Coltyn Liu wins Athlete Excellence Award
Team BC has recognized volleyball athlete, Coltyn Liu of Vancouver with the Athlete Excellence Award. This new award honours two outstanding Team BC athletes at every Canada Games with a $2,500 bursary.
Team BC has recognized volleyball athlete, Coltyn Liu of Vancouver with the Athlete Excellence Award. This new award honours two outstanding Team BC athletes at every Canada Games with a $2,500 bursary.
As members of Team BC settle into the Athletes’ Village over the weekend and get ready to head to their venues on Monday, athletes from the first week of completion offer their advice.
After the first week of competition, Team BC is sitting in second place in the medal standings with 26 gold medals, 26 silver medals, and nine bronze medals for a total of 61. T
Jerome Blake handles media questions about being compared to Olympian Andre De Grasse with ease. “I don’t mind if I remind them of someone who is really good at the sport,” said the 21-year-old from Kelowna after winning gold in the men’s 200-metre sprint.
Some old temporary tattoos may have helped Team BC’s 4x400m women’s relay reach the top of the podium at the University of Manitoba Stadium Friday evening.
During the final day of week one action, Team BC earned 25 medals including 13 gold, eight silver, and four bronze.
Team BC athletes turned in top performances during the late afternoon and evening sessions as the 2017 Canada Games athletics competition wrapped up in Winnipeg.
The beach volleyball team of Isaac Bevis (Nanaimo) and Jeff Webb (Nanaimo) had a golden evening at the Canada Summer Games with a win over Nova Scotia.
BC’s track athletes earned more medals Friday afternoon in the second-to-last session of the 2017 Canada Games athletics competition.
Team BC takes a 7-3 win over Team Quebec to finish fifth in the Canada Games tournament.