Profiles of CGames stars Rebecca Adlington Rebecca Adlington, is a Samaresh Jung British freestyle Samaresh Jung is an Indian swimmer. She sport shooter. He is an air pis- won two gold Brimin Kipruto tol specialist. At the 2002 Com- medals at the monwealth Games in Manch- 2008 Olympic Brimin Kipruto is a Kenyan middle dis- Emily Jane Seebohmis ester, he won two gold medals, Games in the tance runner. He was born in Korkitony, Emily Jane Seebohmis is an Australian back- in the men’s free pistol pairs 400 metres and Keiyo District. He mainly competes in the stroke, freestyle, butterfly and individual medley and in the open event of 25 m 800 metres, 3000 m steeplechase, where his personal swimmer. At the age of 14, Seebohm won the standard pistol pairs, both in breaking the best is 8:04.22 minutes. 100 m backstroke at the 2007 Australian Cham- partnership with Jaspal Rana. 19 year-old At the 2001 World Youth Championships pionships, the selection meet for the 2007 World He contested in the 10 m air world record in Athletics in Debrecen, Hungary he fin- Aquatics Championships. At the World Champi- pistol and 50 m pistol events at of Janet ished second in steeplechase. He gradu- onships in Melbourne, Seebohm won a gold the 2008 Summer Olympics in Evans in ated from Kipsoen Secondary School in medal in the 4x100 m medley relay. She also Beijing, but failed to reach the the 800 m 2003. The same year he competed at the placed fourth in the final of the 100 m backstroke finals in both events. final. African Junior Championships in and 14th in the 50 m backstroke. Seebohm also Sania Mirza He received the Arjuna Cameroon and took silver again. At the won gold in both the 100 m backstroke and award in 2002. He is employed 2004 World Junior Championships in Ath- 4x100 m medley relay at the 2007 Junior Pan Sania Mirza is an Indi- with the CISF and lives in New letics he competed in 1500 instead of Pacific Swimming Championships. an tennis player. She Delhi. steeplechase and finished third. In 2004, On 6 March 2008 at the Brisbane Catholic began her tennis career having finished 2nd at the Kenyan Schoolgirls Championships, Seebohm broke the in 2003. In 2004 she was Olympic trials, the young Kipruto won the 50 m backstroke Commonwealth and Australian awarded the Arjuna silver medal in the 3000 m steeplechase records with a time 28.10 seconds. award by the Indian Gov- Pix: AFP ernment. She is known for her powerful forehand ground strokes. In April 2003, Mirza made her debut in the Hosea Gear India Fed Cup team, win- ning all three singles Feng Tianwei Hosea Gear is a New matches. Feng Tianwei is a Singaporean Zealand rugby union player. He table tennis player, ranked second plays for the Hurricanes in the in the world as a singles player as Super 14 competition as a wing. of April 2010. Born in China, she He has played one international began training in Singapore in match for New Zealand. Steven Leslie March 2007 and commenced her The younger brother of New Steven Leslie international career in competitive Zealand wing Rico Gear, he “Steve” Hooker table tennis the following month. was born in Gisborne, New is an Australian She became a Singapore citizen in Zealand. He attended Gisborne pole vaulter and January 2008. Feng represented Boys’ High School and he plays Olympic gold Singapore for the first time in the for the Hutt Old Boys-Marist medalist. His per- Olympic Games at the 2008 Sum- rugby club. sonal best is 6.06 m, making mer Olympics in Beijing. On 15 He has played 25 Super him the second highest pole- August, the Singapore team com- 12/14 matches and has scored vaulter in history behind only Sergey posed of Feng and her teammates 7 tries. He also used to play for Bubka. Li Jiawei and Wang Yuegu defeat- Massey Rugby Club in 2004. He Hooker won gold at the 2008 Beijing ed South Korea 3â “2 in the semi- currently holds the record for Olympics with a vault of 5.96 metres, finals. most tries in a provincial season setting a new Olympic record, and mak- She obtained singles bronze with 14 in the 2008 Air New ing him the first Australian male track medals at the ITTF Pro Tour Chile Zealand Cup. He has played for and field gold medalist in 40 years since Open in April and the Singapore the New Zealand Maori. After Ralph Doubell won the 800 m in Mexico Open in June 2008, and helped the his outstanding performance for City in 1968. At the 2009 World Athletics women’s team to a second place at Wellington in the 2008 Air New Championships, in Berlin, Hooker won the the Volkswagen Japan Open in Zealand Cup, he was chosen gold despite a groin injury. On only his sec- Yokohama on 24 May 2008. for the All Blacks to tour Hong ond jump, Hooker cleared 5.90 meters, to Kong and Europe on the 26th of win the gold after missing 5.85 meters on his October, 2008. first attempt. =.