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The 27â€"year-old Stouffville resi- dent is the first competitor to win At the 2004 Summer Games in Athens, she bounced, flipped and somersaulted to a silver in the women’s individual event. BY MIKE HAYAKAWA Stafi Writer When Karen Cockbum made her Summer Olympic debut in the 2000 Games in Sydney, she won a bronze medal in the women’s indi- vidual trampoline. BM‘MGW 138WDtJflt5 @Zifiibune THURSDAY. JULY 31 . mnur nun: IN Minn-run mm cm Inn “41m THURSDAY,le 31. 2008 I SERVINGTI-IE COMMUNITY OF WHIIOIURCI-Iâ€"STOUFFVILLE I 24 PAGES/$1 INCLUDING GST The second-ranked performer in world, Cockbum conceded there are high expectations for her to ful- \Mth the 2008 Summer Olym- pics competition in Beijing from Aug. 16 to 19, Cockbum will have an opportunity to capture that elu- sive medal as a member of Canada's gymnastics team. The only medallion missing from her collection is the coveted gold. Cockburn married her fellow Olympian and former training part- ner, Mathieu Turgeon, last year. “The pressure placed is on your- self and within because you want to do well. But it’s not unlike any other competition. All you can do is to train every day and do everything that you know to the best of your ability,” said Cockburn, who moved to Stouffville in 2007. “Sure, there's expectations, but it’s not unlike anything I’ve faced before." fill thpse prognostications. She’s hot, including a first-place finish at a World Cup event in Pub- lier, France in May that also sealed her berth on the Olympic team. At the Canadian championships in Calgary, Cockbum finished first and at the Pacific Rim Championships in California, she was second. “I'm feeling good right now; it's just a matter of perfecting every- thing,” she said. Despite coming off surgery on her right knee last fall, Cockbum has felt no after-effects. She credits longtime Skyn'ders coach Dave Ross with her success and says there are two key factors At Skyrider for 16 years, (lock- bum has been training six days a week and from three to five hours a day. In the days leading up to the Games, Cockbum has been dili- gently working out at her club, the Skyriders Mmpoline Place in Richâ€" mond Hill. Jim Thomas. Things to do. Sports . . . . . . Classified . . . MY FOURTH. [ STAFF PHOTO/STEVE SOMERVILLE 6312 Main St Stouffvflle 905â€"640â€"4646 mgc If arthau :I'ewellars 19 21