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Bronze for Coquitlam’s Glaesser Cyclist is part of medal-winning pursuit team Bor n in Ger many, Jasmin Glaesser was never so proud to say S a t u r d ay s h e ’s a n Olympic medal winner from Canada. The 20-year-old Coquitlam cyclist became the Tri-Cities’ second medallist at the London 2012 Olympic Games as the Canadians captured bronze in women’s team pursuit. Glaesser, a graduate of Terry Fox secondary school in Port Coquitlam, and teammates Tara Whitten of Edmonton and Gillian Carleton of Victoria finished in three minutes 17.915 seconds, ahead of fourthplace Australia, which finished in 3:18.096. “We knew it was going to be a battle,” said Glaesser, who moved with her family from Germany when she was eight years old. “We knew it was going to come down to the last lap but we were 100% committed to doing our best. We knew that if we paced ourselves really well and saved ourselves for the end and have a strong finish, we could have a chance.”
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Coquitlam’s Jasmin Glaesser (left) and teammates Tara Whitten and Gillian Carleton hold their bronze medals from women’s team pursuit competition in the velodrome at the 2012 London Olympics on Aug. 4. Canada placed third behind Great Britain, gold medallists, and the United States.
FATALITIES Local streets proved deadly for a teenager riding his bike Thursday and for a man on a motorcycle. See stories on page 3
Missing woman found after four days SAR commends work of PoMo police officer By Gary McKenna THE TRI-CITY NEWS
Coquitlam Search and Rescue is praising the work of a Port Moody Police constable for helping find a 20-yearold Douglas College stu-
dent with special needs who disappeared from Sasamat Lake last week. Const. Angela Fisher worked with Joy Zhang’s friend Judy, who is also special needs, to piece together information that would help locate the missing student. Judy had initially gone missing with Zhang on Thursday from White Pine beach but was found alone sev-
eral hours later. Zhang was found on Sunday. Dwight Yochim, a search manager for Coquitlam Search and Rescue, said crews had a difficult time understanding Judy but Fisher was able to work with her and build a relationship. “Const. Fisher is an amazing investigator,” he said. “She sat down with
Judy every time we got out there. She walked on the trails with her. Every time she did that, a new piece of the puzzle came out.” Judy told Fisher that she and Zhang had eaten berries and watched the sunset together, information that helped rescue crews narrow the search area. see ZHANG ZHANG,, page 9
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“Const. Fisher... sat down with Judy every time we got out there. She walked on the trails with her. Every time she did that, a new piece of the puzzle came out.” Coquitlam SAR search manager Dwight Yochim, on the role of Port Moody Police Const. Angela Fisher in finding missing Douglas College student Joy Zhang