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SUMMER GAMES 2021 ALEXANDER HOPES TO ADD TO IMPRESSIVE HOOPS CAREER IN TOKYO HERB GARBUTT hgarbutt@metroland.com Kayla Alexander has al- ready established an im- pressive basketball resu- 6. Now she is hoping to add to to it with an Olympic men Canadian team en- ters the Olympics as the fourth-ranked team in the ous levels for more than a decade. She starred for Canada at the under-18 FI- mericas champion- ships, where she helped Canada take the silver medal and followed that up by playing at the Under-19 world championships, aged a double-double at ts. Kayla Alexander will try to help Canada earn its first Olympic medal in women's basketbal ATHLETE SPOTLIGHT ss Chris Poss/ Canada Basketball draft, going eighth overall to the San Antonio Stars, where she played for five of her eight seasons. She has also played for Indiana, Chicago and Minnesota in the WNBA while also play- in Rus- The Milton District High School graduate went to Syracuse University, where she became school's first player fo score 2,000 career point Eight years later, she ve mains the school's all-time leader in games played, points, field goals and free ows made and bk ing sia and France. She made her debut with the Canadian senior national team in 2018 and averaged 6.7 points and 3.7 rebounds as Canada went 3-0 at the Olympic Qualify- ing Tournament. Alexander wrote a chil- dren's book with her sister Kesia based on her expert ence in the sport call "The Magic of | porketiall™ " She'll be looking to add an- other chapter in Tokyo. Simon McTavish will compete for Canada in the K-1 (kayak single) 1,000-metre. Canada has been represented in the Olympic Games since 2004, SIMON MCTAVISH A KAYAK SINGLE COMPETITOR HERB GARBUTT hgarbutt@metroland.com Since 2004, the Canadi- an Olympic representative in the men's K-1 (kayak sin- gle) 1,000-metre has been from Oakville. That streak looked like it might end when four- Cameron McTavish photo PADDLER RETURNS TO EARN SPOT ON OLYMPIC TEAM pics. The 25-year-old Oak- ville native moved to Aus- alia with his family in 2007. He didn't take up pad- dl was 15, but within three years he earned a spot on the Aus- tralian team for the World Junior Championships. In 2018, he earned a sil- ver medal in the K-11,000m. the world under-23 ahampionchins and that Si rear won two gold medals at the World Uni- time Olympian Adam van _ versity Koeverden retired follow- His verformanceearned ing the Rio Games in 2016. him the Australian univer- Butit will i ft sity male ath] ‘the year i McTavish took an al unusual route to the Olym- ward. After graduating from ATHLETE SPOTLIGHT Sydney University, he re- furned to Canada and earned a spot on the na- tional team in 2019. Amem- ber of the Mississauga Ca- noe Club, he competed for Canada in the K-4 at the 2019 world championships, helping Canada qualify a boat for the Olympics. At the Olympic tails i in March, he won Kl 1,000m to earn a oe on Canada's team for Tokyo. Oy SCAN THIS CODE for more Olympic FIND MORE LOCAL EVENTS AT THEIFP.CA Michael Chong Member of Parliamen Wellington - 866-878-5556 michael.chong@parl.gc.ca wry W a ELiceya) Hills Woz ‘2 Ainr ‘Aepsuny | SiH YONEH - dal UL | EL