Vancouver breaker Philip Kim, surfer Sanoa Dempfle-Olin and boxers Tammara Thibeault and Wyatt Sanford left Chile with coveted souvenir gold tickets to Paris
Canada's Sanoa Dempfle-Olin competes during the women's shortboard final for the gold surfing event of the Pan American Games, in Pichilemu, Chile, on Oct. 30.The athletes who have their literal golden ticket to next summer’s Olympic Games in Paris from the Pan American Games plan to make the most of it.
“We don’t have to do the other two qualifications, so we have more time at the gym to nitpick on those minor things to make sure that we have a major impact.” Dempfle-Olin’s Olympic qualification is provisional upon her participation in February’s World Surf Games in Puerto Rico. Paris will host the Olympic Games from July 26 to Aug. 11 followed by the Paralympic Games from Aug. 28 to Sept. 8 in 2024.
“Taking those kinds of precautions, listening to our chief medical officer Dr. Mike Wilkinson and following the rules of health and safety and wellness really served us well. We were able to get all of our athletes to compete in Tokyo. No athlete was denied the competition in Beijing.” Shoemaker said while it’s not comfortable wearing a mask on a plane, or in the heat of Paris, he believes Canada’s athletes will buy into illness-preventing precautions in order to get to the start line.
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