October 2010 Archives
When a bronze is not a bronze
- Posted by Eric Sehn
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So I am finished with my competition. On Tuesday, I competed in the men's 10-metre synchro with Kevin Geyson. We really wanted a medal in this event and we placed third. For our first competition, we did very well. We have lots of room for improvement, which makes things interesting to see how far we can go.
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Apologies and farewell from Delhi
- Posted by Anjali Nayar
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Delhi, India - OK, so I have to make an apology. As my family well knows, I don't always admit when I'm wrong, but I think it's unavoidable in this case.
I started this blog by writing:
"I don't generally associate India with raging athletic prowess. Besides the country's cricket team, a handful of wrestlers and a couple wealthy shooters (with their own private shooting ranges), India rarely makes an impact on the international level."
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Down and dirty: Mud wrestling in India
- Posted by Anjali Nayar
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My muddy adventure started in Amritsar, in the province of Punjab and one of the hotspots for wrestlers in India.
I soon learned that the game actually has no rules or time limit. It's just one on one, heaving, grunting and grabbing until one wrestler ends up literally in the mud. In the olden days, wrestlers could even fight until death.
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My last match for Canada
- Posted by Anna Rice
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"Not now. Not yet." I told myself. There was still work to be done; I still had to fight for the win and the chance to reach the medal rounds over world No. 3 and local superstar Saina Nehwal.
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'Friendly' rivalry during India/Pakistan match
- Posted by Anjali Nayar
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In the floodlights of central Delhi's Dhyan Chand National Stadium on Sunday, the air was thick with nationalism (and grasshoppers).
Among the crowd were little old ladies with their faces painted and young boys zipping around with orange, white and green Indian flags.
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Missed it by that much
- Posted by Eric Sehn
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Fourth place is kind of bitter sweet in alot of ways. As an athlete, it sucks a lot because you were just out of the medals. But it's also good because you were that close.
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Happy with the bronze, but what if...
- Posted by Josh Cassidy
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I'm writing now from the airport in Delhi, on my way home already. This is the first moment in six hours that I've had a chance to reflect since my race and actually look at my bronze medal from the men's 1500-metre wheelchair race.
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Comparing Games
- Posted by Anna Rice
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The individual badminton tournament is now well underway and Canadians are doing great so far.
As my roomie Grace Gao tried to get her mind off the competition for a short while, she asked me how the Commonwealth Games compare to the Olympics.
Over the course of our conversation I came up with five differences that I've noticed, based on my experiences at the Athens and Beijing Olympics, and the Melbourne and Delhi Commonwealth Games.
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Race day brings nerves and excitement
- Posted by Angela Whyte
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I actually woke up at 6:40 a.m, but I can't sleep in so I figured that this would be a good time to blog.
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Pole dancing, Indian style
- Posted by Anjali Nayar
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"That's mallakhamb," a passerby told me, noticing my hypnotic fixation on the horizon. I had never heard the word. "Indian traditional pole gymnastics," he explained.
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I'm finally here!
- Posted by Eric Sehn
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Soft Delhi track raises challenges
- Posted by Josh Cassidy
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The only wild card is the track surface. I think everyone was expecting it to be fast, but it's actually one of the softest and slowest tracks I have ever been on.
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Do or die in Delhi
- Posted by Anna Rice
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4 full days and still OK
- Posted by Angela Whyte
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An emotional farewell
- Posted by Anna Rice
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Breaking camp in Qatar
- Posted by Eric Sehn
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After arriving here in Doha, Qatar on the 29th of September, we're winding down our training camp where we could take a week to train and get more accustomed to the time zone in India.
This week has been a really good week for training and preparation for our competition.
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A tale of change through sport
- Posted by Anjali Nayar
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I'm definitely in Delhi
- Posted by Anjali Nayar
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The driver, named Raj, turned back towards me with a smile "Welcome to Delhi, this is great city."
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At last, we arrive
- Posted by Anna Rice
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I never thought those words would sound so sweet, but after more than 35 hours of travel they absolutely did. There were about 30 Canadian athletes, coaches and journalists on board representing the sports of badminton, squash, athletics, cycling, shooting and weightlifting.
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Goodbye Singapore, hello India
- Posted by Julia Wilkinson
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The idea of arriving in the Commonwealth Games village makes me feel excited **and** nervous. None of us really know what to expect when we get there.
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(Mis)adventures in Berlin
- Posted by Josh Cassidy
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Unfortunately, my recent trip to Germany for the Berlin Marathon was full of little disasters.
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Monkeying around
- Posted by Angela Whyte
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And I'm really excited to see these "guardian monkeys" that have been in the news lately.
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Digging into India's religious controversies (and sport)
- Posted by Anjali Nayar
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LOTHAL, GUJARAT - The Commonwealth Games disappeared from the headlines yesterday to make way for a ruling in one of India's longest and most impassioned legal, political, historical and socio-religious debates.
In short, Hindus and Muslims have been fighting in India for hundreds of years. And the Indian city of Ayodhya, northeast of the capital Delhi, has come to embody this ongoing conflict.
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Headlines
- India government to investigate Commonwealth Games problems
- India's government has ordered an investigation into the construction delays and corruption allegations at the Commonwealth Games.
- Delhi Games close with extravagant ceremony
- The most controversial Commonwealth Games in history — marked by oppressive security and low spectator turnout — came to a close with an extravagant cultural show Thursday in Delhi.
- Nigerian's failed test boosts Canada to bronze
- Folashade Abugan tested positive for a steroid and waived her right to have a "B" sample tested Friday, the morning after closing ceremony of the New Delhi event.
- Russell: Why the Games came to India
- The XIX Commonwealth Games in New Delhi were in a hot, crowded place and they got off to an extremely slow start.
- Commonwealth Blog: Mud wrestling in India
- I learned quickly that the game actually has no rules or time limit. It's just one on one, heaving, grunting and grabbing until one wrestler ends up literally in the mud.
- Australia routs India on Games final day
- Competition at the XIX Commonwealth Games closed Thursday with Australia drubbing host country India 8-0 in what had been a highly anticipated gold-medal match in men's field hockey.
- Whitten Canada's closing ceremony flag bearer
- Cyclist Tara Whitten will be Canada's flag bearer at Thursday's closing ceremony of the Commonwealth Games.
- Team Canada: Top 10 stars
- From the earliest days of the Commonwealth Games, Canada's athletes and officials provided some of the most memorable moments in New Delhi.
- Commonwealth Blog: My last match for Canada
- I won't lie, when I woke up two days ago on the morning of what could be my last match I felt the emotions creeping in.
- Canada's Abel adds 3rd diving medal
- Canadian Jennifer Abel captured her third medal of the Commonwealth Games with a silver in the women's three-metre springboard on the final day of diving competition.
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