Prod: Globe PubDate: 08-18-2008 Zone: Sask Ed: 1 Color: C: Used M: Used Y: Used K: Used Pg: R1 Usr: dodonnell Time: 08-17-2008 22:12 C M Y K Globe Sports Page 7 0 KATHERINE HULL OF AUSTRALIA FIRED A THREE-UNDER-PAR 69 TO EDGE SE RI PAK OF SOUTH KOREA BY ONE STROKE AND WIN THE CANADIAN WOMEN’S OPEN SECTION R MONDAY, AUGUST 18, 2008 GLOBESPORTS.COM Chat with Adam Kreek of the eights crew, 11 a.m. EDT globesports.com Weather Cloudy, 27C Gold medals China 35, United States 19, Britain 11, Canada 2 Track shocker Tyler Christopher fails to advance to the final of the 400 metres. Page 2 0 ROWING Righting the ship Canadian men’s eight atone for poor showing in 2004 by leading wire-to-wire and grabbing gold in Beijing BY MATTHEW SEKERES BEIJING winners. But the official reac- the back heels of officials Britain, which was more than vin Light and Kreek lost to the The Canadian men’s eight roar ted as though Kreek was a Ti- standing at attention for the one second behind, and the Americans in the preliminary across the finish line on Sunday hen rower Adam Kreek betan protester set on Olympic anthem. Olympic defending champion heat, as both boats set world and celebrate their gold-medal leaped from a floating embarrassing the Chinese, What the Canadians lacked United States, which settled for records. Mentally shaken, the victory. ‘Today is an absolutely Wpodium into knee-deep turning Kreek back before he in decorum, however, they the bronze. Canadians fell to fifth place in incredible day,’ crew member water after winning his gold reached the stands. made up for in performance on “We worked eight years for the final. Hamilton called it the Adam Kreek said. medal on Sunday, a zealous “I had to give flowers to my Sunday. this medal,” Kreek said. “Today worst day of his life. JAMIE SQUIRE/GETTY IMAGES Olympic official blocked his wife,” Kreek said. “She has The world defending cham- is an absolutely incredible day “For me, it’s not about recon- path to the public gallery and supported me for the last four pions rowed their best time of and we’re going to stay in the ciling [the past], it’s about tried to maintain order in what years. the year, a blistering 5 minutes moment.” winning,” Hamilton said. was becoming a boisterous Ca- “Not even the Chinese mili- 23.89 seconds on the slow, Four years ago, five members Sunday, there was no doubt. nadian celebration. tary could have stopped me.” choppy water at the Shunyi of the current crew entered the They won it wire-to-wire. A Kreek’s mission was to get to Minutes earlier, eights-boat Rowing-Canoeing Park, to win Athens Games undefeated over few metres before the finish his wife, Rebecca Sterritt, who crewmate Jake Wetzel tossed the blue-ribbon race of the two seasons and believing they line, Price threw both arms was sitting with a collection of his flowers high in the air and Olympic regatta. Favoured could not be beaten. But cap- skyward, single fingers raised Canadian fans, and present her covered his mouth like a guilty Canada held off a late charge tain Kyle Hamilton, coxswain on each. with the roses given to medal schoolboy as they landed near from silver-medal-winning Brian Price, Ben Rutledge, Ke- 77 SEE ’ROWING’ PAGE 3 INSIDE GOLD SILVER BRONZE Carol Huynh of Hazelton, B.C., Scott Frandsen of Kelowna, B.C., Melanie Kok of St. Catharines, lightweight fours (bottom); Ryan FRED LUM/THE GLOBE AND MAIL; captured Canada’s first gold and David Calder of Victoria Ont., and Tracy Cameron of Cochrane of Victoria in the 1,500- JONATHAN HAYWARD medal Saturday by defeating a (top left) celebrate their silver- Shubenacadie, N.S., (top centre) metre swim; Tonya Verbeek of /THE CANADIAN PRESS; Japanese opponent in the 48- medal win in the men’s pair in women’s double sculls; Iain Beamsville, Ont., in the PAUL CHIASSON/THE CANADIAN PRESS kilogram wrestling class. rowing event Saturday. Brambell, Jon Beare, Mike Lewis 55-kilogram class in wrestling. and Liam Parsons in men’s SPORTS EDITOR: TOM MALONEY 66 FEEDBACK TO [email protected] S THE GLOBE AND MAIL CANADA’S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER The Summer Olympic Games: Canada’s Golden Moments T HE G LOBE AND MAIL O LYMPIC GA M E S or those of us who spent university domicile, located just 40 yards from Israel’s F days squinting at microfiche news- building. Among the escapees, equestrian paper files to research essays ... well, where Ian Millar, then 25, is making his record were you then, e-book? 10th Olympics appearance in London. This technology presents the text of the Prior to the 1984 Los Angeles Games, stories in essay-perfect type, allowing read- staff writer James Christie describes the ers to quickly click through coverage of 14 exodus of Soviet -bloc countries, four years Olympics since 1904. With original Globe after Western countries boycotted the Mos- and Mail pages included, we see how pre- cow Games. sentation has developed dramatically from In 1904, Canadian George Lyon was the 100 years ago, when the victory by Cana- last gold medalist in golf, in match play dian George Goulding in the 10,000-metre against the American H. Candler Egan. Golf racewalk merited a half-column of type hasn’t been contested in the Olympics since without a picture, and led into results from that match; the sport is to return in 2016. the city lawn tennis championships. By way of warning, some of the seem- Most significantly, the book shows Olym- ingly insensitive language in the stories pic sport intertwining with history, and the may jar the reader. A story from the Berlin Olympics making history on their own. In Games in 1936 describes Betty “Co-ed” Tay- the 1928 paper, a story about the victory lor, a “pretty Hamilton girl” aged 19, qualify- of Vancouverite Percy Williams in the 100 ing for the women’s 40-metre hurdles. In metres describes the achievement as top- 1928, one of Percy Williams’ competitors ping “a glorious day for the British empire.” is described as a “big British negro.” If such The front page carries an article about the words were written today, the writer would merger of Chrysler and Dodge. be sent to sensitivity training if not dis- Forty years hence, it remains both sicken- missed on the spot. We have evolved. ing and captivating to read about a Pales- tinian terrorist group carrying out the 1972 Munich Massacre by assassinating 11 Israeli athletes during the Summer Games. Cana- Tom Maloney dians describe being ushered out of their Sports Editor T HE GLO BE AND MAIL O LYMPIC GAMES St. Louis 1904 Stockholm 1912 Amsterdam 1928 Berlin 1936 Munich 1972 Montreal 1976 Moscow 1980 Los Angeles 1984 Seoul 1988 Barcelona 1992 Atlanta 1996 Sydney 2000 Athens 2004 Beijing 2008 THE GLOBE AND MAIL OLYMPIC GAMES 1904 St. Louis THE GLOBE AND MAIL OLYMPIC GAMES George Lyon the sixth hole, Lyon having hard luck on his is champion drive, and failing to reach the green on his t Louis, Sept. 24 – H. Candler Egan, third. The seventh was halved in five, Egan S amateur golf champion of the United laying Lyon a perfect stymie. Lyon won the States, was beaten in the final round for eighth by getting a long putt, while Egan, the Olympic golf championship today by with a putt of twelve feet, took the ninth George S. Lyon of the Lambton Golf Club of hole, 2 to Lyon’s 3. Toronto. The score was 3 up and 2 to play in The tenth and eleventh holes were halved Lyon’s favor. in five. Egan took the twelfth, 4 to 5, by a The victory of the Canadian was a com- brilliant second and a long putt, and was plete surprise. Egan’s double title off west- only 2 down to Lyon. The thirteenth was ern and national champion, the later won halved, but Egan got the next in bogie fig- little more than a fortnight ago at Baltusrol ures. The fifteenth went to Lyon on superior against the leading cracks of the country, putting, and the sixteenth was halved in 5. had given the Chicago man a prestige which A brilliant 4 gave Egan the next hole, but the earlier rounds of the present tourna- on the eighteenth he was short on his third, ment had considerably strengthened. Lyon, and had to be content with a half. This left on the other hand, had barely escaped Lyon 1 up at the end of the first half of the defeat on Friday at the hands of F. O. New- match. ton of Seattle, and when today’s match was started Egan was a pronounced favorite. The scores by strokes: In his match today with Egan Lyon played Mr. Lyon ………. 3 5 4 3 4 5 5 5 3–37 a well balanced game, that showed the Mr. Egan ………. 4 6 4 4 5 4 5 6 2–40 result of careful practice. Starting out, he Mr. Lyon ………. 5 5 6 5 4 5 5 6 5–46–83 drove the first green and holed in 3, Egan Mr. Egan ………. 5 5 4 5 3 6 5 5 5–43–83 putting badly. The second hole was lost by Egan because he was short on his ap- Starting out after luncheon, Lyon pressed proach, and missed an easy putt.