Competitors dive into the water at the start of the women's triathlon at Ontario Place.
Pumping untreated sewage into the West Channel near Toronto's Ontario Place fails the access test, and is tough to justify in a city and province that celebrate sport.Competitors dive into the water at the start of the women's triathlon at Ontario Place in Toronto at the 2015 Pan American Games. described how they planned to navigate the 1,500-metre open-water swim at the Pan Am Games in Toronto on a course laid out just north of Ontario Place.
Triathletes at the Pan Am Games didn't complain about swimming through filthy water, but dangerous E.coli levels have served as a subplot to open-water swimming events at the, and in Rio in 2016. From here, we can either accept water-borne stomach bugs as a risk athletes assume when they participate, or find a way to keep water clean for hobbyists and elites alike.
And maybe it's far-fetched to expect legacy venues to retain their Pan Am Games form forever. The new stadium at York University that hosted Pan Am track and field? The running surface is gone, and a subsequent renovation has
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