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The Tokyo 2020 Olympics are underway in 2021 after a one-year delay due to the challenges of a global pandemic. While the competitions will go ahead as usual, there won't be any spectators to cheer them on. Supporters will be witnessing the The IFP - Halton Hills | Thursday, July 22, 2021 | 12 about Canadas Olympic team and the summer games. + Canada has sent its largest delegation to an Olympic Games in 37 years. , 17 According to the Canadian Olympic Committee, 371 athletes will wear Y Canadian colours at the Tokyo Olympics, the most since 1984 in Los Angeles. + Ontario has the greatest fepresentation at Tokyo 2020 with 171 athletes. British Columbia has 95 and +The youngest team Canada member is 14-year-old Toronto swimmer Summer Mcintosh. + as wart —— + Surfing has been introduced to the Tokyo 2020 games but there won't be any Canadians chal- lenging the waves as our athletes failed to qualify. Sights are set on the Paris games in 2024. +The 2020 contingent includes 40 athletes who have previously won Olympic medals. +Canada did not qualify in men’s baseball but the women’s softball team will represent and has a chance at a medal. Both sports have not been athletes’ performances virtually. Here are some facts # included in the games since the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. + Skateboarding will debut as an Olympic sport at Tokyo 2020. There are two versions of the ~ sport. Canadians will compete in the =} men’s park and men's street event. + Among the changes that COVID- 19 restrictions bring to the games is the ath- lete’s experience at the Olympic village. They can't check in until five days before their competition begins and have to leave ay 48 hours after they are done. They will be tested daily with regular temperature checks, and masks must be worn off the field of play. Best Wishes Tessa! superiorglove.com/careers ooo Runners are finished a race when their trunk reaches the finish line. Head, hands and feet don't count, only the area of the body between the neck and groin. The steeplechase is a 3,000- metre obstacle race based on an 18th century equine event, with 28 fixed barriers, or hur- dles, and seven water pits. At the age of 38, Lori-Ann Muenzer became the first Canadian cyclist to win a gold medal at the 2004 games in Athens. She won on wheels borrowed from the French and Australian teams after both of her tires had blown, You make Georgetown very Proud! «Truck Accessories * Upholstery ¢ Heavy Equipment Glass ¢ Window Tinting YOUR theifp.ca KEEP YOUR FAMILY COMFORTABLE THIS SEASON WITH HEATING & AIR COMPANY GEORGETOWN 348 Guelph Street, Unit 2B (eZ-To)ce(-s(e am Olalolitems WACH-|=10) & Call Anytime: 905 - 877- 8990 Hs