snowboard Federation is an exciting project that will attempt to bring provide a clear invitation to those committed athletes that have aspirations of becoming members of the National Development Team (NDT) and the National Snowboard Team (NST), as well as competing of the FIS World Cup Circuit, the FIS World Championships and the Winter Olympics” comments Adam Faithfull, President of the CSF.

This project is possible due to the vision and the support of the Calgary Olympic Development Association (CODA).”

National Snowboard Training Centre
Freestyle
Brad Martin - Ancaster ON
Jimmy Bracev - Mississauga, ON
Dan Raymond - Whistler, BC
David Schetinni - Kamloops, BC
Anne-Marie Gauthier - Trois-Rivieres-Quest, QC
Jaclyn Anderson - Calgary, AB
Alpine
Colin Bell - Toronto, Ontario
Andrew Watts - Calgary, AB
Matt Horne - Burlington, ON
Ekaterina Zaviolov - Calgary, AB
Kimiko Zakreski - Calgary, AB
Karen Murray - Calgary, AB

National Snowboard Training Centre Administration and Coaching Staff
Martin Jensen – Calgary, AB - Director, High Performance Program
Stu Bott - Calgary, AB - Coordinator, Domestic Programs
Joe McAdoo – Whistler, BC - Head Coach, National Development Team (NDT) and NSTC (Freestyle)
Greg Salmon – Whistler, BC - Head Coach, National Development Team (NDT) and NSTC (Alpine)

Kyle Shewfelt at the Commonwealth Games in Manchester (photo Grace Chiu)

In artistic gymnastics, the big competition is the world individual apparatus championships November 18-25 in Hungary. Canada has four entries for the women who’ll be selected at a selection activity October 6 at Gemini Gymnastics in Oshawa, Ont.

The four-member men’s team is to be selected following the men’s Elite Canada competition November 1-2 in Montreal.

Three World Cup competitions are also on the schedule. The first stop is in Paris October 18-19 and the second stop in Glasgow, Scotland October 25-27. The top-eight on each apparatus for the season qualify for the World Cup final November 28-December 1 in Stuttgart, Germany.

Shewfelt, a double gold medallist at the Commonwealth Games, Alexander Jeltkov of Montreal and David Kikuchi of Halifax compete for the men in Paris and Glasgow. They are in contention to reach the Stuttgart final.

Canada’s junior gymnasts are preparing for the Pan Am junior championships November 4-10 at Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

The women’s team is comprised of Kylie Stone of Calgary, a bronze medallist on vault at the Commonwealth Games, Canadian junior champion Gail Mackie of Vancouver Canadian uneven bars champion Lisa Pattison of Saskatoon and Lydia Williams of Toronto, third on vault at nationals. The men’s team will be announced later in October.

Kylie Stone of Calgary.