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WEEK
IN REVIEW ARCHIVES 2003
December
22nd, 2003
*Athlete Results:
20
month wait is finally over... Beckie Scott receives Olympic
gold medal. Jenn Heil captures gold in Italy to lead the overall World
Cup women’s mogul standings. Lueders
and Zardo on the podium to secure top spot in 2-man Bobsleigh
World Cup standings. Happy
Holidays from all of us at the CSCC! Shannon
Rempel sweeps opening races at 2003 Canada Post Sprint Championships.
Bad
luck turns to top-5 finish for Calgary's Justin Lamoureux
at snowboard World Cup. Zina
Kocher of Canmore completes strong week with 25th in pursuit
at biathlon World Cup.Albrecht and Pothier slide into top-10
at luge World Cup.Swimming Olympic medallist Curtis Myden
shaves his head for cancer.
December
15th, 2003
*Athlete Results:
6
time World Champion Christine Nordhagen- Vierling wins wrestling
Olympic Trials. Wotherspoon
named most successful male long track speed skater in World
Cup history. Canadian
freestyle riders catch huge air, land on podium at snowboard
World Cup. The
Big Picture with Dale Henwood: What about the athletes?
David
Leoni and Barb Sharp win biathlon pursuit races to qualify
for Europa Cup. Jeff
Christie and Regan Lauscher lead luge team to 7 top 20 World
Cup placings. Podium
finish for skiier Christina Risler at the CIBC Nor Am Cup.
Appointment
of Keyes as Minister of Sport is a positive step, officials
say.
December
8th, 2003
*Athlete Results:
Wotherspoon
now tied for all time lead in career World Cup wins with
victory in 500 metres. Moguls skier Jennifer Heil captures 6th World Cup medal
of her career. Alcock
and Kelly take silver and bronze at Lake Placid skeleton
World Cup. Young
Canadian luge team cracks top 10 at Calgary World Cup.
Canada
cap successful swimming U.S. Open with 17 medals.
Canada
2’s Lesa Stringer finishes 10th at Lake Placid Women’s
Boblsleigh World Cup. Scott
and Renner glide into top-10 in world cup team sprint relay
competition. Canada
wins bronze at Holiday Cup women’s water polo tournament.
Canadian
on clean-up crew for spoiled sports. Vault
named after Calgary gymnast Kyle Shewfelt.
December
1st, 2003
*Athlete Results:
Canadian
women sweep podium at first skeleton world cup of the season! Almost
perfect Shewfelt wins gymnastics World Cup gold and bronze.
Lueders rules in Lake Placid: wins 21st gold, 50th
World Cup medal, rookie Uperton earns push record. Jason
Myslicki cracks top 30, best result ever for a Canadian
in a nordic combined world cup. The big picture with Dale
Henwood: The Home Ice Advantage. Outstanding
Performances - more athlete highlights this week. Athlete
perspective: IOC must get hands dirty to clean up sport.
Olympic
torch relay includes Montreal stop.
November
24th, 2003
*Athlete Results:
Lueders
and Zardo win 2-man bobsleigh World Cup in track-record
time.
Speed skater Kristina Groves posts career best World Cup
result. Athlete Profile: Jennifer Heil is back hitting the
hills after a one year break. Albertan
wins racquetball's Grand Slam event. Power
beats Palmer in thrilling final for Pace Credit Union Canadian
Classic title. CBC
Sports Saturday: It all starts here. Rogge
tells U.S. to pay WADA dues.
November
17th, 2003
*Athlete Results:
Groves
finishes fifth overall at World Cup speed skating competition.
Jeff Christie cracks top 25 in season opener at luge world
cup. Bobsleigh Canada Skeleton announces 2003/2004 National
Teams. Wickenheiser
puts family first. Hamilton
loses Commonwealth Games bid to New Delhi. Canadian
named Kiwi cycling coach. Prominent
Calgarian replaces Dr. Andrew Pipe at helm of Canadian Centre
for Ethics in Sport. UN
calls for world truce during next year’s Olympics.
November
10th, 2003
*Athlete Results:
USA
defeats Canadian women's hockey team in shoot-out to win
4-Nations Cup. Pierre
Leuders sets record in four-man victory this weekend in
Calgary. Kristina Groves equals career-best seventh at long
track speed skating World Cup opener. The Big Picture with
Dale Henwood: The importance of academic flexibility for
athletes. Athlete Profile: Calgary gymnast Kyle Shewfelt
has the next 10 months perfectly set in front of him.
December
3rd is International Day for Disabled Persons and Paralympic
athletes. Swimming
body retesting World samples for steroid THG. Donovan Bailey
joins Hamilton team for 2010 Commonwealth Games bid.
November
3rd , 2003
*Athlete Results:
Canadian
Sport Centre Calgary announces partnership that will provide
elite athletes with new anti-cold, anti-flu medicine.
Speed
Skating World Champion Cindy Klassen grateful injury wasn't
worse. The
Big Picture with Dale Henwood: The pursuit of excellence,
why medals are important. Coach
Profile: Canadian Luge Association announces new head coach
Walter Corey. Canadians
have greater expectations of Olympic athletes. New
steriod has IOC considering Salt Lake retest.Poole
chosen for new Olympic post: New organizing committee holds
first meeting. Coaching
Association of Canada announces its 2003 award winners.
October
27th, 2003
*Athlete Results: Calgary’s
Kyle Shewfelt wins gold on floor at gymnastics World Cup.
Great
Canadian moment, symbolic moment helps Scott forget injustice.
Big
medal haul for Canada at short track speed skating World
Cup. Gold
and silver for Canada at world age group trampoline and
tumbling championships. The
Big Picture with Dale Henwood: The WADA Effect. In the news:
UCI Informs Canadian Cycling Association of Geneviève
Jeanson Results. Olympic
Update: Hope, anxiety rise as Olympic deadlines near.
High
Profile: The state of amateur sport funding in Canada.
October
20th, 2003
*Athlete Results:Canada
finishes with bronze at women's wrestling world cup, Nordhagen
returns to action. 5 medals for Canada to conclude short track World Cup opener.
Olympic
medallist Karen Cockburn wins one of Canada’s two
gold at world trampoline and tumbling championships.
Medal
ceremony set for Beckie Scott Tuesday, October 21st.
Athlete
Feature: Plenty of pain, all gain for Kraus - Short track
skater sets sights on peaking in Turin. Alberta
Sport Plan Update. In
the news: Detection of New Designer Steroid New
facilities not on horizon: '88 Legacy fund money tied up
in maintenance. Athens
2004 Spectator Program Officially Launched.
October
14th, 2003
*Athlete Results: Road
world championships in Hamilton finish with a flourish.
Canadian
women ‘will only get better’. A
great finish to the Conematic Heating Short Track Invitational.Canadian
Coach Nominated for Coach of the Year.The Big Picture with
Dale Henwood: Sport Advocacy - Evidence of Effectiveness.
Canadian women’s hockey team holds camp.Towards 2010:
Paving the Way to Success. Calgary faces Olympic shutout:
Ottawa unlikely to support CODA’s expansion plans.
October
6th, 2003
*Athlete Results: Canadians
ride to seven medals at wakeboard world
championships, Beckie
Scott to receive upgraded medal at October 21st ceremony,
Sweden ends Canada’s soccer world cup bid, Uphill
climb for Canada's skiiers, Crazy Canuck Ken Read leading
the way, Board of Directors announced for the Vancouver
2010 Winter Games, The Canadian sports system struggles
to find a winning track to the Olympic podium, Interview,
Hamilton names sports to be included in final 2010 Commonwealth
Games bid, Athlete Perspective: Canadian high jumper talks
about funding.
September
29th, 2003
*Athlete Results: Canada
ranked first overall in women's and men's hockey by IIHF,
Norway
wants cheats to pay, Peak Performance, the CSCC and Willie
O'Ree! Grand Prairie, AB builds new freestyle skiing aerials
water-ramp, Olympic
dreams don't come cheap; weekend forum to tackle issue,
Perdita Felicien is turning professional, Vancouverites
favoured for 2010 posts, IOC gives organizers of 2004 Athens
Summer Olympics vote of confidence.
September
22nd, 2003
*Athlete Results: Canada
stuns Brazil in Davis Cup play, Canada's
Llewellyn wins silver at water skiing worlds, Athlete Profile:
Olympian Deidra Dionne believes work ethic is more important
than skill in achieving goals, Olympic Medallist and Canadian
Sport Leaders gather to open new National Sport School.The
Big Picture with Dale Henwood, President of the Canadian
Sport Centre Calgary on the need for long term investment
in sport, The Canadian Freestyle Ski Association announces
new High Performance Program Director Le May Doan nominated
to Vancouver 2010 board.
September
15, 2003
*Athlete Results:
Jasey-Jay Anderson and Summer Glacier Training Project produce
first international snowboarding medal, Daniel
Igali eliminated at wrestling world championships, Carolin
Brunet wins gold, silver at world kayak meet, In
the News: 'Athletes are being screwed': IOC's Paul Henderson
writes Canada can't possibly expect to do well at next year's
Olympic Games,
Beckie Scott's crusade against dopers continues in Switzerland,
Olympic Updates.
September
2 - September 8, 2003
*Athlete Results:
Steve Omischl wins double world cup freestyle gold, Ryder
storms cross country cycling podium, Karen Cockburn wins
bronze at trampoline world cup, CSCC and IMPACT Magazine
- a new partnership, Investing in athletes, a message from
Chris Rudge, Olympic Updates.
August
25 - September 1, 2003
*Athlete Results:
Road to Athens paved with gold for Perdita Felicien, Canadians
twice golden at rowing championships, Canada beats US to
win women's water polo jr. world championships, Speed skating
becomes full time job for Clara Hughes, Coaching profile:
Mike Spracklen, Canadian basketball program has foggy future
after missing shot at Athens games, Message from Dale Henwood
- CSCC President, Olympic Updates.
August
18 - August 24, 2003
*Athlete Results:
Calgary's Kyle Shewfelt makes history with 2 medals at gymnastics
world championships, teammate Kylie Stone posts best ever
women's result, Canadian men's eight turns up the heat at
rowing worlds, team Canada results at Universiade, Freestyle
skiing announces 2003/04 Sr. National team, Perrault hangs
up her skates, Olympic Updates.
August
11 - August 17, 2003
*Athlete Results:
Canada finishes 3rd at PanAm Games - 127 medals overall,
Canadian men's gymnastics team qualifies for Olympics, CPC
and government of Canada announce names of first paralympic
excellence fund
recipients, Joanne Malar-Morreale wins 4 medals at PanAms
to extend record to 19 total, Denyse Julien continues to
dominate sport of badminton after 31 years, Canadian athletes
spreading goodwill, Olympic Updates.
August
5 - August 10, 2003
*Athlete Results:
Gold in triathlon and diving at PanAm Games, Canuck divers
win 7 out of 8 events, Six rowing medals, Canadian women's
water polo team loses gold medal match and berth to Athens,
Shooter Sharon Bowes misses medals but gains Athens berth,
Olympic Updates.
July
28 - August 4, 2003
*Athlete Results:
Canada wins gymnastics gold at PanAm Games, Canadian captures
world cup paddling crown, Canadian women win PanAm silver
in gymnastics, Wickenheiser returning to Finland for another
season, Olympic Updates.
July
21 - July 27, 2003
*Athlete Results:
Canadian men's medley relay breaks national record at World
Championships, Russia beats Canada 9-7 for bronze in women's
water polo at Worlds, Canada's under 23's win at world regatta,
Olympic Updates.
July
14 - July 20, 2003
*Athlete Results: Canada's
Despatie and Heymans make history with two golds in diving
at World Championships, Canada advances to quarter finals
in women's water polo at Worlds, Youngsters soar to new
heights over Calgary, Gymnastics team named for PanAm Games,
Canada's alpine skiiers training at Panorama, a behind the
scenes look, Olympic Updates.
July
7 - July 13, 2003
*Athlete Results: Calgary's
Blythe Hartley wins bronze at diving World Championships,
A five medal day for Canada at rowing World Cup, Tough loss
for Canada's water polo men at World Championships, Cycling
announces PanAm team, Fencing PanAm team named, Olympic
Updates.
July
3 - July 6, 2003
*Athlete Results: Canada
wins 4 medals at Swiss Open synchronized swimming competition,
Canadian rowers capture 5 titles at prestigious Henley Royal
in England, 20 member trampoline and tumbling team named
for Worlds, 6 member waterski team named for PanAm Games,
pentathlon update, Olympic Updates.
June
24 - July 2, 2003
*Athlete Results: Vancouver
wins the 2010 Olympic/Paralympic Bid!, IOC decision: Beckie
Scott will receive her silver medal, Calgary's Morgan Knabe
breaks Canadian swimming record, Rowing Canada announces
2003 PanAm team, Canada's snow sport athletes get summer
glacier training in home country, Olympic Updates.
June
17 - June 23, 2003
*Athlete Results: Speed
Skating Canada celebrates successful 2002/03 season with
awards, Canadians earn 7 World Cup canoe and kayak medals,
alpine skiier Mike Giannelli retires, Vancouver Bid Corp.
brings in Gretzky, Canadian Snowboard Federation names first
ever CEO.
June
9 - June 16, 2003
*Athlete Results: Two
gold for Canadians at NCAA track and field championships,
Calgary's Marilyn Taylor earns close second at rowing Nationals,
Rowing Canada announces crews for Henley Royal, Triple gold
for Canadian water skiier at U.S. Jr. Open, 6 runners break
4 minute mile mark at Victoria International track classic,
Despatie wins Grand Prix diving final in dramatic fashion,
Olympic Updates.
June
2 - June 8, 2003
*Athlete Results: Calgary
divers double up with National titles, Earle Connor breaks
fourth World Record in two weeks, women's volleyball National
roster finalized with completion of training camp, Canadians
win 5 gold medals in canoe/kayak World Cup, Olympic Updates.
May
26 - June 1, 2003
*Athlete Results: Earle
Connor smashes 3 World Records in one day, Calgarian swimmers
impress at Mel Zajac meet, Canada upstages France in gymnastics
meet, National cycling centre - Calgary gets season underway,
Calgary women National champs in wheelchair basketball,
Calgarians Istace and Powell named to 2003 racquetball PanAm
team, Olympic Updates.
May
18 - May 25, 2003
*Athlete Results: Catriona
Le May Doan retires from speed skating, Powell takes thrilling
final in racquetball nationals, Calgary gymnasts win medals
of all colours at nationals, Albertan water skiier soars
280 feet to win masters tourney, Olympic medallists win
trampoline titles at nationals, launch of website dedicated
to cycling results, Olympic Updates,
April
27 - May 18, 2003
*Athlete Results: Calgary's Blythe Hartley wins Canada
Cup diving gold, Team Canada captures 2003 IIHF title, David
Ford wins World Cup kayak gold, Ernst and Grigg win Jr.
National Squash Titles, Joanne Malar announces return to
swimming after two year retirement, Wrestling Canada names
Leigh Vierling to Olympic coaching staff, News and Olympic
Updates.
April
21 - April 27, 2003
*Athlete Results:
Canada's U-18 hockey team crowned World Champs, Jeff Adams
breaks World Record in wheelchair racing, Edmonton to host
Olympic wrestling trials, Olympic Updates.
April
7 - April 13, 2003
*Athlete Results: Canada golden
at World Curling Championships, Calgary's Kylie Stone wins
bronze at International gymnastics meet, Canadian National
snowboard teams announced for upcoming season, Emilie Mondor
breaks Canadian record at Carlsbad 5000 race, Olympic Updates.
March
31 - April 6, 2003
*Athlete Results: Records and
medals for Canadians at US Nationals, Canadian wins prestigious
boat race at Oxford University, Calgary's Adam Wong wins
all around gold at International gym meet, Canada 12th at
Seoul International women's road relay, Karen Cockburn wins
two gold medals at trampoline and tumbling
Canada Cup, Canada earns silver and two bronze at Japan
Open synchronized swimming meet, Robin Clegg wins biathlon
bronze.
March
24 - March 30, 2003
*Athlete Results: Anderson,
Newton defend National snowboarding titles, Olympians Carpentier,
Ricker thrill crowd en route to halfpipe wins, Cowtan, Maltais
win boardercross event, Brenner, Omischl win National freestyle
titles despite challenging conditions, Bradley and Bellevance
retire in style after winning dual National freestyle crowns,
Edmonton's O'Neill 5th on vault at gymnastics World Cup,
Eric Guay crowned super-G national champ, Kraatz and Bourne
cap career as free dance World Champions, Canada wins plate
at Hong Kong rugby sevens.
March
17 - March 23, 2003
*Athlete Results: Rempel sets
new World Record at speed skating Finale, Grandi earns 10th
National title at alpine Nationals, Britt Janyk is Canada's
slalom champion, Beckie Scott scores silver at cross country
skiing World Cup, Men's Water Polo team returns home successful
from European tour, Award nominations for freestylers Dionne
and Shouldice, Clegg and Keith 33rd at biathlon World Championships,
No slowing Le May Doan.
March
10 - March 16, 2003
*Athlete Results: Oval X-Treme
captures 7th National title for Alberta, Canada reclaims
World Cup title in freestyle skiing, Grant Golding wins
4 medals at gymnastics Jurassic Classic, Wotherspoon leaves
no doubt that he is the 500m king, Myslicki posts consecutive
top 20 results in nordic combined, Canada wins men's title
in World short track speed skating, Anderson wins snowboard
World cup title and Neilson wins gold.
March
3 - March 9, 2003
*Athlete Results: Knabe completes
golden sweep at swimming Canada Cup, Wotherspoon and Klassen
cinch World Cup speed skating titles, gold for Canada at
the German Open synchronized swimming competition, World
Records and golden sweeps at short track speed skating open,
Despatie and Heymans unstoppable at diving Senior Nationals,
Janyk and Grandi 15th in slalom despite high winds, Canada
takes gold in Cairo waterpolo tournament, best day ever
for alpine racers at Jr. Worlds, Green and Grand Maitre
take racquetball singles selection event, Renner finishes
top 16 in long distance cross country skiing event.
February
25 - March 3, 2003
*Athlete Results: Wotherspoon
claims World Record and remains undefeated this season,
Disabled skiier picked as B.C. athlete of the year, Omischl
wins World Cup after teammate's fearful crash, Canmore coach
happy with Cross Country World Championship results, Zurek
earns second straight silver at snowboard World Cup, Modern
Pentathlon results, North America makes big step on World
nordic combined stage, Canada Games results.
February
18- February 24, 2003
*Athlete Results: Shannon Rempel
wins all around speed skating World Jr. Title, Sandra Keith
earns second win this week at biathlon Nationals, Canadian
breaks WR at CIS Nationals, Scott's flying at Cross Country
Worlds, Canada's IIHF Women's World Championship roster
announced, Jayson Krause finishes 16th at bobsleigh Worlds,
Canadian men's alpine speed team wraps up their World Cup
season.
February
10- February 17, 2003
*Athlete Results: McKeever
wins 5 gold medals at World Championships, Michelle Kelly
and Jeff Pain win World Champ titles, Forsyth brings home
Canada's second alpine World Championship medal, Lueders
and Zardo bring home silver after hard fought battle, Beckie
Scott celebrates her 1-year Olympic medal winning anniversary,
Spence and Stutz win GMC alpine titles, Klassen earns bronze
in 3000m at World Cup, Whitten scores silver at U23 cross
country Worlds.
February
3 - February 9, 2003
*Athlete Results: Canada's
Pierre Lueders takes World Cup Title, Klassen wins speed
skating World title while Hughes takes gold in 5,000m, Canada
wins first alpine World Championship in 10 years! Erik Guay
grabs Canada’s top male finish at alpine Worlds, Scott
and Renner share the podium, double gold for McKeever at
World Disabled Ski Championships, Canadian’s post
best ever results at World Junior biathlon Championships,
two gold, five medals for Canada at short track speed skating
World Cup, Canadian aerialist Nicolas Fontaine announces
retirement, Alpine Canada joins alliance: will train and
share resources with Swedes and Italians.
January
27 - February 2, 2003
*Athlete Results: 3 solid performances
by men at alpine Worlds, Turgeon in 6th as Austrians continue
to dominate, Kraus and Larocque crowned winterfest champs,
Dionne posts best ever scores for silver at freestyle World
Championships, final cross country selections send athletes
overseas, Canadians
repeat golden double in GS at disabled World Cup, Kelly
and Pain go 1, 2 in skeleton World Cup standings, Smith
and Canada 1 finish 9th at bobsleigh World Cup, Jr. luge
world cup bronze for Canada.
January
20 - January 26, 2003
*Athlete Results: Calgary skeleton
racers place 1,2,3,4 in World Cup, Klassen and Hughes shine
at World Cup classifier, Calgarians win racquetball doubles
selection event, Lueders and Zardo on World Cup podium once
again, Paul Stutz stands tall with two wins at Thusis, 2
Canadians on podium in World freestyle moguls World Cup,
tribute to Craig Kelly, the pioneer for the sport of snowboarding
who lost his life in an avalanche last week.
January
13 - January 19, 2003
*Athlete Results: Wotherspoon
triumphs at World Championships, Ryan Blais wins gold at
World Cup, Gold for Lueders and Zardo at World Cup, Canadian
skeleton team continues winning ways,Luge Jr. World Cup
podium results, Milaine Theriault steps down for remainder
of season, Athens torch unveiled.
January
7- January 12, 2003
*Athlete Results: Double gold
for Wotherspoon at World Cup, Bean and Blais on World Cup
freestyle podium, Clegg ends biathlon drought with silver
medal at Europa Cup, Janyk, Simard repeat as FIS champions,
Karbon luge Jr. World Cup results, North American Jr. ski
jumping and nordic combined championship results, Alpine
Canada names Max Gartner Vice President, Chris Rudge named
new Canadian Olympic Committee CEO.
January
2, 2003 - January 6, 2003
*Athlete Results: Day by day
results of the speed skating World Cup at the Olympic Oval,
Thomas Grandi bursts into alpine World Cup top 10, Canadian
disabled alpine team crowds podium at NorAms, 4 Albertans
twist and tuck through the air for NorAm freestyle medals,
Canada succumbs 3-2 to defending champs in World Junior
Hockey Championships.
December
23, 2002 - January 2, 2003
*Athlete Results: 2002 - lasting
memories and powerful images. Canadian Junior women
win gold at North American Cup water polo tournament. Britt
Janyk 2-100ths off podium, 3 Canadians in top 25 at alpine
skiing World Cup. Alberta Freestylers contnue to put in
strong performances. Emily Brydon back on track to compete
after pre-Christmas crash. CODA gives $100,000 boost to
B.C. athlete's bid to reach 2010 podium. How to become a
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