It was a medal haul for Team BC on Wednesday at the 2015 Canada Winter Games with Team BC bringing home 14 medals.
The day started with badminton finals where the Men’s Doubles team of Joshua Liu (Vancouver) and Duncan Yao (Richmond) battled their way to the podium in the bronze medal match of the men’s doubles, beating team Manitoba in three sets.
James Ho (Surrey) won bronze in the badminton singles event against an opponent from Manitoba who was twice his height. “When I came to the Canada Winter Games my goal was to reach the semi finals and I did that,” he said. “I didn’t expect to actually medal. Fourth would have been a really great accomplishment for me. I more than achieved my goal by winning the bronze and it feels really good.”
In figure skating, Prince George athlete, Justin Hampole, was second coming to the free program after a personal best short program on Tuesday. He skated another clean program and earning a combined total of 91.88 points to place third for the bronze medal.
Justin said after, “I never expected to win a medal. My goal was 90 points and I achieved that and I am so happy to have won bronze. It has been a great experience.”
Olivia Gran of Kelowna earned silver in the pre-novice female event and teammate Alisa Lyesina of Victoria finished fifth.
In the Special Olympics Level 2 competition Matthew Lai (Richmond) earned gold and his teammate Eric Pahima (Vancouver) earned silver.
The Judo competition got underway at UNBC and Team BC showed their strength and skill earning three medals including a silver for local Prince George athlete, Lavanna Lass in the women’s 63kg, a silver for Ario Nishimura (Richmond) in men’s 73kg and a bronze for Leo Goldberg (Langley) in men’s under 60kg.
Team BC was in contention for medals in individual squash with Michelle Garceau (Surrey) winning the female final and taking home the gold medal. In the men’s individual competition, Matthew Toth (Richmond) and Gavin Maxwell (Victoria) squared off for bronze with Toth taking the victory.
The team event was in full swing at table tennis and Team BC earned a silver in the men’s team event for Frank Liao (Vancouver), Michael Luo (Burnaby), Mike Yue (New Westminster) and a bronze in the female team event for Natasha Carr-Harris (Vancouver), Leanne Lee (Burnaby), Ivy Liao (Vancouver).
The mixed doubles team of Kyle Carragher (Port Coquitlam), Curtis Gerein (Kelowna), Poppy Quinlan (Maple Ridge), Emily Schmidt (Kamloops) earned bronze at trampoline.
Impressive results today have Team BC with 63 medals overall, placing the team third in the medal standings behind Quebec and Ontario.
Team BC sporting Pink
Team BC athletes, coaches, and mission staff sported pink today in support of Pink Shirt Day, to show that we are taking a stand against bullying.
Take a look at our #TBCgoesPink pictures!
SAGE Most Valuable Supporter Mission Staff Award
A big congratulations to Julianne Zussman, Team BC mission staff for alpine skiing and snowboarding, on being awarded with a SAGE Most Valuable Supporter Award. Julianne was nominated by her week one sport, alpine skiing. Here is what they said about her:
"Julianne absolutely immersed herself into the TEAM BC alpine team as a mission volunteer. Couldn’t have done it without her. She quickly became our kid’s team and parent team mother. She knew everything and helped with so many details! Thank you Julianne you were the best!"
Congratulations again Julianne, this is a well-deserved honour.
Do you have a mission staff member that you would like to nominate? There is still time! Sage (@SageNAmerica), a proud national partner of the 2015 Canada Winter Games, is still taking daily nominations for Mission Staff that are going above and beyond for their team. Three more days and three more winners.
Nominate your Team BC Mission Staff as a Most Valuable Supporter of the 2015 Canada Winter Games. Here how:
1. SUBMIT ONLINE: www.sageMVSawards.ca
2. TWEET: “I nominated @goteamBC #TBCMissionStaff today for the @sageNAmerica Most Valuable Supporter for #2015CanGames”
#MedalSelfie
With more Team BC athletes reaching the podium - let's see your #medalselfie! Teck, the proud supplier of the Canada Games medals is encouraging athletes to take a selfie with your medal and then post it on social media with the hashtags #medalselfie and #2015CanGames.
Tomorrow's Schedule
09:00 Badminton Team Competition Mixed BC vs NS
09:00 Curling Female BC vs SK
10:00 Cross Country 5 km Sit-Ski (Interval Start) Para
11:15 Cross Country 5 km Standing Free (Mass Start) Para
12:00 Figure Skating Pairs Novice Mixed Finals - Free
12:15 Cross Country 10 km Free (Mass Start) Female Final
12:40 Figure Skating Singles Novice Female Finals - Free
13:00 Cross Country Skiing 15 km Free (Mass Start) Male
13:00 Judo Preliminaries and Quarter Finals
13:00 Table Tennis Singles Female
14:00 Judo Individual Placement
14:55 Figure Skating Special O Singles Level II Female - Free
15:00 Table Tennis Singles Female Relegation
15:30 Squash Team Competition Female AB vs BC
16:00 Judo Individual Semi-final
16:00 Table Tennis Singles Male Relegation and Quarter Finals
17:00 Judo Individual Finals - Bronze & Gold Medal Bouts
18:00 Badminton Team Competition Mixed - BC vs QC
18:30 Squash Team Competition Male AB vs BC
19:05 Figure Skating Dance Novice Mixed Finals - Free
19:30 Hockey Male Quarter Finals - 23 - BC vs QC
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Unofficial results. Click here for official medal standings
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Canada Games TV: TODAY
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