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Canada’s women’s and men’s wheelchair basketball teams going for gold in Rio

17 August 2007
RIO DE JANEIRO,  Brazil (Friday, August 17) – Both Canada’s men’s and women’s wheelchair basketball teams will be vying for gold on Saturday, August 18 at the Parapanamerican Games.
 
Playing in a round-robin format, Canada’s women’s team handily beat El Salvador 66-14 on Friday to ensure themselves a berth in the gold medal match. They play the United States, the only team that has beaten the Canucks in the round-robin. Canada is vowing to avenge for the 57-43 loss to the United States tomorrow.
 
Playing in a pool format, Canada’s men’s basketball team downed Argentina 72-30 in the men’s semi-final to advance to the final. Canada will play the winner of the Brazil-United States game scheduled for later tonight. The men’s team is undefeated but has yet to play the United States.
Both the men’s and women’s teams have earned a spot at the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Summer Games. The top four women's teams and the top three men's teams at the Parapanamerican Games are eligible for the Beijing Games.
 
Details of the gold medal games follow:
 
Women’s final: Saturday, August 18 at 6:30 p.m. Atlantic time
 
Men’s final: Saturday, August 18 at 8:45 p.m. Atlantic time
 
Women’s team roster
Elaine Allard (Montreal, QC/Laval, QC)
Chantal Benoit (Beloeil, QC/Mont-Saint-Hilaire, QC)
Jessica Des Mazes (Kamloops, BC/Burnaby, BC)
Lisa Franks (Moose Jaw, SK/Saskatoon, SK)
Katie Harnock (Kitchener, ON/Elmira, ON)
Jennifer Krempien (St. Albert, AB/Richmond, BC)
Kendra Ohama (Brooks, AB/Calgary, AB)
Cindy Ouellet (Rivière-du-Loup, QC/Quebec, QC)
Sabrina Pettinicchi (Montreal, QC/Charters Settlement, NB)
Lori Radke (Wetaskiwin, AB/Calgary, AB)
Misty Thomas (California, USA/Vancouver, BC)
Elisha Williams (Prince George, BC/Prince George, BC)
 
Men’s team roster
Patrick Anderson(Edmonton, ON/Vancouver BC)
Bradley Bowden (Mississauga, ON/Orton, ON)
David Durepos (Fredericton, NB/Charters Settlement, NB)
David Eng (Montreal, QC/Montreal, QC)
Robert Hedges (Fort St. John, BC/Burnaby, BC)
Adam Lancia (Scarborough, ON/Scarborough, ON)
Ross Norton (Calgary, AB/Edmonton, AB)
Richard Peter (Duncan, BC/Vancouver, BC)
Yvon Rouillard (Montreal, QC/Ste-Anne-des-Plaines, QC)
Corey Smith (Ottawa, ON/Ottawa, ON)
Chris Stoutenburg (Collingwood, ON/Collingwood, ON)
Brandon Wagner (Kitchener, ON/Burlington, ON)
 
**The first city in brackets is the athlete’s city of birth and the second is his/her current city of residence.

 

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