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September 4, 2008

Latest from Paige Larson

And the sun had returned this morning but the clouds are moving in as the day progresses. It is still quite hot, but I am not complaining! The day is going well, starting with a quick athletics meeting at 7:30. After that I went for an hour swim.
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September 3, 2008

More from Athletic Therapist Deanna Schick

Yesterday we had an interesting cultural exchange at Shinyu. One of the rowers, Vicky, has a guide dog named Angus and he has become quite the celebrity. It's apparently very rare for the Chinese to see big dogs. In fact, it's illegal to own a dog over 30 lbs here!
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September 3, 2008

Another local Paralympic athlete and podium hopeful profiled

Dan Olson in the Burnaby Now writes on Coquitlam's Dustin Walsh who made it to Paralympic Games in Athens and finished just off the podium in 5th place - this year he will be competing in Beijing in both the 200 and 400 meters and doing it with a new running guide, Steve Walters. As a blind runner, the Coquitlam ath
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September 3, 2008

Diced Peaches deemed a "security threat" for Australian Paralympian's flight to Beijing

Humourous story in Australia's Canberra Times about first time Aussie Cycling Team Paralympian Michael Milton's attempt to bring his favorite snack meal diced peaches on his 12 hour flight to Beijing. Milton failed in his bid to get the peaches on board. ''They told him the liquid the peaches were in some f
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September 3, 2008

Team Canada expecting big things at Paralympic Games

Canada scored 18 medals at the Beijing Games and the expectation is that mark will be surpassed by a factor of 3 by our Paralympic team and according to Canada's chef de mission Debbie Low could land Canada a top 5 finish. Low expects the Canadian athletes will be able to feed off the momentum the Canadian Olympians
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September 3, 2008

CBC.ca says these are the 10 top Canadian Paralympians to watch in Beijing

Among CBC.ca's list of Canada's top 10 Paralympic prospects for Beijing is Victoria swimmer and long time National team member Stephanie Dixon: Stephanie Dixon (Swimming): Dixon is one of the most decorated Canadian athletes ever to compete at the Paralympic Games.
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September 3, 2008

BC Swimmer Donovan Tildesley ready to compete in Beijing

The Province's Kent Gilchrist continues his profiles of BC Paralympians today focusing on swimmer Donovan Tildesley who will compete in 5 different events in Beijing. Donovan Tildesley swims like it's a full-contact sport. You've heard of athletes who are so intense they are described as "sweating blood"?
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September 3, 2008

Latest Blog from Paige Larson

Yesterday went pretty much according to plan. We went off to the "silk market" which says "Pearl Market" on the outside just to ensure confusion amoung the foreigners.
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September 2, 2008

Profile on BC's Misty Thomas as she gets ready to play for Canada's Wheelchair Basketball Team in Beijing

The Province's Kent Gilchrist took a look at Misty Thomas in today's paper: Misty Thomas expects the Beijing Paralympics basketball tournament to be the biggest, best and most hard-fought event in which she will have ever participated.
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September 1, 2008

Kamloops' Bruce Davidson is Blogging from Beijing

Beijing Early days
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