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jg c ecotwrniststsunftriimne ourollflmpians sadfoydcltidoikt 3 s- hue athletes from ktarkham and wkitchurchstouffville represented canada at the summer yolympic j games in sydney theyre all hack home after taking postgames yaca- uonsand ready to tqlkaboutwhat wasformostanextraodinaryexpe- rience bymikehayakawa sports editor j markhams mathieu turgeon says his surprise bronze medal fin- ish in the olympic trampoline event is just starting to sink in now the 21 secondyear york university student said the jubilation of jbeing an olympic medal winner one of ji select few earned by canadian athletes hasnt completely set in yet my parents are showing me all of the newspaper clippings that mentioned what i did said turgeon theres a lot of paper workers awesome v ranked 11th in the world prior c to the olympics and making his- debut at these games turgeon was confidenthe would improve on his- status just how much remained to be seen i didnt want to go out mentally l where i made the finals and that was it i wanted to get in the finals and work well to get into the rank- ings like filth or sixth i didnt want to come home and say i could have done better i hadto put everything into the rou- tineand this time i didnt watch the i other competitors perform recalled turgeon who credited j cockburn and his coach dave ross into giving hinvsomeextra advice priprjtb his performance during his final routine turgeon recauedmateyerything seemed to fall into place v t i felt smooth and i had great rhythm everything went according to plan at the right time 7 after recording alscore of 3910 and being one of the early cqmpeti- torstufgeon menhacltd play the wakingygame- tofsee where he would finish fortunately- for tiirgeori no one overtook him for the bronze medal reflecting on the games turgeon experienced no problems andwas impressed with how well j they were organized i w thefoodcourt in the athletes village was huge and open 24 hours a day you could get whatever you wanted to eat and the transporta- tiqn was great f while winning amedal is some- tthing the st robert catholic high school graduate will cherish he ribtedthe games opening ahd clos- ing cefefnohieswere also memo rable v s taking the first few steps into staff photosjoerd witteveen markhams mathieu turgeon gets a big welcome back hug from dad andre and mom muguette after arriving back from the sydney olympics with his bronze medal in trampoline the stadium for the opening cere- set to resume his studies at york t monies you catch glimpses of the- university turgeon travels to crowd all of the cheering and cam germany in december to compete eras flashingihats when it hit me in the world cur final synchronized that this thing thtf olympics is a event with his skyriders club part- big deal nerbensnape andin die closing ceremonies turgeon wont compete in the- the costumes that people wore i individual category because he did- were great and spectacular it was jnot accumulate enough points dur- cool to see all bfthe different singers v ing the world cup season- and the energy involved along with for now though turgeon is glad the overall attitude and behavior of to be back home the people you get abit homesick so ifs everyone was relaxing arid hav- good to get- acquainted with my ing a good time all of the competi- r parents again and to teu them of my tors mingled and people were even experiences y trading things like pins hats jackets and even shoes my coach dave thnrhurnsmith doesnt ross traded his shoes he noted nur uum 0lim uwbn l since his olympic perforrhance turgeon revealed his lifestyle has not been altered however he for lleenthorbumsmithtlie hopes the corporate sector mights sydney olympic games were begin to take note of his feat y something she will always remem- maybe in the ne3rt few weeks beiv something might rhappen right s but it wont be a happy memory now though were trying toget what will stay with the veteran in explaining her situation thorburnsmith speculated there was a lack of communication between her and the pitching staff she cited the pitchers who believed they could get by on sheer ability to throw a ball as fast as they could past a hitter being a veteran performer- in international games thorburnsmith thought other wise v have happy memories some sponsorship deals i havent been approached yet but i would definitely welcome it just as important the skyriders catcher with the canadian womens softball team is the time she spent sitting oh thebenchl that did not go over well with trampoline club member hopes c the 28yearold unionville resident canadians will become more aware who became the clubs starting of his sport i v- catcher aftaerthe 1996- atlanta turgeon would like to be apart games where canada finislied of the- 2004 olympics in athens- fifth greecehowever he conceded a lot canadas 17 record left it a dis- cari happen before then- appointing eighth and thorburn- four years is a longtime and k smith caught just two games and cant predict if ill be there but i will- played one inning in the outfield still be in the sport to compete during the clubs final outing colleen thorburnsmith unionville resident saw limited action in softball competition at this level you cant blow a fastball by a hitter it has to have movement sheexplained tnorburnsmith had an inkling the olympics fun when the camp just prior during camp she detected 5afift among tne players iknewsomethmgwasgoingon with the stuff i was overhearing there was evenjtalk among the y players of bickering arid knit-pick- ing you had a group who werea team and others who werent in that group we didntdo things togeth- pr titwadunngtheseotrtdlasfday before the opening ceremonies tookplace thatthorbumsmitii received word she wouldnt be the v starting catcher the sad part about the whole drdeal was that with the exception of two outings canada lost its v games by one runbrbumsrhith thought if the problenisat training 1 camp didirb east the yearns fqr- injuniiglithavbbelsfffeversed however she acknowledged the overall calibre of pitching m sydney was far superior thaninihe inau- gural medal evehtin c z r there- werestrpnger teams at jtthese there were strongerpitekew v thdrburnsrnithbelievesthv clubs maturity level must improve if canada hopes to have a better- showing at the next olympics we had a very young teanv everybody was looking forward to playing but somepeoplesminds werent on softball they got caught up in the sunrouiidingsthatwas the thing r when asked if she would cohsid- er taking part in a third olympics thorburnsmithasked for time to thinkabout it these olympics have left a bad taste in jnymouth i havent really decided yet whatllldo f i suttonbrown impressed by atmosphere in sydney although the canadian womens basketball teani finishedj in 10th place in sydney 22yearold markham resident and starting t centre tammysjittqnbrbwn said the experience was overwhelming it was very excitingathe 6footi 4 suttonbrown said upon 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