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UBC student wins Paralympic bronze

basilwaugh — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 16:32:46 +0000

Update – Sept. 5, 2012: Josh Vander Vies, a UBC law student, has won a bronze medal in the 2012 London Paralympic Games. He competes in the sport of boccia. Read the Vancouver Sun story here.

Pro-athlete and second year law student, Josh Vander Vies is an inspiration to many

By Simmi Puri, originally published Nov. 3, 2011

When most students are reading their notes in a panic before an exam, you might find Josh sitting in the hallway doing breathing exercises instead. It’s something he learned from being a high performance athlete competing in world class sporting events, including the 2004 Paralympic Summer Games in Greece where he competed in Boccia.

“I’ve worked with many sports psychologists over the years and I’ve found that a lot of what I’ve learned helps in school as well,” said Josh who often uses breathing exercises to control his nerves before any big event, including an exam.
Josh, 26, was born in Sarnia, Ontario to parents who always encouraged him to set high goals. While he may have been born without any limbs, it hasn’t stopped Josh from doing whatever it takes to achieve his goals.

“A lot of people with disabilities aren’t really pushed by the people around them. And their parents understandably can be a little overprotective,” explained Josh. “Ironically, it’s one of the worst things you can do. I was lucky to be pushed by the right people throughout my life.”

For Josh, one of the biggest obstacles in his life was moving out of his parents’ home. “I decided I needed to dive in head first. I didn’t know exactly how I was going to be able to live on my own, but I figured it out as I went.”

“The cool thing that I’ve learned from being on my own is that if I ever need help I can ask for it. It’s really tough in the beginning. When I moved into residence I knew that I was going to have to ask the cafeteria staff to help me bring my food to the table and I didn’t want to. I was feeling sorry for myself. So I lived off granola bars for two days. Finally I went back to the cafeteria, asked if they could help me and after that couldn’t even get 10 feet within the cafeteria without someone asking if they can help.”

Josh had wanted to go to law school even before he began his undergrad at the University of Western Ontario, where he received an honours double major in Political Science and French. The idea of being able to advocate on behalf of those that don’t have the means to do so is what appealed to Josh. It’s something that he was already doing as a member of various athletic organizations including Athletes Can, a national organization that fights for the rights of athletes. In 2006, Josh was elected to the International Boccia Committee as Athlete Representative by the boccia players of the world.

“I remember leading up to the Paralympics in Greece, there was an article by a sports writer in the Toronto Star. He was saying that boccia and goalball (another Paralympic sport) were not deserving of funding. I was just about to head to the Paralympics and decided to send a response to him. I received a lot of positive feedback from the Paralympic community on how I responded to that, which encouraged me to be an advocate for the sport.”

In addition to all the demands of second year law and being a world-class athlete, Josh finds time to do motivational talks at schools. It’s inspiring work and an opportunity for him to dispel myths about disabilities.

“After I speak to kids at their school I ask them ‘what have you learned?’ It’s great to sometimes hear them say, “Boccia is awesome and people with disabilities are awesome!”

“People have to remember that disabilities in itself isn’t negative, it’s a person’s attitude and persons willingness to give up and a person’s refusal to set hard goals that can be negative. I think people should be proud of their disabilities.”

Learn more at: http://joshvandervies.com

THE DANGER OF PARALYMPIC BOOSTING

basilwaugh — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 18:56:02 +0000

Update: Krassioukov and five UBC students will study the dangerous practice of Paralympic “boosting” at the 2012 London Games while running a health clinic for athletes.

by Hilary Thomson, March 4, 2010

After years of hard work, Dr. Andrei Krassioukov has finally earned admission to the Athletes Village at the 2010 Vancouver Paralympic Games.

But Krassioukov isn’t a competitor — he’s an internationally recognized expert in spinal cord injury and leader of the only research team to be granted access to the Vancouver Athletes Village during the Games.

Krassioukov and research team members will investigate the controversial practice of “boosting.” Practiced by some individuals with spinal cord injury, boosting involves intentionally raising blood pressure to stimulate the body’s energy and endurance. Non-athletes with SCI may use boosting to feel more energetic and alert.

Paralympic athletes use boosting to win — it can improve performance by up to 15 per cent. Stressing techniques to stimulate parts of the body below the level of the spinal cord injury, and to produce a spike in blood pressure, can range from wearing pressure stockings, to compressing the testicles by sitting on a handful of ball bearings, or blocking a urinary catheter to distend the bladder.

Injury to the spinal cord disrupts control of heart and blood vessels that are normally regulated by the autonomic nervous system, part of the nervous system that provides non-voluntary control to various organs. This disruption — which varies in severity between individuals — means the body cannot properly replenish energy consumed through exercise leading to a drop in peripheral blood flow, sweating, shortness of breath and faintness . This creates significant disadvantages during competition, leading some athletes to use boosting as a drastic measure to correct functions lost through injury.

Besides creating an unfair competitive advantage, boosting is a dangerous practice. The sudden surge in blood pressure typically seen during boosting is known as autonomic dysreflexia and can lead to stroke, heart attack or death. But the International Paralympics Committee (IPC) 1994 ban on boosting has been difficult to enforce.

A physician-scientist at Vancouver Coastal Health’s GF Strong Rehabilitation Centre, Krassioukov has studied autonomic functioning in SCI patients for more than 30 years and has collected data from paralympic athletes headed for competition since 2006. During the last five years he has urged the IPC to go beyond the ban to address how differences in autonomic function affect elite athlete performance.

Krassioukov believes that adding autonomic functioning to the athlete classification system that currently measures only motor and sensory functioning will more evenly match competitors and reduce motivation to boost.

“Being allowed to conduct research in the Athletes’ Village is an exciting milestone for me,” says Krassioukov, an associate professor in UBC’s Dept. of Medicine and co-director of the International Collaboration on Repair Discoveries (ICORD), part of Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute (VCHRI). “It suggests the IPC will consider how differences in autonomic function create inequities in performance and fuel the risky practice of boosting.”

Autonomic functioning varies between individuals according to the level and severity of their SCI. Currently, athletes with higher-level injury and significant autonomic function impairment compete directly with individuals with lesser impairment. Athletes have used boosting to close the gap.

During the 2010 Paralympic Winter Games, expected to draw 650 athletes from more than 40 countries, he plans to test 50 curling and sledge hockey athletes with spinal cord injury in a Cardiovascular Health Education Clinic in the Village and at ICORD. Volunteers will participate in a 90-minute assessment of autonomic functioning, complete a questionnaire and receive educational brochures about autonomic dysreflexia and risks of boosting.

Krassioukov expects it will be at least four years before his team will provide the IPC with possible guidelines on testing of autonomic functioning in paralympic athletes. Additional data from other paralympic sports must be collected and analyzed and recommendations developed and tested. He hopes research advances will ultimately eliminate the need for boosting but accepts that individuals with SCI are always looking for ways to improve their functioning.

“I am amazed by my patients’ incredible tenacity to achieve what they want to do in life — how they not only survive but fully engage in their adventure with a new body.”

Krassioukov’s work is supported by the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada; the Disability Health Research Network; the Craig H. Neilsen Foundation; and the Rick Hansen Foundation.

Claim of ‘blood boosting’ at Paralympic Games

hamos — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 18:14:09 +0000

Fears Paralympians with spinal injuries will self-harm in bid to boost their performance during the Games

hamos — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 18:13:22 +0000

Riding in the international spotlight

hamos — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 18:12:52 +0000

For Paralympian, ‘vision’ means seizing day

hamos — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 18:12:07 +0000

It takes an Olympic Village to raise a city

hamos — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 18:10:47 +0000

Sports psychology is as important for Olympic athletes as conditioning the body

hamos — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 18:05:34 +0000

Fleeting victory, painful losses on home turf

hamos — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 18:03:43 +0000

Pushing limits is in our nature

hamos — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 18:01:52 +0000

Tap and rope guide blind swimmer to victory

basilwaugh — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 21:27:14 +0000

UPDATE:

Aug. 14, 2012 – Donovan Tildesley will compete in his fourth Paralympic Games in London (Aug. 29-Sept. 9).

Sep. 11, 2008 – Donovan Tildesley won bronze in 400-metre S11 swimming in Beijing.

Sep. 4, 2008 - Donovan Tildesley has been named Canada’s flag bearer for the Beijing Paralympics. Tildesley will lead Team Canada’s 143 athletes into the Opening Ceremony.

By Brian Lin, July 3, 2008

At age 24, new UBC grad Donovan Tildesley has broken two world records, won a dozen gold medals in international swim meets and is part of Team Canada for the third time in the Paralympic Games in Beijing this summer.

The Vancouver native is also a motivational speaker and part owner of a small radio station in Whistler, B.C.

Tildesley, who was born blind, won a bronze medal in the 2000 Sydney Paralympics and two silver and one more bronze medal in Athens in 2004. He’s currently the No. 2-ranked swimmer with a disability in the world in the 400-metre freestyle.

“Competing in the Paralympics was one of the most amazing experiences in my life,” says Tildesley, who began racing at age nine with the help of his father and coach Hugh, a former competitive swimmer.

Hugh is also Donovan’s “tapper,” charged with the vital task of tapping his son on the head with a pole when he’s one stroke away from the wall.

“The questions I get asked most is how do I avoid swimming into the wall, and how I swim in a straight line,” explains Tildesley.

Using the lane rope as a guide, Tildesley must keep his arms straight and centred as to keep on course. “As I get tired, keeping my arms symmetrical becomes more difficult, but that’s part of the sport.”

Since graduating from UBC this spring with an English degree, Tildesley has been busy speaking at schools and community events on behalf of the RBC Olympians Program. “I love it as much as competing in the pool,” says Tildesley. “It’s a chance to step outside myself and tell my story. “If I can enrich, inspire or help change someone’s life, that makes me happy.”

Another thing that makes Tildesley happy involves skis and may not be everybody’s cup of tea. “There’s nothing more thrilling than being on top of Spanky’s Ladder on Blackcomb and making the 500 vertical feet drop.”

Now imagine doing that with your eyes closed.

Recap: Looking back at UBC and the 2012 Olympics

basilwaugh — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 21:50:39 +0000

By CJ Pentland and Henry Lebard, The Ubyssey

Bronze medals, swim-offs, meeting royalty: the 2012 Summer Olympics featured much excitement for past and current UBC students.

Unsurprisingly, the swimmers had the most success in London. Led by Brent Hayden’s bronze medal in the 100m freestyle, several other T-Birds put forth strong efforts.

Alumnus Scott Dickens started the competition strong as he became the first Canadian to swim the 100m breaststroke in less than a minute, coming in at 59.85s. He made the semi-final in that event, along with the semi-final of the 200m breaststroke and the final of the 4x100m medley relay team, which also featured Hayden.

The reigning CIS male swimmer of the year, Tommy Gossland, swam in the 4x100m freestyle relay heats along with Hayden, but their time didn’t qualify them for the final.

As for the women, Martha McCabe led the way by finishing fifth overall in the 200m breaststroke after positing a time of 2:23.16 in the final. Tera van Beilen recorded a time of 1:07.48 in the 100m breaststroke semi-finals, which put her in a tie for eighth and forced a swim-off. However, she lost the two-person race and failed to make the finals.

CIS female swimmer of the year Savannah King raced in both the 400m and 800m freestyles, recording a personal best in the 800m. Heather MacLean swam in both the 4x100m and 4x200m freestyle relays, with her 4x200m team finishing fourth overall.

Back on land, a few former Thunderbirds put up good results in track and field events. Inaki Gomez finished 13th in the 20km race walk with a time of 1:20:58, setting a personal best and breaking the Canadian record time in that event.

Liz Gleadle finished 12th overall in women’s javelin, the highest-ever finish by a Canadian in that event. Curtis Moss competed in men’s javelin, but finished 22nd in qualifying and failed to make the finals.

To round out the field events, high jumper Mike Mason came eighth in men’s high jump with a best jump of 2.29m.

There were also a few alumni competing on the outdoor water. In her third Olympics, Nikola Girke finished tenth in women’s RS:X Sailing. Mike Leigh and Luke Ramsay competed in the men’s sailing 470 class, ending up in the 25th spot. And Ricardo Montemayor, who was competing for Mexico, raced in the men’s sailing Laser Class and finished 38th.

In cycling, UBC had one representative. Denise Ramsden raced in both the women’s road race and time trials, finishing 27th and 19th, respectively.

As for the indoor events, badminton player Toby Ng met the Prince of Wales before the Games started, but he and his mixed doubles partner dropped all three of their matches in the group play stage.

The Olympics are now over, but there is still one more UBC athlete left to compete. Paralympic swimmer Donavan Tildesley will be swimming in four events in London once the Paralympic Games kick off on August 29.

This article was originally published by UBC’s student newspaper, the Ubyssey, on Aug. 12.

Meet UBC’s 19 Olympians and Paralympians here.

Historic day for Gleadle in London

hamos — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 01:01:17 +0000

By: UBC Athletics

Former UBC Thunderbird Liz Gleadle made Canadian track and field history today at the 2012 Summer Olympic Games in London.

With her first throw today at Olympic Stadium, Gleadle became the first Canadian woman to take part in the javelin final.

Her historic first throw sailed 57.10 metres. Gleadle faulted on her next attempt before rebounding to hit 58.78m on her last throw.

That put Gleadle in 12th position at the conclusion of the women’s javelin competition, which is Canada’s best result ever in the event.

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Mason finishes eighth; Gleadle into Olympic final

hamos — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 15:10:13 +0000

By: UBC Athletics

Former UBC Thunderbird Mike Mason capped off a great comeback year by finishing eighth in the men’s high jump at the 2012 Summer Olympic Games in London today.

Mason cleared 2.29 metres with his final attempt at that height. He then missed all three jumps with the bar at 2.33m.

Five men ahead of him in the final standings, including the three athletes who shared the bronze medal, also had 2.29 as their best mark but they all took fewer tries to get over that height. Canadian Derek Drouin (Corunna, ON) was one of the men who tied for the bronze medal.

Mason, who won three NAIA outdoor high jump titles during his time at UBC, has been bothered by injuries since the 2008 Olympics.

He had bone chips in his right ankle for two years and then had surgery only to be hit with scar tissue problems after the operation.

But this year, Mason has seen a return to form. He’s healthy and was re-united with his old coach.

He qualified for the Olympics after hitting the A qualifying standard of 2.31 metres, which is also a personal best, at the Grande Caribbean International Meet in Baie-Mahault, Guadeloupe.

Mason then secured his spot on Team Canada with a second-place finish at the Canadian Track and Field Trials in Calgary on June 30, clearing 2.28m.

Liz Gleadle will get her chance at glory on Thursday, August 8 in the Olympic final of the women’s javelin throw.

Today in the qualification round, Gleadle finished sixth in her group and 11th overall with a best throw of 60.26 metres. It came on her final attempt.

That performance is below the 24 year-old’s personal best of 61.15m, which is also the current Canadian record.

Her effort was just enough to get into the final, which will feature 12 competitors. It will begin at 1 p.m. on Thursday.

Hayden and Dickens finish 8th

hamos — Sat, 04 Aug 2012 19:55:20 +0000

Former UBC Thunderbird swimmers Brent Hayden and Scott Dickens led the Canadian men’s 4x100m medley relay team to an eighth place finish at the 2012 Olympic Games.

Hayden and Dickens teamed up with Charles Francis and Joe Bartoch to swim a time of 3:34:19. The team from the United States, which included Michael Phelps, the most decorated athlete in Olympic history, took home gold with a time of 3:29:35.

Francis swam the backstroke leg of the race, followed by Dickens, who swam the breaststroke, and Bartoch, who swam the butterfly. Hayden, who won a bronze medal for Canada in the men’s 100m freestyle event on Wednesday, was the anchor, completing the freestyle portion of the event. On Friday, the Canadian team qualified for the finals with a time of 3:34.46.

This was the final race for both Hayden and Dickens who are expected to retire following the Olympics. Dickens celebrated his 28th birthday today.

“It was an emotional morning,” Dickens tweeted Friday after qualifying for the finals. “I walked out for the relay knowing it may have been my last race ever, making my first Olympic final, a lot of tears of joy.”

Gomez sets a new Canadian record

On the busiest day of the 2012 Games when swimming and athletics events overlap, former TBird Inaki Gomez placed 13th in the 20km men’s race walk event in a time of 1:20:58, setting a new Canadian record.

Ding Chen of China took home the gold medal in the event in a time of 1:18:46.

WATCH CTV REPLAY OF 20 KM RACE WALK

The previous national record was held by Arturo Huerta, who set the mark by completing a race in 1:21:03 on July 7, 2000 in Toronto.

As a Thunderbird, Gomez won the NAIA outdoor race walk titles three years in a row for UBC (2008, 2009 and 2010). He also earned a silver medal in 2007.

In the year leading up to June’s Canadian Track and Field Trials in Calgary, Gomez met the Olympic A standard three times.

In the lead-up to London, Gomez spent two and a half weeks in St. Moritz, Switzerland training at altitude. He then went to Kamen, Germany for a distraction-free staging camp involving Canada’s track and field Olympians. Gomez arrived in London on Wednesday.

- With files from UBC Athletics

Watch a video interview with Dickens

Watch a video interview with Hayden

Watch a video interview with Gomez

Sauder Prof helps 2012 Canadian Olympic team go carbon neutral

Lorraine Chan — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 18:32:16 +0000

As the 2012 Olympics swing into action, the world’s attention turns to athletes striving for medals, but what many overlook is the event’s long term impact on the environment.

According to Assoc. Prof. James Tansey at UBC’s Sauder School of Business, the more than 200 countries competing at the London Games and the associated travel, construction and operations, are expected to generate more than two million tons of carbon dioxide. Tansey is the Executive Director of Sauder’s ISIS Research Centre, which works to advance social innovation and sustainability through research, incubation and application.

Tansey is working on reducing the impact of the Games through his spinoff carbon management company, Offsetters, by offsetting the 2012 Canadian Olympic Team’s travel to London. The team is offsetting around 1,500 tons of greenhouse gas emissions, which is equal to the approximate volume of 300 Olympic-size pools.

“This is an issue that means a lot to athletes,” said two-time Olympic snowboarder Justin Lamoureux. “We fly all over the world for training camps and competitions and we want to do everything we can to minimize our effect on the environment.”

For Tansey, this experience with the Canadian Olympic Team builds on his previous work with the organizing committee of Vancouver 2010 to make those Olympic Games the first to be carbon neutral.

About his latest endeavor he says, “Offsetters is proud to partner with the Canadian Olympic Committee to send a carbon neutral team to London. By supporting the athletes, we hope to educate, engage and inspire Canadians to take action on climate change.”

Tansey says education is key to tackling global sustainability. When the revamped MBA at Sauder’s Robert H. Lee Graduate School kicks off this fall, Tansey will lead a course titled Innovation and Sustainability. “I intend to use the carbon footprints calculated for the Vancouver and London Games to show students how to create greenhouse gas audits and do lifecycle assessment work,” he explains.

His material showcases the work of MBA alumni like Jessica Langelaan who interned with ISIS, measuring the footprint of the 2010 Winter Games from bid to end. Says Tansey, “It shows how a student project can have a major impact by demonstrating best practice for such a flagship event.”

Jessica Langelaan is still linked with Prof. Tansey and ISIS, and now works as Director of Advisory Services at Offsetters, where her MBA training in strategic management has proved invaluable in helping her engage companies and their stakeholders around environmental issues.

“At Offsetters, we help organizations understand, reduce and offset their emissions to mitigate their impact on the environment,” says Langelaan. “We take a technical subject (like greenhouse gas emissions) and communicate it in a way that is meaningful to the world.”

According to Tansey, the 2012 Canadian Olympic Team’s gas emissions are being offset by carbon credits invested in four organizations; two landfill gas ventures in Canada, a bio-gas project in Thailand, and a wind farm in Turkey.

While Prof. Tansey isn’t responsible for measuring the carbon footprint of the entire London Games, he hopes his work on the 2010 Vancouver Games has been influential in the London Olympics’ sustainability efforts. “While they haven’t made the 2012 Games carbon neutral, they have still done an incredible job at reducing emissions from the buildings and infrastructure, continuing to build a legacy that will be used in the future.”

Martha McCabe finishes 5th

hamos — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 19:03:27 +0000

UBC student Martha McCabe finished fifth in the women’s 200m breaststroke at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

McCabe finished the race in 2:23.16, just 3.57 seconds behind gold medallist Rebecca Soni of the United States, who set a new world record of 2:19.59.

McCabe, a 2011 World Championship bronze medallist, bettered her time of 2:24:09 from Wednesday’s semi-final.

Watch McCabe’s race on the CTV website.

UBC swimmer Brent Hayden wins bronze

basilwaugh — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 19:48:32 +0000

By: UBC Athletics

Former UBC Thunderbirds swimmer Brent Hayden has won the bronze medal in 100m freestyle swimming at the London Olympics.

Hayden, from Mission, B.C., finished in a time of 47.80, just behind gold medalist Nathan Adrian from the United States and silver medalist James Magnussen of Australia.

“It’s amazing right now,” said Hayden, immediately following the race. “You always have that doubt in the back of your mind, but then something comes forward and you realize you have an equal shot just like everyone else, so you just go for it.”

Reaching the podium in his specialty is the culmination of an outstanding career in the pool. Previously the World Champion in the 100m freestyle in 2007 and a silver medalist in the same event at the 2011 World Championships, Hayden was seeking revenge in his third and final Olympics after failing to make the final in the 100m freestyle in 2008 in Beijing.

“I couldn’t afford to hold anything back,” said Hayden. “With 25 metres left, it hurt, but I was saying to myself this could be the last 100m freestyle race of my career so all I was doing was going for it.”

Hayden becomes the second Thunderbirds swimmer to ever win an Olympic medal. Bill Mahony won a bronze in the 1972 Olympics in Munich as part of Canada’s 4x100m medley relay team.

Hayden has one last race left at the Olympics. He will take part in the 4x100m medley relay on Friday.

Watch Hayden’s medal-winning swim and post-race interview on the CTV website.

Martha McCabe Advances To Olympic Final

Shortly after Hayden’s race, UBC student Martha McCabe qualified for the finals in women’s 200m breaststroke.

McCabe finished third in her heat in a time of 2:24:09, over two seconds faster than her time in the morning heats. It was the seventh fastest time in the semi-final.

“It’s good,” said McCabe following her race. “I needed to get through to the final, but I still have to be faster tomorrow. I know I can be faster. It’s in me. It’s just a case of getting it out of me and will be working with my coach to do that just tomorrow.”

McCabe is no stranger to success in this event. Last year at the World Aquatics Championships she took home a bronze medal in the 200m breaststroke.

Rebecca Soni of the United States was the fastest swimmer in the semi-final, setting a new world record, clocking a time of 2:20.00. The new mark broke the record previously held by Annamay Pierse. The Thunderbirds alum originally set the mark at the 2009 World Aquatic Championships.

Tera Van Beilen also swam in the event today, but did not get past the morning heats. Van Beilen clocked a time of 2:27:70, finishing seventh in the preliminary round. Earlier in the week Van Beilen came in ninth place in the women’s 100m breaststroke.

Watch a video interview with Hayden

Brent Hayden advances to final

hamos — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 19:45:15 +0000

By: UBC Athletics

On a day that Canada won three bronze medals, former UBC Thunderbirds swimmer Brent Hayden advanced to the final of the men’s 100m freestyle.

Hayden, racing in his third and final Olympics, clocked a time of 48:21 in his specialty. He posted the sixth fastest time. He won silver at the 2011 World Aquatic Championships in this event and was the 2007 World Champion.

“It’s a huge weight off my chest,” said Hayden following his semi-final race. “I’ve been fighting the money on my back since Beijing. Everything worked out and I think for the final I will have even more intensity.”

The final is set for 12:17 pm PST tomorrow (Aug. 1).

Also in the pool on Tuesday, racing in his second event of the games, Scott Dickens won his 200m breaststroke heat with a personal best, advancing to the semi-final. He finished in 16th in the semi-final. Dickens has already had a successful games, setting a Canadian record in the 100m breaststroke on Saturday.

UBC Olympians joining Hayden in competition on Aug. 1 include: Tara Van Beilen (swimming), Martha McCabe (swimming), Denise Ramsden (cycling), Nikola Girke (windsurfing), Hunter Lowden (sailing), Ricardo Montemayor (sailing) and Mike Leigh and Luke Ramsey (sailing).

Learn more about UBC’s Olympians here.

- with files from Swimming Canada

Watch a video interview with Brent Hayden:

Why asthma doesn’t stop elite athletes

hamos — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 16:56:14 +0000