Gymnasts tumble to silver on Monday
The second day of gymnastics competition at MacDonald Island Park featured the Women’s Team and All-Around events.
Rostam Turner takes gold in decathlon
Rostam Turner, a decathlon athlete from Kelowna B.C. Turner had seven personal bests during the Western Canada Summer Games in discus, pole vault, high jump, shot put, 110m hurdles, 100m and long jump and finished with a total of 7113 points and claiming the gold medal.
Team BC Results Recap Aug 10
BC remains atop the medal standings after three days of competition with 52 gold, 35 silver, 31 bronze for a total of 118 medals.
Zhang and Ronayne paddle to bronze
It was another beautiful day along the Snye for the Canoe/ Kayak competition as Anna Zhang (Vancouver) and Hana Ronayne (Pemberton) paddled their way to a bronze medal in the C-2 5000m in their inaugural multi-sport games.
Beach Volleyball book tickets to final
Both the men’s and women’s beach volleyball team book their tickets to the gold medal final today.
Calvin Thalheimer – double gold medalist and great teammate
Calvin Thalheimer is not only a great tennis player he is also a wicked pin trader, part time comedian and psychologist. However his best role has been that of a teammate.
Double Gold for Wrestling
Team BC won double gold in the team wrestling event at the Western Canada Summer Games.
Men’s basketball eliminate Alberta in semifinals to advance to gold-medal game
Team BC men’s basketball team defeated Alberta in today’s semifinal game, with a final score of 86-41. The team looked confident and well-polished, a good sign heading into tomorrow’s gold medal game at 11:00am.
Hammer throw women sweep podium as Athletics bring in 21 more medals
Team BC continued their athletics medal haul today, Aug. 10, at Timberlea Athletics Park, where Regan Yee raced the third best time in Canadian history in the 2000m steeplechase and BC swept the podium in the women’s hammer throw.