Gymnasts, speed skaters and target shooter bring home hardware for Team BC

Team BC climbed the podium 10 times on Thursday, bringing home one gold, five silver and four bronze medals at the 2015 Canada Winter Games. 

In the gymnastics event finals, Aaron Mah of Vancouver and Shallon Olsen combined for five medals for Team BC. Mah won gold in the men’s floor exercise and silver in men’s horizontal bars. Surrey’s Olsen won three medals: two silvers – vault and floor exercise – and a bronze in uneven bars. 

Mah places fourth in men’s all around competition

Team BC’s Aaron Mah takes fourth place in the men’s gymnastics all around competition.  The team will conclude with individual event finals on Thursday.

Exciting finish to competition for Team BC archers

Local Team BC archers Tony Proctor and Emerie Watson bring home B.C.’s first ever bronze in the team compound archery event.

Team BC faces Team Saskatchewan in a nail biter of a hockey match up

Back and forth all game long, Team BC comes up short in a shoot out against Team Saskatchewan.

Team BC stopped by Team Ontario, and the rim

With a disappointing loss to Team Ontario, Team BC wheelchair basketball athletes gear up to play for a fifth place finish tomorrow at 1 p.m.

Team BC ringette medal opportunity missed with loss to Team Manitoba

An unfortunate loss to Team Manitoba in ringette ends in Team BC playing for a fifth place finish.

Personal bests for Team BC in the 500m short track

Team BC speed skating short track competed in the 500m today at the Lakewood Dental Arena. 

Team BC curlers advance to semi-final

Team BC pulls out a hard fought win over Team PEI to advance to the semis.

Team BC’s Mel Pemble captures silver in alpine for an excited Prince George crowd

Team BC bring home the hardware in alpine as the Prince George U12 ski racers bring a whole new level of excitement to the slopes.

Medal trifecta for Emily Dickson as Team BC posts big results at Winter Games

Emily Dickson earned her third medal of the 2015 Canada Winter Games on Wednesday in the biathlon 10km pursuit, adding a gold to her silver and bronze finishes from earlier this week. 

Team BC’s long track speed skaters were also golden – Jacob Graham (Dawson Creek) and Sara Spence (Kamloops) both won their respective 500m races in Fort St. John on Wednesday.

Silver medals were earned by Mel Pemble (Victoria) in the para alpine slalom, Leia Hoot (Kamloops) in the target shooting air rifle event, and the female long track speed skating team took silver in women’s pursuit: Sara Spence, Carolina Hiller (Prince George), Abigail McCluskey (Penticton) and Emilie Medland-Marchen (Kelowna). 

The team of Tony Procter (Prince George) and Emerie Watson (Quesnel) earned a bronze in the compound archery event. 

TERRITORY ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

We respectfully acknowledge the lək̓ʷəŋən (Lekwungen) People, also known today as the Esquimalt and Songhees Nations, and recognize that our work in this province spans the territories of more than 200 First Nations, as well as Métis and Inuit communities.

 
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