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PAN AMERICAN/PARAPAN AMERICAN GAMES

CONTENTS WELCOME LETTERS 10 11 13 15 17 19 21 23 24 25 26 27

Host First Nation Governor General Prime Minister Federal Minister of State (Sport) Lieutenant Governor of Ontario Premier of Ontario Provincial Minister of Tourism, Culture and Sport Mayor of Toronto Chairman of PASO President of APC President & CEO of CIBC TORONTO 2015 Pan Am/Parapan Am Games Organizing Committee

GET TO KNOW TORONTO 2015 28 The Impact of TORONTO 2015 on a Sporting Nation 32 TORONTO 2015 at a Glance 36 TORONTO 2015 Footprint Map

ARTS AND CULTURE 38 43 44 46

PANAMANIA: A 35-Day Arts and Culture Festival IGNITE TORONTO 2015 Torch Relay Toronto: The City that Cheers for the World!

LEGACY 50 TORONTO 2015: Venues 56 Inside the CIBC Pan Am/Parapan Am Athletes’ Village

SPORTS 63 65 68 72 74

Q and A with Curt Harnett Q and A with Elisabeth Walker-Young The Thrill of Victory and the Agony of Defeat: Rivalries for the Ages TORONTO 2015 Competition Medals TORONTO 2015 Ones to Watch

INFORMATION 147 148 150 151 154

CBC TV Listings Telelatino & Univision TV Listings Pan Am Competition Schedule Parapan Am Competition Schedule Stay Connected TORONTO 2015

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CONTENTS PAN AM SPORTS PROGRAM 80 81 82 84 85 86 87 88 92 93 94 95 96 98 99 100 101 103 104 106 107 108 109

Aquatics – diving Aquatics – open water swimming Aquatics – swimming Aquatics – synchronized swimming Aquatics – water polo Archery Athletics – marathon/race walk Athletics – track and field Badminton Baseball Basketball Bowling Boxing Canoe/kayak – slalom Canoe/kayak – sprint Cycling – BMX Cycling – mountain bike Cycling – road cycling Cycling – track cycling Equestrian Fencing Field hockey Football (soccer)

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Golf Gymnastics – artistic gymnastics Gymnastics – rhythmic gymnastics Gymnastics – trampoline Handball Judo Karate Modern pentathlon Racquetball Roller sports – figure skating Roller sports – speed skating Rowing Rugby sevens Sailing Shooting Softball Squash Table tennis Taekwondo Tennis Triathlon Volleyball – beach volleyball Volleyball – indoor volleyball

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PARAPAN AM SPORTS PROGRAM 82 86 88 94 103 104 109 109 116 131 134 137 139 142 143

Swimming Archery Athletics – track and field Wheelchair basketball Cycling – road cycling Cycling – track cycling Football 5-a-side Football 7-a-side Judo Table tennis Wheelchair tennis Sitting volleyball Powerlifting Wheelchair rugby Boccia & goalball

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MESSAGE FROM THE HOST FIRST NATION

As the Host First Nation of the TORONTO 2015 Pan Am/Parapan Am Games, I welcome you, with pride and enthusiasm, to the traditional territory of the Mississaugas of the New Credit First Nation (MNCFN).

Our traditional territory forms an arc encompassing the heart of Ontario, including much of the Greater Toronto Area — where many Pan Am/Parapan Am venues are located.

As caretakers of the land, the MNCFN has a vested interest in the success of the Games. We believe that everything is a gift from the Creator and that the land has a spiritual dimension integral to our culture and identity.

TORONTO 2015 is an opportunity to showcase our tradition, culture and artistic expression with the world. It’s for this reason that we believe one of the enduring legacies of the Games should be friendship, based on mutual respect, and understanding between peoples and nations.

We encourage you to embrace this opportunity to experience the Mississaugas of New Credit as well as the many other Indigenous Nations and organizations involved in the Games.

Chi-meegwetch,

Chief Bryan LaForme Mississaugas of the New Credit First Nation

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MESSAGE FROM THE GOVERNOR GENERAL

It gives me great pleasure to extend greetings to everyone taking part in the Toronto 2015 Pan American / Parapan American Games.

Engaging in physical activity, be it during competitions or while participating in team or outdoor sports, always pushes us to excel.

These world-class games are an opportunity for thousands of athletes to build friendships, showcase their boundless energy and achieve the unexpected. They, in turn, inspire entire generations to be bold and to adopt a healthy lifestyle.

An event of this magnitude would not be possible without the outstanding dedication of the more than 23,000 volunteers. To them and to everyone helping to ensure the success of this athletic and cultural celebration, I offer my most heartfelt congratulations.

May these games prove an exhilarating experience for one and all!

David Johnston

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MESSAGE FROM THE PRIME MINISTER

On behalf of the Government of Canada and all Canadians, I am honoured to welcome our friends and hemispheric neighbours to the TORONTO 2015 Pan American/Parapan American Games.

Our country is proud to host this world-class event.

Canada greatly values our strong relations with our hemispheric partners. The Government of Canada is pleased to support the TORONTO 2015 Pan American/Parapan American Games. These games provide an ideal platform to strengthen ties among our nations, promote cultural exchange and develop the tremendous athletic talent that is burgeoning throughout the Americas and Caribbean. TORONTO 2015 will leave lasting economic, sport and cultural legacies, while creating enduring friendships and memories for athletes, coaches and spectators.

As we mark the Year of Sport in Canada, these games celebrate the power of sport to thrill, captivate and inspire. I commend the TORONTO 2015 Organizing Committee and all the dedicated volunteers for their efforts to make these the best games yet.

Sincerely,

The Rt. Hon. Stephen Harper, P.C., M.P. Prime Minister of Canada

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MESSAGE FROM THE MINISTER OF STATE (SPORT)

In this Year of Sport in Canada, it is an honour for our country to welcome competitors from throughout the Americas to the TORONTO 2015 Pan Am/Parapan Am Games.

Canada is proud to be a leading sport nation. Hosting these Games allows us to highlight our sport and cultural achievements, as well as the creativity, diversity and innovative spirit that define us as Canadians.

Our Government has made considerable investments in these Games—from the construction of competition venues to support for our athletes—to ensure the host communities have excellent sport facilities everyone can enjoy for years to come.

As Minister of State (Sport), I welcome athletes, coaches, officials and spectators to Toronto, and thank everyone who made this celebration of sport possible.

The Honourable Bal Gosal

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MESSAGE FROM THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR OF ONTARIO

As Her Majesty The Queen’s representative in Ontario, I welcome you to the TORONTO 2015 Pan American/Para Pan American Games. Whether you are attending from near or far, I thank you for taking part in this milestone occasion.

We are proud and privileged to host the Pan American Games for the third time in our country’s history, and to host the Parapan American Games for the first time. Once again we celebrate each other’s achievements and witness the power of sport to motivate and inspire.

These Games and associated cultural events are unprecedented in scale, and aim to be the most environmentally sustainable and the most accessible ever. I commend the tens of thousands of volunteers who are an integral part of our success. They come from diverse walks of life and represent many of the 41 participating nations.

My warmest wishes go to the incredibly talented athletes and their coaches. I applaud them, for they encourage us to rise a little higher, go a little faster, and grow a little stronger. May a renewed spirit of friendship and co-operation with people from across the Americas be a lasting legacy of the Games.

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MESSAGE FROM THE PREMIER

On behalf of the Government of Ontario, I offer warm greetings to everyone attending the TORONTO 2015 Pan American/Parapan American Games. Thank you for being part of this great moment in Canadian sports history.

During the Games, you will have the chance to admire and applaud the prowess of athletes from 41 nations competing in 51 sports taking place in over 30 venues across southern Ontario. I, like you, look forward to enjoying the high-level competition and the impressive displays of athletic skill and talent.

Ontario is proud to play host to the largest multi-sport event ever held in Canada and to welcome top athletes from the Americas and Caribbean.

I am confident that you will find the Games a memorable and enjoyable experience.

Kathleen Wynne Premier

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MESSAGE FROM THE MINISTER OF TOURISM, CULTURE AND SPORT AND MINISTER RESPONSIBLE FOR THE 2015 PAN AND PARAPAN AMERICAN GAMES

On behalf of the Government of Ontario, I am pleased to welcome you to Ontario for the TORONTO 2015 Pan American/Parapan American Games.

The TORONTO 2015 Games are the largest international multisport games ever held on Canadian soil. I am delighted that you will be a part of them. You are joining people from across Canada, the Americas and the Caribbean in witnessing sport history.

Ontario has unparalleled natural beauty, warm hospitality, cultural diversity and pride in its communities. I encourage you to take in the sights and sounds of our province – and I hope you’ll come back to visit Ontario again after the Games.

Please accept my best wishes for an unforgettable TORONTO 2015 Games experience.

Sincerely,

Michael Coteau Minister

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MESSAGE FROM THE MAYOR

It is an honour to extend a warm welcome to the athletes, coaches and visitors who are visiting Toronto for the 2015 Pan Am/Parapan Am Games.

As Host City of the 2015 Pan Am/Parapan Am Games, Toronto is proud to be hosting the athletes, coaches, officials and visitors for the world’s third largest international multi-sport event.

Toronto is the largest city in Canada. Its population is one of the most diverse in the world with more than 100 languages and dialects spoken.

On behalf of Toronto City Council, welcome to our city! I encourage you to take some time to explore some of our city’s vibrant shopping districts and experience our fine dining and cultural experiences.

I would like to thank the organizing committee, T02015, the athletes, volunteers and Torontonians who will make these Games a memorable experience for everyone.

Yours truly,

Mayor John Tory City of Toronto

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Dear Friends,

MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIRMAN OF THE PAN AMERICAN SPORTS ORGANIZATION

On behalf of the Pan American Sports Organization and the National Olympic Committees of its 41 members, I bid you a most cordial welcome to the 17th Pan American Games – “TORONTO 2015”.

We are nearing the start of another great celebration of American sport and youth. Over the past 4 years, great efforts have been made to ensure that our athletes are prepared to achieve their great sports dreams in Toronto. The time has come to demonstrate their skills and talents in the area of competition of every discipline represented.

The Toronto 2015 Organizing Committee, the Canadian Olympic Committee, Canadian and host city authorities have worked hard to ensure that all participants are able to fulfil their responsibilities during the Games. To everyone’s satisfaction, Toronto is ready to welcome America’s great Olympic Sports Family.

The 17th Pan American Games will be a great meeting of sport and our continent’s youth. It will be our celebration, where every competitor will fight to attain the highest positions. Winning is very important. It is what our athletes have so assiduously prepared for. The people of every PASO member country will closely watch the actions of their athletes, in whom they see a genuine expression of national identity and pride. But, even more important than winning is showing at all times during the Games feelings and respect for fair play, demonstrating the solidarity, friendship and peace that sport promotes. We are sure that new and wonderful pages of the purest values that characterize our continent’s young people and athletes will be written in Toronto.

We should feel proud to be part of this magnificent family and of the long and rich history of Pan American Olympic sport, written by the efforts of extraordinary athletes over more than 70 years. It is up to this new generation of sportsmen and women to write their own pages of glory. We have no doubt that they will do so.

On behalf of you all, I congratulate the people of Canada, and especially of Toronto, and salute the thousands of volunteers who have decided to add their grain of sand to this great work and those who have made it possible for us to be here to celebrate these excellent Pan American Games together.

Welcome! Happiness and success!

Sincerely,

Dr. Julio C. Maglione Chairman

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Dear Paralympic friends,

MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE AMERICAS PARALYMPIC COMMITTEE

On behalf of the Americas Paralympic Committee (APC), it gives me great pleasure to welcome you all to the biggest ever Parapan American Games.

These are the fifth edition of the Parapan Am Games since their inception in Mexico City in 1999 and I am confident that they will be the best yet, leaving an unforgettable and sustainable legacy for this great city.

With all 15 sports for the first time acting as qualifiers for the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games, I am certain that the performances of para-athletes will not just inspire and excite those in Toronto but millions across the Americas. The build-up to these Games has been excellent. The TO2015 Organising Committee are the best prepared yet and have done a fantastic job in creating some superb theatres of sport and in generating public awareness. With Latin America’s first Paralympic Games on the horizon, Toronto 2015 marks the start of a hugely important period which could act as a turning point for the whole Americas Paralympic Movement.

These Games, together with a number of other vitally important sporting events over the coming years on this continent, will help raise awareness of para-sport and its athletes to new levels, acting a catalyst for a more equitable and inclusive society for all.

Finally I would like to thank the TO2015 Organising Committee, the many governmental authorities, the Canadian Paralympic Committee and all those involved in organising this event for their warm welcome and hospitality.

Enjoy the Games!

Jose Luis Campo APC President

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MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT & CEO OF CIBC

Welcome to the TORONTO 2015 Pan Am and Parapan Am Games.

We’re so glad you’re here!

As a proud Canadian company, we couldn’t be more excited to be Lead Partner of these Games and to help bring them to life with you.

For 17 days in July and nine days in August, Toronto and the surrounding areas will be transformed into an inspirational celebration of sports and cultural excellence. We look forward to cheering with you and entertaining you as together we experience the action and excitement of the largest multi-sport Games ever held on Canadian soil.

Victor G. Dodig President & CEO CIBC

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MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIR

Friends,

Friends,

Thank you for embracing the fun and excitement of the TORONTO 2015 Pan Am/Parapan Am Games. These Games are truly a shared success, and the athletes, coaches, spectators, Host Municipalities, volunteers, the Government of Canada and the Province of Ontario have all come together to make this a historic event.

This summer, the TORONTO 2015 Pan Am/Parapan Am Games will represent the heart and soul of the Americas and the Caribbean.

It will be an exciting celebration where we cheer our hearts out for the athletes and experience a cultural program unlike any we’ve seen before.

These Games are a chance to cheer our hearts out for our national athletes, broaden our horizons at cultural events and live performances, and build a stronger connection with the peoples of the Americas and Caribbean. We’ll not only have a summer we’ll always remember, but we’ll also leave a legacy that lasts for decades.

The Games will show children the value of sport, bring families closer together and build new connections in our community. We’ll feel the impact for years to come.

But first, we’re going to have a lot of fun, together. Have a great Games!

It’s time to celebrate — enjoy the Games!

Sincerely,

Saäd Rafi Chief executive officer TORONTO 2015 Pan Am/Parapan Am Games Organizing Committee (TO2015)

The Honourable David R. Peterson Chair TORONTO 2015 Pan Am/Parapan Am Games Organizing Committee (TO2015)

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THE IMPACT OF THE TORONTO 2015

PAN AM/PARAPAN AM GAMES ON A SPORTING NATION

By Scott Russell, CBC Sports

Now that the TORONTO 2015 Pan Am/Parapan Am Games have officially arrived, it’s time to fully appreciate this watershed Canadian sporting spectacle.

With a total of 7,600 athletes from 41 countries and territories from the Americas competing in 51 sports at more than 30 venues in 16 southern Ontario municipalities, the TORONTO 2015 Games constitute the largest international multi-sport gathering ever held in Canada.

As a measuring stick, these Games have an infrastructure budget of $618 million and contribute 10 brand-new state-of-theart venues to Canada’s sporting landscape while substantially upgrading 15 others. They are roughly twice the size of the Olympic Winter Games, which caused such a stir in Vancouver in 2010.

There is a state-of-the-art Aquatics Centre and Field House in Scarborough. In Milton, to the west of Toronto, a new cycling Velodrome is the only one of its kind in the country.

“To be in this place with this track and the home Games means we are all fired up,” says track cyclist Laura Brown. It’s a sentiment shared by every Canadian summer sport athlete who marvels at the sparkling new venues built for the Games.

“It’s what drives me right now,” says Bo Hedges, a stalwart of the Canadian men’s wheelchair basketball team. “To get up every day and get to the Academy and ensure that we represent our country well.”

The TORONTO 2015 Pan Am/Parapan Am Games will herald better recreational resources, improve municipal infrastructure and pump money into the economy of Canada’s largest urban community.

But these are merely facts and figures and tend to distract from the overriding impact that TORONTO 2015 will have on the future of Canada as a sporting nation.

It has been a generation since Canadian summer sport athletes have had the opportunity to compete on home soil before supportive crowds at an event of this magnitude. In addition, nearly 40 years have elapsed since the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal and in the interim, Canadian fans have too rarely been exposed to this kind of intense, international competition on anything other than ski slopes and skating rinks.

“Multi-sport Games can introduce different sports to a broader audience,” says Curt Harnett, an Olympic cycling medallist who is Team Canada’s chef de mission for the

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Trampoline star Rosie MacLennan of King City, ON, is Canada’s only gold medallist from the London 2012 Olympic Games. While she has been rightfully celebrated for her massive achievement, she believes the appreciation of what she does will be magnified in an arena in her own backyard.

“I’m excited to share my passion for the sport with those who come to watch,” MacLennan stresses. “To have them see first-hand how high we jump, how fast we flip and how exciting our sport can be.”

TORONTO 2015 Pan Am Games. “As a result, someone may witness an unexpected, and thus, more long-lasting connection to the moment, which can be more dramatic, more emotional and more profound because the viewer isn’t blinded with assumption.”

A Gemini Award-winning broadcaster and acclaimed author, Scott Russell brings vast experience, passion and knowledge to his role as host of CBC’s primetime and late night coverage of the TORONTO 2015 Pan Am and Parapan Am Games. His unparalleled enthussiasm for amateur sport shines through in every aspect of his work for the network. A CBC Sports veteran of more than 25 years, Russell has covered 11 Olympic Games, six Commonwealth Games, and several FIFA World Cups. In addition, Russell was a host and rinkside reporter for CBC’s Hockey Night in Canada for 14 years. Outside of his hosting duties, Russell authors the insightful Field of Play blog at cbcsports.ca where he discusses the world of sport from all angles.

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The central characters in the developing story agree with Harnett’s assessment of what’s in store this coming summer. The Canadian athletes unanimously support the notion that playing at home at an event this big for the first time in their competitive lives will substantially improve their performances.

“We spend the majority of our careers travelling to foreign countries, and many of our greatest moments are in front of people cheering for other athletes,” says hurdler Phylicia George of Markham, ON. “The thought of having the chance to create memories in front of a home crowd that is fully supporting you is exhilarating. Ever since I competed at the Olympic Games and I heard the crowd cheer for the British athletes, I’ve wanted to feel that excitement of hearing the crowd’s eruption once my name was said. The Pan Am Games will finally provide me with that opportunity.”

World Championship swimming medallist and Torontonian Martha McCabe points out another culminating advantage of a home Games.

“Representing Canada in our hometown will be amazing because we will get to share the experience with everyone who has helped us get to where we are in sport,” McCabe says.

“We will be able to share the moment and experience it together.”

“I think there is an inspirational effect,” George concludes. “Sometimes actually seeing someone from your city compete at a high level could be all you need to truly believe you can do it. Seeing a fellow Canadian being successful helps to make that level of achievement more of a reality.”

The TORONTO 2015 Games have the opportunity to be much more than a collection of facts and figures and the resulting economic spinoff.

This spectacle has the very real chance to deliver a connection to, an appreciation for and a shared celebration of an entire generation of Canadian sporting ambition and excellence.

And at long last it will do it on fields of play close to home.

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AT A GLANCE

Toronto is the largest city in Canada and the fourth largest in North America with a population of

2.79 million.

Canada has previously hosted two Pan Am Games:

1967 and 1999 in Winnipeg.

TORONTO 2015 marks the first time Canada will also host the Parapan Am Games.

THE GAMES WILL INVOLVE MORE THAN

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As of 2006, half of Toronto’s population was born outside of Canada and the Latin American community makes up 2.6 per cent of the population.

VOLUNTEERS.

More than

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athletes will be competing at the TORONTO 2015 Games.

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Women’s baseball will make its international multi-sport Games debut at the TORONTO 2015 Pan Am Games.

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The newly built CIBC Pan Am/Parapan Am Aquatics Centre and Field House is one of the largest ever investments in Canadian amateur sports history.

Wheelchair rugby, nicknamed “murderball,� will debut at the TORONTO 2015 Parapan Am Games.

The Pan Am flame started its journey to Canada for the TORONTO 2015 Pan Am Games after it was lit on May 25 in a traditional ceremony at the Pyramid of the Sun in Teotihuacan, Mexico.

The TORONTO 2015 Pan Am Games Torch Relay will travel more than

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15,000 kilometres in the air.

4,283

The total number of medals created by the Royal Canadian Mint for gold, silver and bronze performances at the TORONTO 2015 Pan Am/Parapan Am Games.

Each gold medal weighs roughly 350 grams.

There are three irregular shapes layered on the front of the medals to represent the 41 countries and territories of the Americas coming together to compete at the TORONTO 2015 Games.

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The TORONTO 2015 medals use metals from Barrick mines across the Americas: Chile, the Dominican Republic and Canada.

The total number of production steps that each medal passed through from beginning to completion.

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AT A GLANCE

PARTICIPATING COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES

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Porcupines have more than quills.

PACHI has just 41 — one for each of the Pan American countries participating in the Games.

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A 35-DAY ARTS AND CULTURE FESTIVAL

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Toronto will certainly be a haven for sports fans during the Pan Am and Parapan Am Games, but the city will also be home to a nonstop celebration of arts and culture thanks to PANAMANIA, presented by CIBC, the 35-day showcase of cultural excellence from across the Americas.

Wende Cartwright, a member of TO2015’s Arts and Culture Advisory Council, says that culture is critical to a successful international multi-sport event. “It becomes almost bigger than the Games. It’s the “glue” that connects diverse audiences and builds international partnerships,” she says. “Sport is all about excellence and competition, and culture is about our shared humanity.”

PANAMANIA is the culmination of three years of programming — a way to get the city primed and ready for the innovative and interactive projects that will be on display across Toronto in

Leading up to the Games, the city hosted the musical installation Play Me, I’m Yours. Fortyone pianos painted by 41 artists to represent the 41 nations participating in the Games were placed around the city with one purpose: to get Torontonians tickling the ivories. It lead to impromptu concerts, outdoor piano playing, and even a wedding dance in The Distillery District.

Fresh Eyes, curated by Devon Ostrom, was another project that offered Torontonians and visitors to the city a taste of what is to come. At Toronto City Hall, to celebrate new Canadians, large transparent portraits were hung in the windows of city councillors’ offices — a way for them to see things through the eyes of someone new to the city, and for those outside the building, a view of the diverse people who make Toronto the thriving city that it is. “It was a way to show how important newcomers are to Canada,” Ostrom explains.

During the Games, festivities can be seen at theatres and performance halls, and unorthodox venues, too, including Sugar Beach (Watercolour) and the porches of residential homes on a street in Toronto’s Annex neighbourhood (The Postman). There will also be three locations hosting free and ticketed events throughout the festival — PANAMANIA Live @ Nathan Phillips Square, CIBC Pan Am Park and PANAMANIA Live @ The Distillery District. “There’ll be 300 bands from all over the Americas performing in these three sites,” says Shipley.

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by artists across the Americas has been reprinted on sails, which will be used in a flotilla during the opening and closing of the sailing competitions.

Think your calendar’s full already? You’ll want to save room for the 28 original commissions — “all having their world premieres here,” Shipley says — that have been created especially for PANAMANIA. Shipley highlights three that demonstrate the diversity of not only what will be presented but in the artist community itself.

Water’s Edge, a photography exhibit at Union Station and Toronto Pearson International Airport, will bring together six celebrated photographers from across the Americas, including Canada’s Edward Burtynsky and Brazil’s Sebastião Salgado, to explore our relationship with water.

A salute to Canada’s Aboriginal Peoples, a sculpture of long distance runner Tom Longboat by David M. General titled Challenge and Triumph will be unveiled at Ontario’s Celebration Zone. Longboat raced in the 1907 Boston Marathon and stunned the crowd when he finished five minutes faster than the previous record.

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Though Shipley is reluctant to pick a favourite piece, he admits that he’s looking forward to seeing quite a few of the works and says the following are not to be missed: 887, a theatre production by Robert Lepage about memory and technology; Deborah Colker’s MIX, which will take the audience through the dancehalls of Rio as performers blend ballet, modern dance and circus inspiration; and La Imaginación del Futuro (Imagination of the Future), a darkly humourous play about Chile’s recent political history.

The impact of PANAMANIA will live on in the city after the Games have closed thanks to initiatives including the Pan Am song, the result of a week-long collaboration of songwriters and composers from across Canada through the Songwriters Association of Canada. Ostrom has a hand in this project as well, and says that it celebrates three of the city’s biggest strengths: nature, diversity, and arts and culture.

“It’s exciting to understand that there’s a constant flow of vibrant things to see during the Games,” says Cartwright. “There is something for everyone to connect to.”

Her advice to make the most of the celebration: “Start at Nathan Phillips Square and go from there.”

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Connecting Communities Through Sport and Culture While the TORONTO 2015 Pan Am/Parapan Am Games have renewed Ontario’s interest in high-level amateur sports, the Games’ impact goes far beyond the field of play. Culture and celebration have been central to the Games experience since Toronto won the bid, and TO2015 has worked hard to share the excitement with all of Ontario.

One way this spirit of celebration was brought to communities in Toronto and the Greater Golden Horseshoe region was through the TO2015 IGNITE program. The program, which embraced TO2015’s mandate to bring the Games to communities and communities to the Games, launched in 2013.

IGNITE’s goal is to not only connect with communities across the Games footprint, but also with all of Ontario. Through IGNITE, communities were invited to create their own special Games-themed event or initiative that would inspire diverse communities to get excited for the Games’ arrival through an association with the TORONTO 2015 Pan Am/Parapan Am Games.

Modelled after London 2012’s Inspire program, IGNITE was the first program of its kind for the Pan Am Games. Its debut was warmly welcomed and by the time IGNITE is completed, more than 700 community initiatives will have joined the IGNITE program, far more than the TO2015 Community Outreach team’s goal of 500.

From local soccer clubs to community arts

groups, organizations across the Host Region presented initiatives to get their communities excited for the TORONTO 2015 Games.

The TO2015 Community Outreach team was proud to highlight the diversity of the groups who joined the IGNITE program. Community organizations, as diverse as the Ontario Hooking Craft Guild, Beyond Us, Stratford Summer Music Festival and the Canadian Mental Health Association, organized events that highlighted the culture and diversity of the Games. Among the many exciting initiatives, the Forty-One Neighbours project stands out. The project, which produced a book written by 53 students from the Esplanade neighbourhood in Toronto, is a portrait book that features 41 people — each person currently living in one of the countries and territories participating in the TORONTO 2015 Games and who has a personal link to the Esplanade neighbourhood.

Beyond connecting the Games to the community, the IGNITE program has had a happy by-product. Through their IGNITE partner workshops, the program acted as a community connector. For example, IGNITE connected the Canada Running Series Foundation to the Canadian Ecuadorian Association to help the group set up their first ever 10-kilometre run, which they turned into an IGNITE initiative. It’s this type of grassroots community engagement that the TO2015 Community Outreach team hopes will be a legacy of the Games.

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Thanks to home-field advantage, there’s no question Team Canada will be supported by fans waving the maple leaf across the city and country during the TORONTO 2015 Pan Am/ Parapan Am Games. But because Toronto is one of the most diverse cities in the world and home to a population with incredibly rich roots in other communities and countries of the Americas, this means sports fans will often be cheering for more than one team.

Before you invest in face paint and flags, and practise chants and dances, study this guide to learn who’ll be cheering for whom, and how and where you can join in.

Members, supporters and friends of the LGBTQ community will want to visit PrideHouseTO, located at the 519 Church Street Community Centre, in the heart of Toronto’s gay village. Rainbow flags will be plentiful — even painted across intersections along Church Street — and PridehouseTO will host art and educational installations as well as a lounge where sports fans can watch the Games. On weekends in July at Barbara Hall Park, you can expect a non-stop celebration of the Games and community. Think music, revelry and a love of sport and inclusion.

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says Sabrina Razack, manager, community outreach, community and cultural affairs, TO2015.

“Expect to see big crowds out for track and field events and football (soccer) — the two sports the region is most passionate about,” Razack says. But you’ll also find Trinidad and Tobago supporters cheering on athletes in field hockey, cycling and swimming.

Aquatics will attract fans from Jamaica and Barbados. And if Grenada’s Kirani James is competing on the track — he is the reigning world champion in the 400 metres and the island nation’s first Olympic medallist — there will definitely be roars from the crowd.

“Anytime any of the small islands wins, the fans go crazy,” says Razack. She likes to root for the small islands herself, “As long as they are not playing Trinidad and Tobago!” she says, explaining that it’s where her parents are from.

Caribbean communities are spread throughout Toronto — from Rexdale in the west end to Scarborough in the east, and Oakwood and Eglinton in between. Join fans at bars, where supporters will be watching the Games and enjoying drinks and music. The atmosphere will be alive with whistles, bells and drums. Another essential: the cowbell, or “iron,” as Razack says, which is what they call the bell in Trinidad and Tobago and the smaller islands.

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Games. And “Cuba has an exceptional diving program,” says Martinez.

Francophones will be centre stage at the Games Louise Gauvreau, Senior Manager, Official Languages, pointed to several aquatics athletes from Quebec, including para athletes Benoît Huot and rising star Aurélie Rivarel who will make Canada proud. Water-polo, boxing, cycling and fencing promise great francophone performances.

Official broadcast host RadioCanada will cover the Opening Ceremonies with Cirque du Soleil.

Tumbles and twists will continue with Théâtre Leo and Théâtre Alfonse as part of PANAMANIA, presented by CIBC. Other ‘must sees’ include Robert Lepage’s World Premiere 887, Ontario’s Damien Robitaille, and Haitian ’chanteuse’ Emeline Michel.

The Maritimes will shine in performances by Lisa Leblanc’s, Radio Radio and the Hay Babies.

Manitoba’s Marijosee will also unleash her powerful voice.

The Francophonie will be in full swing across the Games. As part of the Celebrations Zones, the francophone community will also be gathering at Franco-Fête located at Toronto’s Dundas Square.

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If you’re taking in a football match, expect to hear a couple of anthems, though not of the official variety. Jamaican fans love to prep for a game while listening to Reggae Boyz, while Trinidad and Tobago supporters prefer Soca Warriors.

The Caribbean isn’t the only region invested in what’s happening on the pitch. For the Latin American community, soccer is hugely important as is baseball. “You can definitely bet on seeing crowds out for these two sports,” says Fulvio Martinez, manager, community outreach and media relations, TO2015.

During the Games, the city will host large delegations from Brazil, Mexico and Argentina, but there will be athletes here from across Latin America, from Colombia to Cuba, and Nicaragua to Puerto Rico. Incidentally, Martinez says that, along with Team Canada, he will be proudly supporting his Nicaraguan roots, particularly during baseball games.

But fans can expect to see Latin American athletes competing in sports beyond baseball and soccer. Colombia has a very strong cycling team, while Mexico is home to some of the best racquetball players in the world. Paola Longoria, reigning world champion in the sport, will be an honorary torchbearer for these

Brazil is strong in most sports as it gets ready to host the Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games, but look out for Brazilian athletes, especially in aquatics and gymnastics. Martinez also recommends keeping a watchful eye on basketball games where a number of NBA players are expected to suit up for their countries. “They will be highly contested,” he says. Competing alongside Canada and the United States will be teams from Argentina, Puerto Rico, Venezuela and Brazil.

The Latin American community is spread out across the Greater Toronto Area, but St. Clair West, between Bathurst and Earlscourt, is the hub for restaurants and bars in which to enjoy the festivities. If the plan is to enjoy a meal before or after a match, head to the Annex or St. Lawrence Market neighbourhoods for Latin flavours from Nicaragua to El Salvador.

And if you plan to root for a Latin American country, Martinez has some advice. “Head to Plaza Latina at Finch and Weston to get a flag. You’re going to see a lot of colour in the stands. Everyone will show up with flags,” he says. Or better yet, paint your face with a flag from the country of your roots on one side and a Canadian flag on the other.

The one lesson from all of these communities: Whoever you decide to cheer for, do so loud and proud and pack some ear plugs just in case.

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Amid the excitement of hosting the TORONTO 2015 Pan Am/Parapan Am Games, the Greater Golden Horseshoe region has one further cause for celebration. One of the many lasting benefits of the Games is the new facilities that are designed to serve their communities and Canadian high-performance athletes for decades to come.

With an infrastructure budget of $618 million, funded by the Government of Canada, as well as municipal and university partners, the Organizing Committee has built an impressive 10 all-new world-class facilities, as well as substantially upgraded 15 existing venues, from Minden to Welland and Caledon to Oshawa.

The facilities will be used for a wide range of sports, from swimming, shooting and equestrian to canoe/kayak – sprint and BMX. Some of the venues represent important firsts not only for Ontario but for the advancement of Canadian sport in general.

The Cisco Milton Pan Am/Parapan Am Velodrome is a three-story, fully accessible $56-million venue, and is the sole facility of its kind in Canada.

The Organizing Committee has built an impressive 10 all-new worldclass facilities, as well as substantially upgraded 15 existing venues

For example, the Cisco Milton Pan Am/Parapan Am Velodrome is the sole facility of its kind in Canada and only the second that meets top international standards in the USA and Canada, and was designed to meet the stringent requirements set by the International Cycling Union (UCI). It has a 250-metre cycling track, with two 42-degree banks, made of unvarnished Siberian spruce, which took a team of 50 carpenters more than a month to nail in by hand.

The Velodrome also operates year-round, enabling Canadian cyclists to train on home soil for the first time in decades. As such, it is the new home of Cycling Canada, the Ontario Cycling Association and the Milton Cycling Academy.

The oval-shaped, three-story, fully accessible Velodrome also includes three multi-use courts located on the infield and a walking track located on the spectator level, which offers a bird’s-eye view of the Niagara Escarpment.

At the time of its official opening in January 2015, when it hosted the Canadian Track Cycling Championships and the inaugural Milton International Challenge, Saäd Rafi, chief executive

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officer, TO2015, said he was confident the Velodrome would have a lasting impact for the people of Milton. “People in Milton have watched this unique structure going up in their community and now they’re coming inside to experience this beautiful building,” Rafi said. “Not only will spectators watch top athletes racing, but they’ll also see a truly impressive community space that they’ll be using for years to come.”

In Toronto, track and field athletes, as well as students at York University, have a brand-new stadium where they can train and compete. The CIBC Pan Am/Parapan Am Athletics Stadium boasts a 400-metre track designed for certification by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF)

as a Class 1 track, as well as an infield for throwing and jumping disciplines, such as javelin and long jump.

Next door, the Toronto Track and Field Centre has also received brand-new indoor and outdoor tracks for its Games-time role as a training facility.

Further north, OLG Caledon Pan Am Equestrian Park has undergone upgrades and improvements for the Games. The publicly owned equestrian park, which will host dressage and jumping at Games time, is already considered a world-class facility and has previously hosted 15 World Cup qualifiers, two Olympic trials and more than 150 National Grand Prix events. To

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prepare for the Games, the facility began improvements in 2012 and carried out the work in three phases, which allowed for minimal disruption to site operations.

Among the upgrades are a new main stadium building, permanent spectator seating and an indoor competition and warm-up riding arena for winter use. Tentime Olympian and nine-time Pan Am Games medallist Ian Millar said the OLG Caledon Pan Am Equestrian Park “is the best Pan Am facility I’ve ever seen and the best that’s ever been.”

But the jewel in the crown of the amazing new venues created for the Games is the CIBC Pan Am/Parapan Am Aquatics Centre and Field House. The facility is the largest sport new-build for the Games and the largest investment ever in Canadian amateur sport history.

The Aquatics Centre features two 10-lane, 50-metre pools, a 5-metre-deep diving tank with 3-metre, 5-metre, 7.5-metre and 10-metre platforms, and dryland dive training facilities. The Centre has doubled the number of Olympic-sized pools in the Greater Toronto Area and is the sole aquatics facility in the region that

“Not only will spectators watch top athletes racing, but they’ll also see a truly impressive community space that they’ll be using for years to come.” meets the latest international competition standards — including the first facility with the required warm-up pool. The Field House features flexible gymnasium space for training and competition, as well as an indoor recreational track and fitness area with cardio and weightlifting facilities. The Canadian Sport Institute of Ontario is also located here and the Canadian men’s wheelchair basketball team has made it their first permanent home — an important move for a sport Canada has long dominated at the international level.

These remarkable venues will provide not just an impressive home for athletes during the Pan Am/Parapan Am Games, but also a lasting legacy for sport in Ontario.

CIBC Hamilton Pan Am Soccer Stadium

Hamilton is conveniently located about an hour’s drive from both Toronto and Niagara Falls, at the western tip of Lake Ontario. The city boasts a strong arts scene, award-winning dining and a vast outdoor playground for nature enthusiasts. During Games time, Hamilton will host football (soccer) at the new CIBC Hamilton Pan Am Soccer Stadium. The Stadium sits on a 5.45-hectare parcel in Hamilton’s Stipley neighbourhood, where the venerable Ivor Wynne Stadium formerly stood. These grounds played host to the British Empire Games in 1930 — the first time Canada staged a major international competition. The design reimagines the historic site — as a flexible “neighbourhood stadium” that can host professional and amateur sports, cultural happenings and prestigious national and international events. To connect the new stadium with the community even more, Hamilton will be hosting Hamilton Kicks it Up! a program that will feature 16 days of cultural festivities and celebrations. Festivities will take place across the city, including a Viva Pan Am Jr. Soccer Celebration.

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By Maryam Siddiqi

Athletes coming to Toronto from across the Americas to compete in the TORONTO 2015 Pan Am/Parapan Am Gameswill experience a part of the city most Torontonians haven’t been to yet: the site of the CIBC Pan Am/Parapan Am Athletes’ Village. Located in the Canary District, a newly revamped neighbourhood just east of the downtown core, the Village was built on formerly unused land at the foot of the Don River and steps from Lake Ontario.

The land was brought to life for these Games and will have a lasting legacy in Toronto as locals move in to claim the neighbourhood as their own after the Parapan Am Closing Ceremony.

What can athletes, coaches and team officials expect from their home away from home this summer? Here’s a glimpse of this exciting new facility and area in Canada’s largest city.

During the Pan Am and Parapan Am Games, the Village will host more than 10,000 athletes, coaches and team officials.

Joining them on-site will be hundreds of volunteers who will assist staff in making a village within a city run, from providing clean towels to ensuring there’s enough ice cream for everyone.

Aside from tree-lined pedestrian paths and views of the CN Tower and the downtown core, athletes will have access to Corktown Common, an 18-acre park that’s not only a great place to kick a soccer ball or toss a frisbee around, but to catch a comedy under the stars. The park will host a movie night during the Games as well as regular yoga sessions and musical performances from local acts — ways for athletes to relax after a tough day of training and get to know each other away from trials and competitions.

Also steps from their residences: a gorgeous, new 82,000-square-foot YMCA. Open 24 hours, the facility will include a fitness centre and indoor track, as well as a yoga room, gym and two pools.

The Village will also have a Polyclinic that will ensure athletes receive prompt medical attention for everything from dental issues to MRIs. And during the Parapan Am Games, a pop-up centre will service prosthetic and wheelchair repairs.

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Athletes will enter the Village through the Village Plaza, the site of the Team Welcome Ceremonies. Youth ambassadors will greet teams as they arrive and the teams’ home country flags will be raised and their anthems will be played.

In the Village Plaza, athletes will also be able to meet with family or pamper themselves with a complimentary haircut or manicure. Or for those who want to show their Pan Am colours, the TORONTO 2015 store will carry all the must-have T-shirts, gifts and souvenirs. Also, there will be a florist, café and grocery store. But the grocery store and café will be just one small part of the food that will be offered to Village residents.

Operations staff estimate that 450,000 meals will be served in the 6,500-squarefoot dining tent during the Pan Am and Parapan Am Games — an average of 21,000 meals a day. Just over 2,000 athletes can sit down at any one time to enjoy a meal in the tent, where there will be a variety of cuisines to choose from, whether it be Asian- or Italianinspired dishes. During peak times, there will be 600 catering staff on-site, and it’s expected that athletes and officials will enjoy, among other things, 90,000 bananas, 50,000 servings of steak, 10,000 litres of orange juice and 75,000 litres of ice cream. Staff can also accommodate health issues and dietary restrictions, and arrange meals for athletes who celebrate Ramadan, which falls during the first week of the Pan Am Games.

And citizens of the Athletes’ Village will claim a total of 1,285 apartments, 2,685 bedrooms and 660 accessible beds spread over five residences. Rooms in these brand-new buildings will offer athletes enviable views of the Village and downtown Toronto, and accommodate four guests per suite; each suite will contain two bedrooms that sleep two, a shared bathroom and small lounge at the entrance. Decor will

The Village will also have a Polyclinic that will ensure athletes receive prompt medical attention for everything from dental issues to MRIs be bright and colourful, and original art in the rooms was created especially for the Games by students across the Toronto District School Board. And the buildings, all fully accessible, will also have a communal lounge/games room stocked with video games, and more, when athletes want a break from training and competing.

The residences, which will be run like hotels, will also have a concierge who will supply guests with towels and linens, as well as restaurant recommendations and sightseeing tips. During the Games’ busiest periods, 200 housekeepers will be on-site making beds 136,000 times, stocking 1,773 washrooms with 115,000 rolls of toilet paper and emptying 212,000 garbage bags.

It’s rare for a Games to have its Athletes’ Village so close to a city’s downtown core and bars, restaurants and shops, but with amenities like the ones on-site here, teams might not want to leave this oasis by the lake.

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As a trusted partner, Siemens Canada is working closely with organizers of the TORONTO 2015 Pan Am/Parapan Am Games to help ensure the athletes’ health and safety.

Siemens is the Official Supplier of Medical Imaging and Video Security Equipment for the TORONTO 2015 Pan Am/Parapan Am Games. On the medical side, Siemens is providing specialized, state-of-the-art ultrasound machines to diagnose musculoskeletal injuries, plus portable and fixed digital X-ray equipment. For security, the company has installed ultra-high-resolution, real-time video monitoring systems at the CIBC Pan Am/Parapan Am Athletes’ Village, as well as at the Cisco Milton Pan Am/Parapan Am Velodrome and CIBC Hamilton Pan Am Soccer Stadium.

In fact, Siemens has provided infrastructure technology at various TORONTO 2015 Pan Am/Parapan Am Games venues, from power transformers to fire alarm systems to building automation solutions that keep athletes and spectators comfortable.

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A true partnership Siemens’ relationship with the TORONTO 2015 Pan Am/Parapan Am Games is about much more than providing sophisticated technology, as critical as that is. The experts at Siemens are focused on doing everything possible to be trusted advisors.

For example, Siemens helped configure the examination rooms housing the medical equipment, trained practitioners on how to use the devices, and is providing around-the-clock technical support. Siemens also offered valuable consulting support, helping find creative solutions to meet the medical needs of athletes staying at satellite accommodation locations that are far away from the Polyclinic (main medical clinic) in the CIBC Athletes’ Village.

“That consulting role is what really sets us apart,” explains Jim Graziadei, Siemens’ Senior Vice President of Healthcare. “Our sales people really are consultants. They know the business from A to Z.”

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“We’re excited to collaborate with Siemens as we work toward one goal – the success of the Games.”

– Dr. Julia Alleyne, chief medical officer, TORONTO 2015 Pan Am/Parapan Am Games

Siemens partnering with TORONTO 2015 Pan Am/Parapan Am Games Siemens is the Official Supplier of Medical Imaging and Video Security Equipment

Sharing expertise It’s a similar story for security at the TORONTO 2015 Pan Am/ Parapan Am Games, with Siemens experts making major contributions.

Siemens’ security specialists are offering technical support for the video surveillance systems, including being available during the events at moment’s notice if requested. In the weeks leading up to the Pan Am Opening Ceremony, they gave insightful input on how to put all the different technological pieces together into

the most effective and efficient overall solution for the CIBC Athletes’ Village, and provided extensive training to the security staff working there.

On top of that, for venues such as those in Hamilton and Milton, members of Siemens’ Building Technologies team have already been collaborating with municipal representatives to make sure their facilities can be successfully operated for many years to come.

“We made it clear that we are in this for the long haul, not just for a quick installation and then moving on,” notes Stéphane Chayer, Vice President, Building Technologies at Siemens. “We’ll be available whenever they need us to ensure that the installed systems are a good investment for the future.”

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TEAM CANADA’S CHEF DE MISSION FOR THE TORONTO 2015 PAN AM GAMES Curt Harnett is Team Canada’s chef de mission for the TORONTO 2015 Pan Am Games. He will be leading Canada’s largestever delegation to any multi-sport Games.

Harnett acted as the assistant chef de mission at the Guadalajara 2011 Pan Am Games, which gave him insight into the complexities of leading a team at a multi-sport Games, and he is excited to share the excitement of these Games with Canadians.

Have you ever participated in a Pan Am Games?

Yes, I was able to participate in the 1983 Games in Caracas and the 1987 Games in Indiana.

What is your favourite Pan Am memory as an athlete?

I would have to say my first experience in 1983.

Attending my first multi-sport Games was an eye-opening experience that helped me learn how to manage distraction at large events.

What are you most excited about with the TORONTO 2015 Pan Am Games?

There are so many elements I’m excited for!

I’m especially excited to see the long-term investment in sport these Games will produce.

TO2015 is delivering long overdue infrastructure for sport in Canada that will have an impact on athletes for generations to come.

How do you feel these Games are different from past Pan Am Games?

The Pan Am movement has been progressing and gaining momentum. With PASO’s decision to award Toronto the Games, we have been given the chance to take the movement to the next level. The TORONTO 2015 Games will provide fantastic exposure for the PASO movement, and Toronto has done a wonderful job creating a Games that will exceed PASO’s expectations!

What do you think Canadian athletes are most excited for at these Games?

Canadian athletes are excited to have the opportunity to compete in front of a home crowd. These Games will give them a great chance for exposure; the road to Rio goes through Toronto, and their performances here are going to get Canadians excited about next year’s events in Rio. Also, by showing their pride and cheering on our athletes here, Canadians will be giving them some extra fire to take with them to Rio.

Is there one event you are particularly looking forward to at these Games?

There’s no bad ticket at these Games!

I’m especially looking forward to the Opening Ceremony, where the huge crowd will be able to offer a warm welcome to not just Canadian athletes, but to athletes from across the Americas.

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TEAM CANADA’S CHEF DE MISSION FOR THE TORONTO 2015 PARAPAN AM GAMES Elisabeth Walker-Young is Canada’s chef de mission for the TORONTO 2015 Parapan Am Games. She will be leading Canada’s largest ever Parapan Am team with over 350 athletes and support staff. As this is the first time the International Paralympic Committee has made all 15 sports qualifiers for the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games, she is expecting to see the top athletes in the Americas competing. Walker-Young hopes to see Canada finish in the top three for medal count at these Games.

Have you ever participated in a Parapan Am Games?

When I was competing, there were no Parapan Am Games. I’m sorry they weren’t around; they provide a huge benefit to the athletes. They provide invaluable international experience for athletes before they go to their first Paralympics.

What are you most excited about at the TORONTO 2015 Parapan Am Games?

How do you think these Games are different from past Pan Am and Parapan Am Games?

The amount of detail that has gone into the preparation for these Games is astounding!

The Games are going to be top-notch, professional and athlete centred. Everything has been worked out, from which doors athletes and coaches will enter through to where the ice baths and cool-down areas will be. The level of preparation is world class.

What do you think Canadian athletes are most excited for at these Games?

I think our athletes are excited to have the opportunity to compete on home soil. We don’t host many international multi-sport events, and they don’t get many opportunities to showcase how hard they work. Although having family in the audience can be an extra stressor, the athletes have been preparing and are looking forward to the opportunity.

I’m excited to see Team Canada athletes achieve their goal! I’m also excited that Canadians will have a chance to see summer Paralympic sports in action. We don’t have many opportunities to perform in front of Canadian crowds and this will allow Canadians to see the extremely high level of sport these athletes perform at.

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THE THRILL OF VICTORY AND THE AGONY OF DEFEAT:

RIVALRIES FOR THE AGES

By Bert Archer

The thrill of victory and the agony of defeat get a little more poignant when there’s a good rivalry to juice it up. And there will be plenty of that on display this summer.

The Host Country has laid down the gauntlet for the USA (which is almost always the top nation in the medal standings) and for every other competing nation. Canada is hoping for

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its best ever finish — top two in the medal tally at the Pan Am Games and top three at the Parapan Am Games.

This year marks the first appearance of women’s baseball at the Pan Am Games, and the teams to watch are the USA and Canada, ranked second and fourth in the world, respectively, two nations that are still arguing over the outcome

of a war that ended 200 years ago this year.

So, the game to watch here is the final one of the preliminary round on July 24 when Canada meets the USA for the first time.

Canada is bringing its top athletes in almost all sports, including swimming, and they’ll face a tough USA swim team led by one of the USA’s greatest swimmers of all time: Natalie Coughlin. On the Parapan Am side, Benoît Huot has won 19 Paralympic medals and is one of Canada’s most accomplished Paralympians ever, who hopes to add to his medal totals at a rare home Games. But he’ll have to beat one of his greatest rivals and friends, André Brasil of Brazil.

Mexico and Canada have produced some of the best divers in the world, and both countries will be looking to show their talented athletes at the Games this summer.

Another big 49th parallel tussle will be in wheelchair basketball. Since women began playing in the quadrennial World Wheelchair Basketball Championship in 1990, the USA and Canada have dominated the boards, with Team USA team taking it home in 1990 and

2010, and every other victory going to Canada.

Canada comes into the Games as the current world champions. The Canadian men need to win gold to qualify for the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. But the USA will have other ideas.

Men’s field hockey is probably the longest and most closely fought of all Pan Am rivalries, with Argentina and Canada meeting each other in every gold-medal match since 1975. Argentina, whose national colours are blue and white, has won six times, Canada four.

“You’re kind of taught as a young player that the blue and white stripes are bad,” Canada’s captain Scott Tupper said this spring.

Canada won last time the Games were hosted in Canada, in 1999. The last time the teams met under the Pan Am banner, in Guadalajara in 2011, Argentina came out the winner. “It’s our time to get a little retribution, perhaps, bring it back the other way,” Tupper said. The stakes are high with the winner qualifying for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

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Other Rivalries to Watch

GAMES FIRST • Golf • Women’s baseball • Canoe/kayak – slalom • Women’s rugby sevens • Women’s canoe C1 200 m sprint • Wheelchair rugby • Women’s sitting volleyball

Men’s baseball: Top nations in the world will be battling for gold, including Cuba, the Dominican Republic, USA, and Canada, the defending Pan Am gold medallist.

Men’s basketball: Puerto Rico is the defending champion but USA, Brazil, Venezuela, Argentina and Canada are expected to provide stiff competition. Canada could have a roster full of NBA players and, if so, will be one of the countries that could pose an upset.

Men’s football (soccer): Look out for Mexico, which won the Pan Am gold in 2011 in Guadalajara and also came out on top the last two times the Games were held in Canada.

But traditional powerhouses such as Brazil and Uruguay will have something to say about the final result. Expect Brazil to play a prominent role in the women’s competition as well, having won gold in 2003 and 2007 before losing to Canada on penalty kicks in 2011.

The USA and Cuba have a long history of duking it out for boxing supremacy.

The USA and Brazil are the teams to watch in volleyball. Brazil won both gold medals at the last Games, but the USA is ranked number one in the world on the women’s side — just ahead of Brazil.

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Archery has received a lot of attention of late because of movies like The Hunger Games.

Crispin Duenas of Toronto is hungry to show he’s become one of the best in the sport in his home city. But he’ll be up against two of his fiercest rivals: Brady Ellison of the USA and Juan René Serrano of Mexico.

In judo, Cuba and Brazil are two of the top teams in the world, ranked fourth and 12th, respectively, in terms of world championship medals, but they are about as evenly matched as they can be on the Pan American Games field. Last time they met, in 2011, each took home six golds and three silvers, the only distinction coming in the bronze matches, where Brazil won four bronze medals to Cuba’s three. The time before, in 2007, with Brazil playing host, they tied with 13 medals each.

In track and field, athletes from Jamaica are always in the running. But there will be other island athletes hoping to showcase their speed as well. Kirani James of Grenada, the Olympic champion from London, could be one of the ones to beat in the 400 metres. But not if Luguelin Santos of the Dominican Republic has something to say about it. Santos is the Olympic silver medallist in the event and the reigning Pan Am champion.

Overall, these Games promise to feature the highest standard of athletic achievement, with not just personal glory, but national pride on the line.

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America and the Caribbean, and South America coming together as the countries and territories competing at the Games. The materials for the medals were supplied by Toronto-based Barrick Gold Corporation from three of its operations across the Americas: copper from its Zaldívar mine in Chile; silver from its Pueblo Viejo mine in the Dominican Republic; and gold from its Hemlo mine in Ontario.

The TORONTO 2015 Pan Am and Parapan Am Games competition medals, which will be awarded for gold, silver and bronze performances, tell the rich story of the “People’s Games” through a beautifully layered design that showcases innovation and inclusion.

The medals’ design incorporates the ancient technique of mokume gane, which requires a high degree of skill to fuse or “unite” different alloys into one useable material, while creating unique and artistic patterns. These different patterns are created by repeating a process of high-speed carving, deburring, forging and shaping. The Royal Canadian Mint’s innovative approach in applying mokume gane to the athletes’ medals means each medal is truly one of a kind, while stylistically reflecting the multicultural celebration of athletes and nations coming together.

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There were 4,283 medals created by the Royal Canadian Mint for gold, silver and bronze performances at the TORONTO 2015 Pan Am/Parapan Am Games.

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The artwork on the medals expresses the values of inclusion and diversity, and highlights the Aboriginal traditions of welcoming guests and cherishing the beauty of the natural world.

The collaborative creative process included Christi Belcourt, a Métis visual artist who combined artistry and storytelling with the Royal Canadian Mint’s innovative production process. Braille is used to identify TORONTO 2015 — a reflection of TO2015’s commitment to accessibility, and this is the first time it has ever been applied on both Pan Am and Parapan Am Games medals.

The three irregular shapes layered on the front of the medals represent North America, Central

“When athletes have a medal hung around their neck, it is a beginning not an end. As they go through life, people will want to see it, touch it and feel the weight of it,” said Elisabeth WalkerYoung, Team Canada’s chef de mission for the TORONTO 2015 Parapan Am Games. “The medals that are given out at the Games will hold pride of place in homes, hearts and memories throughout the Americas for decades to come.

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There are undeniably a number of attractions to each multi-sport Games scenario. The TORONTO 2015 Pan Am/Parapan Am Games will create excitement because they promise to be a spectacle which brings together 41 countries and territories from the Americas to celebrate sport and culture. There is always something at stake in gatherings like these. The pride of nations as well as the passion of individuals will inevitably come to the fore at every stadium and arena over the course of the Pan Am and Parapan Am Games taking place across the Greater Golden Horseshoe region. Thousands of riveting stories will reveal themselves as friendly struggles unfold on the many fields of play. But make no mistake: the headliners of TORONTO 2015 are the athletes, more than 7,600 of them, who will deliver outstanding performances in the heat of July and August. They are ordinary people who are capable of extraordinary things and, without question, they’ll claim centre stage as the stars of the show this summer. Here are just a few to watch at the TORONTO 2015 Games:

Athletics

Canada will send its best track and field athletes to compete at home in an event of this magnitude for the first time in more than a generation. Decathlete Damian Warner and heptathlete Brianne Theisen-Eaton have world championship podium credentials and will lead the Canadian side. High jumper Derek Drouin, a Commonwealth Games champion and Olympic bronze medallist, is continuously raising the bar. American Ashton Eaton, the Olympic decathlon champion and arguably the greatest all-around athlete in the world, is set to test the track in Toronto. So is wheelchair racing’s Josh Cassidy of Ottawa who has been victorious at the London and Boston marathons.

From the Dominican Republic, Luguelín Santos will defend his 400-metre crown won four years ago in Guadalajara. He also won the 400-metre silver medal at the London 2012 Olympic Games.

Aquatics

The waters of the CIBC Pan Am/Parapan Am Aquatics Centre and Field House will run deep with talent.

Swimming will feature double Olympic medallist Ryan Cochrane of Victoria, BC, in the distance events. Natalie Coughlin of the United States will be competing in her first Pan American Games and brings a resumé that includes 12 Olympic podium finishes.

At the Parapan Am Games, the legendary and prolific Benoît Huot of Montreal will lead the field, having won 19 Paralympic medals over the course of his storied career.

Daniel Dias of Brazil has 17 world titles to his credit.

In diving, the Canadian women, led by the Fab Four, Meaghan Benfeito, Pamela Ware, Roseline Filion and Jennifer Abel, will go head to head with strong rivals from the United States and Mexico. The Canadians have been consistently on the podium at recent Olympic Games and world championships.

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Michelle Li of Markham, ON, is set to defend her Pan American Games gold medals in both singles and doubles play. She is also the reigning Commonwealth Games singles champion and will be competing in front of her hometown fans at a brand-new facility during the Games.

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Expect the waters to churn in Welland as some of the world’s top paddlers navigate the TORONTO 2015 Games.

Four-time Olympic medallist Adam van Koeverden looks to dominate in kayaking.

Meanwhile, Mark Oldershaw, of the Burloak Canoe Club in Oakville, ON, leads the way in canoeing. Oldershaw won Olympic C1 bronze in 2012.

Cycling

The brand-new Cisco Milton Pan Am/Parapan Am Velodrome will heat up and Canada boasts one of the strongest female pursuit teams anywhere. The maple leaf women won bronze at the last Olympic Games and have been on the podium at the last four World Championships.

Mariana Pajón of Colombia rules BMX racing. She’s the reigning Pan American Games and Olympic champion.

Equestrian

When it comes to show jumping, Canadian athletes are always ambitious. Ian Millar is a 10-time Olympian and won Pan Am gold in 1999 in Winnipeg. Eric Lamaze is the 2008 Olympic individual champion and was part of the Canadian silver-medal-winning team at the same Games.

They’ll showcase the beautiful grounds at the equestrian facility in Caledon.

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Team Sports

In basketball, the Canadian men’s team will feature a lineup laden with NBA talent under the direction of general manager Steve Nash and coach Jay Triano. The women were fifth at the most recent World Championships and made plenty of noise at the 2012 Olympic Games. At the Parapan Am Games, the women will come in as the world champions, while the men won the Paralympic title in London in 2012.

Gymnastics

Trampoline star and Olympic gold medallist Rosie MacLennan from King City, ON, will be attempting to repeat as Pan Am Games champion, this time at home.

Onside will be teammate Karen Cockburn who has won three Olympic medals over the course of her illustrious career.

In artistic gymnastics, Commonwealth Games champions Ellie Black of Halifax and Scott Morgan of North Vancouver anchor the strong Canadian side.

The Canadian men’s baseball team won Pan Am gold in Guadalajara for manager Ernie Whitt. They’ll be up against the dynastic Cubans who won the previous 10 titles and will be looking for revenge at TORONTO 2015. In field hockey, the Canadian men will undoubtedly face rival Argentina for the gold medal and the right to advance to the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.

Meanwhile, rugby sevens will debut for the women with a strong Canadian team expected to challenge for gold.

The Canadian men come in as defending champions.

The TORONTO 2015 Games will boast the largest group of athletes in the history of the Pan Am and Parapan Am Games. In a pre-Olympic year, there is plenty on the line for the vast majority of them. For others, these Games represent the pinnacle of international competition and thus the race to the podium in every sport will be full of drama and excitement.

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AQUATICS – DIVING Launching from the three-metre springboard or dropping from the 10-metre platform, divers perform a dizzying combination of flips and twists, somersaults and rotations that are awarded points based on their level of difficulty and execution.

Divers compete individually or as part of a two-person team.

FAST FACT The springboard competition takes place on a flexible 16-foot aluminum diving board three metres above the surface of the water.

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Athletes aim for a “rip” entry that almost eliminates any splash.

MEDAL EVENTS Men and Women 3 m Springboard 10 m Platform 3 m Springboard Synchro 10 m Platform Synchro

WHERE? CIBC Pan Am/Parapan Am Aquatics Centre and Field House ATHLETE TO WATCH

Jennifer Abel

GAMES RIVALS

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• From Laval, QC • Earned silver in 3-metre diving at the 2011 Pan Am Games • Earned bronze at the London 2012 Olympic Games with former partner Émilie Heymans

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AQUATICS – OPEN WATER SWIMMING Called the marathon of aquatics, open water swimming challenges men and women with a 10-kilometre course with no walls to touch and no flip turns.

FAST FACT The TORONTO 2015 course is made up of six 1.67 km laps in Lake Ontario.

FAST FACT Navigation from buoy to buoy is part of the challenge of the event.

DEFENDING CANADA’S TITLE

Richard Weinberger Men’s 10 km

MEDAL EVENTS Men and Women 10 km

WHERE? Ontario Place West Channel ATHLETE TO WATCH

Richard Weinberger • From Moose Jaw, SK • Won Olympic bronze in London in 2012 • Currently trains in Vancouver at Swimming Canada’s High Performance Centre

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AQUATICS – SWIMMING Swimming races incorporate the techniques of breaststroke, butterfly, backstroke and freestyle, and are contested at distances of 50 metres, 100 metres, 200 metres, 400 metres and 1,500 metres.

MEDAL EVENTS Men and Women – Freestyle 50 m / 100 m / 200 m / 400 m / 800 m (Women) / 1500 m (Men) Men and Women – Backstroke 100 m / 200 m Men and Women – Breaststroke 100 m / 200 m Men and Women – Butterfly 100 m / 200 m Men and Women – Individual Medley 200 m / 400 m Men and Women – Freestyle Relay 4 x 100 m / 4 x 200 m Men and Women – Medley Relay 4 x 100 m

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FAST FACT The USA earned 18 gold, 18 silver and 8 bronze medals at the Guadalajara 2011 Pan Am Games for an awe-inspiring total of 44 medals.

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BenoÎt Huot • From Longueuil, QC • Has competed in four Paralympic Games and has won 19 Paralympic medals over his career • Is nicknamed “The Shark.”

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AQUATICS – SYNCHRONIZED SWIMMING Athletes compete to music as either duets or teams of eight.

The judges provide marks for two routines—the technical and the free—against standards for execution, artistic impression and difficulty.

FAST FACT Canada has placed in the medals at every Pan Am Games since 1971.

DEFENDING CANADA’S TITLE Duet / Team Canada

MEDAL EVENTS Women Duet / Team Competition

WHERE? CIBC Pan Am/Parapan Am Aquatics Centre and Field House

GAMES RIVALS

Canada and USA

ATHLETE TO WATCH

Jackie Simoneau

• From Chambly, QC • Member of the senior national team since 2012 • She and her partner Karine Thomas are gold-medal favourites in the duet.

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AQUATICS – WATER POLO Teams of seven athletes a side contest four eight-minute quarters without touching the sides or bottom of the pool. The players’ strength and endurance are remarkable and on display perhaps most impressively during an eggbeater, a powerful leg-kick technique that can lift the athlete high out of the water to defend or attempt a shot on net.

MEDAL EVENTS Men and Women Team Competition

WHERE? Atos Markham Pan Am/ Parapan Am Centre

FAST FACT FAST FACT Canada has won medals in every Pan Am water polo event since the Winnipeg 1999 Games.

At the Guadalajara 2011 Pan Am Games, Canada won silver in both the men’s and women’s competitions.

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ARCHERY

Archery is a sport unique for the value it places on stillness. The objective is simple: shoot the most arrows into the centre of the target located 70 metres away. The catch?

The bull’s-eye measures only 12.2 centimetres in diameter.

MEDAL EVENTS Men and Women W1 / Compound / Recurve

WHERE? Varsity Stadium

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Crispin Duenas

ARCHERY The sport is open to athletes with a physical disability, such as spinal cord injury or amputee. A test of accuracy, strength and concentration, athletes may shoot from a standing position or a wheelchair.

• From Scarborough, ON • Earned silver at the 2011 Pan Am Games • Represented Canada at the 2008 and 2012 Olympic Games

MEDAL EVENTS Men and Women – W1 / Compound / Recurve Team – Mixed Team / Compound Open Mixed Team / Recurve Open Mixed Team

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FAST FACT Archery first appeared in the Pan Am Games in 1979 in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

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ATHLETICS – MARATHON AND RACE WALK The quintessential test of athletic endurance, the marathon is one of the crowning events of any Games. World-class athletes will complete the 26.2-mile (42.2-kilometre) marathon at a pace that for most people would be a full-out sprint. In the race walk, athletes must have one foot in contact with the ground at all times as well as keep their supporting leg straight.

FAST FACT To increase their pace in race walk, athletes swivel and tilt their hips to lengthen their stride.

MEDAL EVENTS Men and Women 20 km – Race Walk Marathon Men 50 km – Race Walk

WHERE? Ontario Place West Channel

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ATHLETICS – TRACK AND FIELD The track events feature distances from 100 metres to 10,000 metres, with the excitement of hurdles and the steeplechase as well. The field competitions include the throwing events of shot put, discus, javelin and hammer throw, while the jumping events offer pole vault, high jump, long jump and triple jump.

MEDAL EVENTS Men and Women 100 m / 200 m / 400 m / 800 m / 1,500 m / 5,000 m / 10,000 m / 400 m Hurdles / 3,000 m Steeplechase / Pole Vault / High Jump / Long Jump / Triple Jump / Shot Put / Discus Throw / Javelin Throw / Hammer Throw Men Decathlon / 110 m Hurdles Women Heptathlon / 100 m Hurdles

WHERE? CIBC Pan Am/Parapan Am Athletics Stadium

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FAST FACT In shot put, the metal ball weighs 7.26 kg (men) and 4 kg (women).

FAST FACT The heptathlon includes 100-metre hurdles, high jump, shot put, 200-metre run, long jump, javelin and 800-metre run.

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ATHLETICS – TRACK AND FIELD FAST FACT Canada’s athletics team earned 17 medals at the 2014 Commonwealth Games and is expected to put forward one of its strongest teams ever this summer.

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Virginia McLachlan • From Windsor, ON • First competed internationally at the 2011 IPC World Championships in New Zealand • Won two silvers at the Guadalajara 2011 Parapan Am Games • Won two bronze at the London 2012 Paralympic Games

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BADMINTON Badminton is a lightning-fast racquet sport played as either singles or doubles, with players situated on opposite sides of a rectangular court split in half by a net. Badminton athletes are among the fittest and most agile of any sport, considering shuttlecocks (birdies) can reach speeds of 350 kilometres an hour.

DEFENDING CANADA’S TITLE

Michelle Li Singles and Women’s Doubles Alex Bruce Women’s Doubles Toby Ng Mixed Doubles

MEDAL EVENTS Men and Women Singles / Doubles / Mixed Doubles

WHERE? Atos Markham Pan Am/Parapan Am Centre

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Canada and USA

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FAST FACT Badminton made its first Pan Am Games appearance in 1995 at Mar del Plata, Argentina.

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Michelle Li FAST FACT Canada leads the Pan Am Games badminton race with 16 gold medals.

• From Hong Kong • Gold in singles and doubles at 2011 Pan Am Games • Gold in singles at 2014 Commonwealth Games

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BASEBALL A sporting passion throughout the Americas, baseball is sure to be a fan favourite and a magnet for some of the greatest displays of national pride. In addition to the men’s competition, these Games mark the first time women’s baseball will be featured in an international multisport competition.

FAST FACT Canada’s men’s team defeated the USA to capture gold at the 2011 Pan Am Games.

FAST FACT Canada is currently ranked fourth in the world in women’s baseball and is expected to be fighting for gold with the USA.

DEFENDING CANADA’S TITLE Men’s Team Competition

MEDAL EVENTS ATHLETE TO WATCH

Ashley Stephenson

• From Mississauga, ON • Has been a member of the women’s team since 2004 • Has competed at many international tournaments

Men and Women Team Competition

WHERE? President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark

GAMES RIVALS USA and Cuba (men’s) USA and Canada (women’s)

GAMES FIRST • Women’s

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BASKETBALL With the level of competition extremely high, the Americas account for approximately one third of the world’s top 30 basketball nations for both men and women — the athletes offer a highlight-making combination of size, speed, strength and skill.

FAST FACT

MEDAL EVENTS Men and Women Team Competition

WHERE? Ryerson Athletic Centre

Women’s basketball has an eight-team field. In group A: USA, Brazil, Puerto Rico and Dominican Republic.

In group B: Canada, Venezuela, Argentina and Cuba.

FAST FACT Men’s basketball has an eight-team field. In group A: USA, Brazil, Puerto Rico and Venezuela. In group B: Canada, Dominican Republic, Argentina and Mexico.

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Nik Goncin

• From Regina, SK • Made his Team Canada debut in 2009 • Competed at the 2013 Junior World Championships

MEDAL EVENTS Men and Women Team Competition

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BOWLING World-class bowlers roll on the same 60-foot wood lanes you may know from league night, but these competitors – in men’s and women’s singles and doubles – will be striving for the medal podium and carrying the expectations of national pride.

FAST FACT Pan Am bowling is a tenpin competition.

FAST FACT Bowling made its first Pan Am Games appearance in 1991 in Havana.

MEDAL EVENTS Men and Women Singles / Doubles

WHERE? Pan Am Bowling Centre

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BOXING Spectators will have the chance to see tournament boxing at its best when athletes from traditional powerhouse nations like the United States and Cuba touch gloves in rapid-fire bouts of up to three three-minute rounds for men and four two-minute rounds for women.

MEDAL EVENTS Men Light flyweight 46–49 kg Flyweight 49–52 kg Bantamweight 52–56 kg Lightweight 56–60 kg Light welterweight 60–64 kg Welterweight 64–69 kg Middleweight 69–75 kg Light heavyweight 75–81 kg Heavyweight 81–91 kg Super heavyweight +91 kg Women Flyweight 48–51 kg Lightweight 57–60 kg Middleweight 69–75 kg

WHERE? Oshawa Sports Centre

FAST FACT Pan Am boxing is a single-elimination competition.

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Humber student volunteers and interns will get valuable experience, make incredible memories and have a chance to be a part of history at the 2015 Pan Am/Parapan Am games.

Thank you to all volunteers and good luck to all athletes.

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CANOE/KAYAK – SLALOM Canoe/kayak – slalom is as much about athletes competing against nature as it is about athletes competing against each other. At a venue widely regarded as one of the best whitewater runs anywhere in the world, kayakers and canoeists negotiate gates in a race against time, the competition and, of course, the churning water.

FAST FACT FAST FACT Kayakers pilot closed-cockpit boats using doublebladed paddles.

Canoeists pilot open boats with singlebladed paddles.

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This is the first time canoe/kayak – slalom will be included in the Pan Am Games.

MEDAL EVENTS Men and Women K1 Kayak / C1 Canoe Men C2 Canoe

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Ben Hayward

• From Edmonton, AB • Has been on the national team for nine years • Currently ranked first in Canada

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CANOE/KAYAK – SPRINT Over distances of 200, 500 and 1,000 metres, paddlers in both the canoe and kayak – sprint events endure one of the most intense and gruelling sports at the Games.

DEFENDING CANADA’S TITLE

Men – K2 200 m / K2 1000 m / C1 500 m

Women – K4 500 m

MEDAL EVENTS Men and Women K1 200 m / C1 200 m Men K2 200 m / K1 1000 m / K2 1000 m / K4 1000 m / C1 1000 m / C2 1000 m Women K1 500 m / K2 500 m / K4 500 m

WHERE? Welland Pan Am Flatwater Centre

FAST FACT The K4 (four person) men’s kayaks can reach speeds capable of pulling a waterskier.

FAST FACT Athletes kneel in the open canoe.

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CYCLING – BMX One of the defining disciplines of action sports, BMX is a chaotic combination of speed, wheeled agility and fearlessness that pits eight cyclists at a time in an all-out race to the finish on a purposebuilt dirt track.

MEDAL EVENTS Men and Women Individual

WHERE? Centennial Park Pan Am BMX Centre

FAST FACT BMX bikes only have one gear and one brake, which must be strong enough to withstand the course.

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FAST FACT Riders wear full-face helmets to protect themselves in this combative cycling discipline.

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CYCLING – MOUNTAIN BIKE This cross-country event sees competitors racing up steep climbs and down drops, and navigating rocks and roots, in an impressive display of power and precision. Riders start en masse and must complete a set number of laps of the twisting, turning course.

FAST FACT The course will include a “rock garden,” which is a section of trail that is covered in grapefruit- to basketball-sized rocks.

MEDAL EVENTS Men and Women Cross-Country

WHERE? Hardwood Mountain Bike Park

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Celebrate the heritage of Ontario and the TORONTO 2015 Pan Am/Parapan Am Games’ community spirit with this large-scale installation and interactive programming.

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FAST FACT Road cycling has been contested at the Pan Am Games since the inaugural Games in 1951.

CYCLING – ROAD CYCLING Road cycling takes place outdoors on asphalt roads. In the mass start event, teams work together in a mix of drafting, stamina and strategy over a 160-kilometre (99.4-mile) course for men and 80 kilometres (49.7-mile) for women. The first rider to cross the finish line wins.

MEDAL EVENTS Men and Women Individual Road Race / Time Trial

WHERE? Ontario Place West Channel (Individual Road Race) Milton Time Trial Course (Time Trial)

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CYCLING – ROAD CYCLING Para-cycling got its start with visually impaired cyclists competing on tandem bikes. Today, the sport also includes athletes with physical impairments, cerebral palsy and amputees. Athletes ride four different types of bicycles: traditional, tandem, tricycles and hand ergometers.

MEDAL EVENTS Men – Road Race B / C1-3 / C4-5 / H3-4-5 Mixed – Road Race T M & W / H1-2, H1-2 W Women – Road Race B / C4-5 / C1-3 / H3-4 Mixed – Time Trial T M&W / B M&W / C M&W / H M&W

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CYCLING – TRACK CYCLING The 250-metre, steeply-banked wooden track will host a range of events that send cyclists around the track on gearless, brakeless bikes reaching speeds of more than 80 kilometres an hour.

FAST FACT The omnium is made up of six events contested over two consecutive days.

FAST FACT Venezuela and Colombia are expected to try and match their strong showings from the Guadalajara 2011 Games.

MEDAL EVENTS Men and Women Sprint Keirin Team Sprint Team Pursuit Omnium

FAST FACT Keirin racing originated in Japan and features 2–7 racers in a short sprint that begins after a pacing motorbike has helped them reach speed.

WHERE? Cisco Milton Pan Am/ Parapan Am Velodrome

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CYCLING — TRACK CYCLING Para-cycling got its start with visually impaired cyclists competing on tandem bikes. Today, the sport also includes athletes with physical impairments, cerebral palsy and amputees.

MEDAL EVENTS Men and Women Individual Pursuit C1-3 / C4-5 / B Men 1000 m Time Trial C1-5 / B Women 500 m Time Trial C1-5 Women 1000 m Time Trial B

ATHLETE TO WATCH

Jaye Milley

• From Calgary, AB • Attended London 2012 Paralympic Games • Has been a member of the national team since 2010

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EQUESTRIAN The equestrian events are broken down into three categories: dressage, eventing and jumping. In dressage, horse-andrider pairs perform prescribed elements, including a walk, trot and canter. Eventing is the equestrian equivalent of the decathlon, a multi-day and multi-discipline event. In jumping, riders attempt to establish a fast, “clean” ride through a course of approximately 15 fences.

DEFENDING CANADA’S TITLE

Jessica Phoenix Eventing Individual

MEDAL EVENTS Open – Dressage Individual and Team Competition Open – Eventing Individual and Team Competition Open – Jumping Individual and Team Competition

WHERE? OLG Caledon Pan Am Equestrian Park (dressage, jumping)

FAST FACT In dressage, men and women compete on an even playing field.

Pan Am Cross-Country Centre (eventing)

ATHLETE TO WATCH

Ian Millar

• Most decorated equestrian athlete in Canadian history • Nine Pan Am medals over nine Pan Am Games, more than any other show jumper • Has been inducted into the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame

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FENCING The athletes move with grace and power, with lightning-fast reflexes and the subtle shifts of defense and attack that define winners. The piste — the 2-metre by 14-metre competition ground — frames bouts with three types of swords: foil, épée and sabre.

FAST FACT In the team event, nine matches are played in five-hit (or three-minute) intervals. The first team to score 45 hits wins.

MEDAL EVENTS Men and Women Individual and Team Épée Individual and Team Foil Individual and Team Sabre

WHERE? CIBC Pan Am/Parapan Am Aquatics Centre and Field House

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FIELD HOCKEY Contested outdoors by two teams of 11 players on a pitch approximately the same size as an American football field, the players use short hooked sticks to pass, shoot and defend the sport’s hard ball.

FAST FACT Since 1975, Argentina and Canada have battled for gold at every Pan Am Games.

FAST FACT The winning men’s and women’s teams will qualify for Rio 2016.

MEDAL EVENTS Men and Women Team Competition

WHERE? Pan Am/Parapan Am Fields

GAMES RIVALS

Canada and Argentina ATHLETE TO WATCH

Scott Tupper

• From Vancouver, BC • Top scorer at the 2011 Pan Am Games • Part of winning team at 2007 Pan Am Games

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FOOTBALL (SOCCER) With 10 of the top 30 men’s and three of the top seven women’s nations coming from the Americas, the 2015 Pan Am Games football matches offer truly world-class skill and competition.

DEFENDING CANADA’S TITLE

Women’s Team Competition

MEDAL EVENTS

FAST FACT The men’s competition is an under-22 event that caps the age of the competitors.

Women Team Competition (Open) Men Team Competition (U-22)

WHERE? CIBC Hamilton Pan Am Soccer Stadium

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FOOTBALL 5-A-SIDE Football 5-a-side is a fast-paced sport for athletes with a visual impairment, and shows off their exceptional ability in dribbling, control and execution of powerful shots.

FOOTBALL 7-A-SIDE

Football 7-a-side is played by athletes with cerebral palsy and other neurological disorders, including stroke and traumatic brain injury.

MEDAL EVENTS

WHERE?

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GAMES FIRST • Football 7-a-side is making its return to the Parapan Am Games this summer.

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GOLF Golfers will tee up in both men’s and women’s team and individual competitions at the newly renovated south course of Angus Glen Golf Club.

MEDAL EVENTS Men and Women Individual and Team Competition

WHERE? Angus Glen Golf Club

FAST FACT Golf will be rejoining the Olympic program in Rio in 2016.

ATHLETE TO WATCH

Brooke Henderson

• From Smiths Falls, ON • Became a professional in December 2014 • Only 17 years old

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GYMNASTICS – ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS Men and women compete for individual and team medals.

Women’s competition includes the vault, uneven bars, balance beam and floor, while the men contest on floor, pommel horse, rings, vault, parallel bars and horizontal bar.

MEDAL EVENTS Men and Women Team Competition All Around Floor Vault Women Uneven Bars Balance Beam Men Pommel Horse Rings Parallel Bars Horizontal Bar

WHERE? Toronto Coliseum

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FAST FACT Placement is determined based on the combined scores for difficulty and execution.

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GYMNASTICS – RHYTHMIC GYMNASTICS The hoop, ball, clubs and ribbon come to life as the gymnasts propel themselves through movements that vary in shape, amplitude, direction, plane and speed.

MEDAL EVENTS Women – Individual Hoop, Ball, Clubs, Ribbon and All-Around Women – Group 5 Ribbons, 6 Clubs, 2 Hoops, All-Around

WHERE? Toronto Coliseum

FAST FACT Rhythmic gymnastics is a sport in which only women compete.

ATHLETE TO WATCH

Patricia Bezzoubenko • From Vancouver, BC • Trains in Moscow, Russia, at the Olympic Training Centre • Won five golds at the 2014 Commonwealth Games

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GYMNASTICS – TRAMPOLINE The trampoline can send competitors as high as nine metres into the air where they complete one of the 10 skills that constitute a routine.

Some of the acrobatic elements have breathtaking combinations of speed, power, grace and flight.

The medal-winning routines will feature high, rhythmic bouncing leading to spectacular airborne twisting and tumbling elements.

FAST FACT

DEFENDING CANADA’S TITLE

Keegan Soehn Men’s Individual Rosie MacLennan Women’s Individual

MEDAL EVENTS

Two judges score the degree of difficulty, starting at zero points and adding points based on the elements performed.

FAST FACT Five judges score the execution, starting at 10 points and deducting up to 0.5 points for errors on each of the 10 elements performed.

Men and Women Individual

WHERE? Toronto Coliseum

ATHLETE TO WATCH

Rosie MacLennan

• From King City, ON • Won gold at the 2012 Olympic Games • Won gold at the 2011 Pan Am Games

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HANDBALL Fans will recognize elements of soccer, basketball and even lacrosse in a sport that is contested by teams of seven players who pass and dribble a small ball with their hands.

FAST FACT There is no stoppage of play after goals.

FAST FACT Handball was added to the Pan Am Games competition schedule in 1987.

MEDAL EVENTS Men and Women Team Competition

WHERE? Exhibition Centre

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JUDO Judo may mean “the gentle way,” but this is a sport of sudden throws and quick reflexes combined with tests to the limits of balance, flexibility, strategy and mental preparation.

MEDAL EVENTS Women -48 kg / -52 kg / -57 kg / -63 kg / -70 kg / -78 kg / +78 kg Men -60 kg / -66 kg / -73 kg / -81 kg / -90 kg / -100 kg / +100 kg

WHERE? Mississauga Sports Centre

GAMES RIVALS

Cuba and Brazil

ATHLETE TO WATCH

Justin Karn

• From Guelph, ON • Competed in the 2012 Paralympic Games • Won bronze at the 2011 Parapan Am Games

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WHERE?

Women Up to 48 kg / Up to 52 kg Up to 57 kg / Up to 63 kg Up to 70 kg / Over 70 kg Men Up to 60 kg / Up to 66 kg Up to 73 kg / Up to 81 kg Up to 90 kg / Up to 100 kg Over 100 kg

Abilities Centre

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KARATE During the three-minute bouts for men and two-minute bouts for women, competitors receive points for successful kicks, strikes and punches to the opponent.

FAST FACT Kata is a judged competition featuring individual and team disciplines.

MEDAL EVENTS Women -50 kg / -55 kg / -61 kg / -68 kg / +68 kg Men -60 kg / -67 kg / -75 kg / -84 kg / +84 kg

WHERE? Mississauga Sports Centre

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MODERN PENTATHLON This unique sport demands diverse talents of its competitors as it challenges them with fencing, swimming, equestrian, running and shooting events.

FAST FACT The first athlete across the finish line of the final event wins, with the earlier events establishing a time handicap for the final element of the sport.

MEDAL EVENTS Men and Women Individual

WHERE? CIBC Pan Am/Parapan Am Aquatics Centre and Field House GAMES RIVALS

Mexico and USA

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RACQUETBALL Racquetball is an aggressive, physical sport where athletes frequently dive, spin, jump and slide to make shots and score points.

After one of the competitors puts the ball in play with a serve, every surface in the court — including the floor and ceiling — is in play.

FAST FACT Some shots are as fast as 240 kilometres an hour.

MEDAL EVENTS Men and Women Singles / Doubles / Teams

WHERE? Exhibition Centre

ATHLETE TO WATCH

Mike Green

• From Burlington, ON • Nine-time national singles champion • Silver at the 2003 Pan Am Games

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ROLLER SPORTS – FIGURE SKATING Much like ice figure skating, roller sports – figure skating features performances of balletic, choreographed routines set to music.

The routines include jumps, spins, footwork and dance-like elements scored by judges.

FAST FACT Men and women showcase their skills in both a long and short program.

FAST FACT Unlike in ice figure skating, in roller sports, spins can be performed on the heels.

MEDAL EVENTS Men and Women Individual

WHERE? Exhibition Centre

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ROLLER SPORTS – SPEED SKATING Men and women compete in three different events to identify the fastest athletes on eight wheels. Skaters push forward from a standing start and pursue gold in the 200-metre time trial, the 500-metre event and the 10,000-metre points event.

MEDAL EVENTS Men and Women 200 m Time Trial / 500 m / 10,000 m Points

WHERE? St. Pope John Paul II Catholic Secondary School

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Roller Sports – speed skating was a demonstration sport at the 1992 Olympic Games.

Roller sports – speed skating was first included as a demonstration sport at the 1979 Pan Am Games and joined permanently in 1987.

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ROWING All rowers face backwards in their boats, using every major muscle group in their bodies to pull the blades of one or two oars through the water, as their seats slide to allow for the longest and most powerful strokes possible.

MEDAL EVENTS Men and Women Single Sculls / Double Sculls / Lightweight Double Sculls / Quadruple Sculls / Coxless Pair Women Lightweight Single Sculls Men Coxless Four / Lightweight Coxless Four / Eight with Coxswain

WHERE? Royal Canadian Henley Rowing Course

FAST FACT Canada earned an impressive eight medals at the 2011 Pan Am Games: three silver and five bronze.

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RUGBY SEVENS Played on a pitch about the size of a Canadian football field, rugby sevens challenges teams to score points by driving the ball into the opponent’s goal area or kicking it through the goal posts.

DEFENDING CANADA’S TITLE Men’s Team Competition

MEDAL EVENTS Men and Women Team Competition

WHERE? Exhibition Stadium

FAST FACT FAST FACT Women’s rugby sevens will make its Pan Am debut at TORONTO 2015.

Rugby sevens will make its Olympic debut at Rio 2016.

GAMES FIRST • Women’s rugby sevens

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The Richmond Olympic Experience (ROX) at the Richmond Olympic Oval will be a highly interactive and dynamic visitor experience featuring interactive media, state-of-the-art sport simulators and inspiring displays.

Come and experience the pursuit and achievement of Olympic, Paralympic and sport dreams.

EXPERIENCE SPORT. EXPERIENCE THE GAMES. Fly off an Olympic ski jump. Paddle down a white water kayak course.

Feel the thrill of sit-skiing. And zip along an Olympic bobsleigh track on state-of-the-art sport simulators, each developed so that you can experience what the athlete experiences.

Explore hundreds of artefacts and stories from Olympic and Paralympic athletes Discover Olympic and Paralympic history through interactive Touch Tables and the Data Lounge Experience the journey of the athlete to the Olympic and Paralympic stage in the ROX motion-seat theatre

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SAILING The variety of boats includes windsurfers, dinghies, catamarans and keelboats, and every class features a set of highly specific rules designed to eliminate equipment advantages and isolate the sailors’ skills.

MEDAL EVENTS Women RSX / Laser Radial / 49erFX Men RSX / Laser Standard Open Sunfish / Snipe / Hobie 16 / J24 / Lightning

WHERE? Sugar Beach

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FAST FACT FAST FACT Each event consists of a series of races around a course, with points awarded according to finish position. Medals are awarded based on total accumulated points.

Five sailing events at the TORONTO 2015 Pan Am Games will see men and women in direct competition.

FAST FACT The final race is called the medal race and counts for double points, which are then added to the athlete’s total score.

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SHOOTING There are three separate disciplines in shooting: pistol (a short firearm held in one hand), rifle (a long gun fired from the shoulder) and shotgun (a long gun that fires round shot). In shotgun, shooters hit flying clay targets; pistol competitions involve targets at varying distances; and the rifle competitions take place over two distances with variations of shooting position.

FAST FACT Canada has won dozens of Pan Am medals in shooting over the years, including 10 individual gold and several team gold.

DEFENDING CANADA’S TITLE

Dorothy Ludwig Women’s 10 m Air Pistol

MEDAL EVENTS

ATHLETE TO WATCH

Dorothy Ludwig

• From Renfrew, ON • Competed in her first Olympic Games in London • Five-time national champion • Her father, Bill Hare, was also an Olympic athlete in shooting

Shotgun Men and Women – Trap / Skeet Men – Double Trap Pistol Men and Women – 10 m Air Pistol Men – 25 m Rapid Fire Pistol / 50 m Pistol Women – 25 m Fire Pistol Rifle Men and Women – 10 m Air Rifle / 50 m Rifle 3 Position Men – 50 m Rifle Prone

WHERE? Pan Am Shooting Centre

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SOFTBALL The game of softball is similar to baseball except the diamond is shorter by 9.1 metres (30 feet), the field itself is smaller, there are only seven innings and the pitcher throws the ball underhand to the batter.

MEDAL EVENTS Men and Women Team Competition

WHERE? President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark

FAST FACT For 24 years, the Canadian men’s team dominated softball, winning every Pan Am gold medal ever awarded until the men’s competition was dropped from the Games in 2003.

FAST FACT Canada’s women’s team earned a silver at the 2011 Pan Am Games.

FAST FACT Men’s softball is returning to the Pan Am Games this summer.

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ATHLETE TO WATCH

Jeff Ellsworth

• From St. Lawrence, PEI • Plays centre field • Captain of the Canadian team at the 2014 Pan American Championship in Argentina

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SQUASH Played on a 205-square-metre court with a glass back wall, the actions of both the ball and the athletes are marked by instantaneous changes in direction as the ball ricochets around the court and the competitors chase shots into the corners before returning to the dominant position in the centre of the court.

FAST FACT Canadians have dominated squash at the Pan Am Games, having more gold medals in the sport than all other countries combined.

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FAST FACT The ball can reach speeds in excess of 200 kilometres an hour.

Games are scored to 11 points and a player must win by two points.

DEFENDING CANADA’S TITLE

Women’s Team Competition

MEDAL EVENTS Men and Women Individual / Doubles / Team competition

WHERE? Exhibition Centre

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TABLE TENNIS The game is played on a table measuring 9 feet (2.74 metres) in length by 5 feet (1.52 metres) in width, with each half of the table divided by a net measuring 6 inches (15.25 centimetres) in height. Based on the same principles as tennis, this lightning-fast game can see balls reach speeds of over 150 kilometres per hour.

FAST FACT Ten countries won at least one medal in table tennis at the 2011 Pan Am Games.

DEFENDING CANADA’S TITLE

Mo Zhang Women’s Singles

MEDAL EVENTS Men and Women Singles / Team Competition

WHERE? Atos Markham Pan Am/ Parapan Am Centre

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TABLE TENNIS Table tennis is open to athletes with physical impairments, competing in either standing or sitting classifications.

MEDAL EVENTS Men and Women Singles / Team Competition

ATHLETE TO WATCH

Mo Zhang

• From Shi Jia Zhuang, China • Represented Canada at London 2012 Olympic Games • Competed at 2014 Commonwealth Games

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TAEKWONDO To win the match, competitors attempt to kick and punch their opponents in the scoring zones to earn points. The scoring system rewards activity and style; this results in highly athletic and dynamic moves, such as spinning kicks and punches.

FAST FACT The command to begin fighting is “shi-jak!�

MEDAL EVENTS Men Under 58 kg / Under 68 kg / Under 80 kg / Over 80 kg Women Under 49 kg / Under 57 kg / Under 67 kg / Over 67 kg

WHERE? Mississauga Sports Centre

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TENNIS Tennis is contested in singles and doubles events and is played on a rectangular court. The objective is to hit the ball back and forth over a three-foot-high (.914 metres) net situated in the middle of the court using a variety of shots.

MEDAL EVENTS Men and Women Singles / Doubles Mixed Doubles

FAST FACT Past Pan Am Games have featured tennis legends Arthur Ashe and Maria Bueno.

WHERE? Canadian Tennis Centre

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WHEELCHAIR TENNIS Wheelchair tennis is open to athletes who have permanent or substantial loss of function in one or both legs. The main difference from the rules of able-bodied tennis is that two bounces are allowed in wheelchair tennis.

WHERE? University of Toronto Scarborough Tennis Centre

MEDAL EVENTS Men and Women Individual / Doubles

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TRIATHLON Men and women complete a 1,500-metre open water swim, a 40-kilometre cycling road course and a 10-kilometre run.

FAST FACT Canada’s best-known triathlete, Simon Whitfield, burst onto the scene at the Pan Am Games in Winnipeg in 1999, winning a bronze medal.

FAST FACT The clock runs continually — even as athletes change their shoes.

MEDAL EVENTS Men and Women Individual

WHERE? Ontario Place West Channel

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VOLLEYBALL – BEACH VOLLEYBALL In both the men’s and women’s tournaments, two-person teams compete on sand courts nearly the same size as the indoor volleyball courts that are covered by six players a side.

The speed, reflexes, acrobatics and skill required to defend the court produce highlight plays on nearly every point.

MEDAL EVENTS Men and Women Team Competition

WHERE? Chevrolet Beach Volleyball Centre

FAST FACT Beach volleyball was first included in the 1999 Pan Am Games in Winnipeg.

FAST FACT The Chevrolet Beach Volleyball Centre has 3,000 cubic tons of sand, creating an urban beach with Lake Ontario as the backdrop.

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VOLLEYBALL – INDOOR VOLLEYBALL Six players a side defend their half of an 18-metre by 9-metre court with a net (2.43 metres high for men and 2.24 metres high for women) separating one team from the other.

FAST FACT The libero is a defenseonly specialist, whose uniform is a different colour, and who cannot make an attack.

FAST FACT The Canadian men’s team’s best result came at the Winnipeg Pan Am Games in 1999, where they won a bronze.

MEDAL EVENTS Men and Women Team Competition

WHERE? Exhibition Centre

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SITTING VOLLEYBALL In sitting volleyball, the net is 1.05 metres high for women and 1.15 metres high for men, service blocks are allowed and one of the athlete’s buttocks must remain in contact with the floor at all times when handling the ball.

MEDAL EVENTS

WHERE?

Men and Women Team Competition

CIBC Pan Am/Parapan Am Aquatics Centre and Field House

GAMES FIRST

FAST FACT This is the first Parapan Am Games for women’s sitting volleyball.

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WATERSKI & WAKEBOARD The only motorized sport at the Games, waterski & wakeboard are spectacles of turns, flips, twists and flight. While only men compete in wakeboarding, both men and women compete in waterski’s four events: tricks, slalom, jump and overall.

FAST FACT In slalom, the length of the tow rope changes with each successful pass.

FAST FACT Jumpers launch themselves from a large ramp at speeds of up to 120 kilometres per hour.

DEFENDING CANADA’S TITLE

Whitney McClintock Women’s Tricks

MEDAL EVENTS Men and Women – Waterski Tricks / Slalom / Jump / Overall Men – Wakeboard Individual

GAMES RIVALS

Canada and USA

WHERE? Ontario Place West Channel

ATHLETE TO WATCH

Whitney McClintock • From Cambridge, ON • Won four medals at the 2011 Pan Am Games • Won two golds at the 2007 Pan Am Games

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WEIGHTLIFTING An original Olympic Games sport, weightlifting combines precise technique with brute force as men and women compete to lift the most weight using two types of lifts.

DEFENDING CANADA’S TITLE Christine Girard Women’s 63 kg

MEDAL EVENTS Women 48 kg / 53 kg / 58 kg / 63 kg / 69 kg / 75 kg / +75 kg Men 56 kg / 62 kg / 69 kg / 77 kg / 85 kg / 94 kg / 105 kg / +105 kg

WHERE? Oshawa Sports Centre

FAST FACT The snatch is a nerveracking blink of an eye that takes the heavily weighted bar above the athlete’s head in one motion.

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POWERLIFTING In this powerinfused sport, the objective is simple: lift the most weight.

MEDAL EVENTS Women Up to 41 kg / 45 kg / 50 kg / 55 kg / 61 kg / 67 kg / 73 kg / 79 kg / 86 kg / +86 kg Men 56 kg / 62 kg / 69 kg / 77 kg / 85 kg / 94 kg / 105 kg / +105 kg

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WRESTLING In a contest of strength, skill, will and training, combatants attempt to collect points by controlling their opponents with holds, grapples, throws and pins.

Bouts are usually two or three periods of up to three minutes each, with the victorious wrestler being the first to win two rounds.

DEFENDING CANADA’S TITLE

Carol Huynh Women’s Freestyle 48 kg

MEDAL EVENTS Men – Freestyle 57 kg / 65 kg / 74 kg / 86 kg / 97 kg / 125 kg Women – Freestyle 48 kg / 53 kg / 58 kg / 63 kg / 69 kg / 75 kg Men – Greco-Roman 59 kg / 66 kg / 75 kg / 85 kg / 98 kg / 130 kg

WHERE? Mississauga Sports Centre

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FAST FACT In freestyle wrestling, athletes use their hands, arms and legs to fight their opponents.

FAST FACT Greco-Roman wrestling involves only the upper body on both offense and defense.

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WHEELCHAIR RUGBY The objective of this mixed-gender sport is to score the most goals by carrying, dribbling or passing the ball toward the opponent’s end. In this fast-paced game, contact between wheelchairs is allowed, and players frequently collide.

FAST FACT Canada’s wheelchair rugby team earned silver at the London 2012 Paralympic Games.

FAST FACT Wheelchair rugby was invented in the late 1970s in Winnipeg and was originally known as “murderball.”

MEDAL EVENTS Open Team Competition

WHERE? Mississauga Sports Centre

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ATHLETE TO WATCH

Cody Caldwell

• From Peterborough, ON • This is his third year on the national team • Currently trains in London, ON

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BOCCIA Boccia is a game of skill, accuracy and strategy and was originally designed to be played by people with cerebral palsy, but now includes athletes with disabilities that affect motor skills.

WHERE? Abilities Centre

FAST FACT Played on a flat, smooth surface, the objective is to propel (throw, kick or use an assistive device) six balls as close as possible to a white target ball.

MEDAL EVENTS Mixed – Individual BC1, BC2, BC3, BC4 Mixed – Pairs BC3, BC4 Mixed – Team BC1/BC2

GOALBALL WHERE? Mississauga Sports Centre

FAST FACT Goalball was invented in 1946 as a rehabilitation sport for blind World War II veterans.

Goalball is played exclusively by athletes with visual impairments, using a ball with bells inside. Two teams of three face off on an indoor court with tactile lines and goals at either end.

Because athletes must hear the ball and be able to concentrate, spectators are asked to remain silent during the game.

MEDAL EVENTS Men and Women Team Competition

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CBC BROADCAST SCHEDULE — PAN AM GAMES

OFFICIAL BROADCASTER

Friday, July 10

Opening Ceremony

7–10:30 pm

Saturday, July 11

Pan Am Afternoon

1–3:30 pm ET

Pan Am Primetime

7–10 pm ET

Sunday, July 12

Pan Am Afternoon

1–3:30 pm ET

Monday, July 13 to Friday, July 17

Pan Am Afternoon

3–5 pm

Pan Am Primetime

8–10 pm

Pan Am Late Night

11:30 pm–12:30 am

Pan Am Afternoon

3–6 pm ET

Pan Am Primetime

7–10 pm ET

Pan Am Afternoon

1–4 pm ET

Pan Am Primetime

8–10 pm

Pan Am Late Night

11:30 pm–12:30 am

Pan Am Afternoon

3–5 pm

Pan Am Primetime

8–10 pm

Pan Am Late Night

11:30 pm–12:30 am

Pan Am Afternoon

3–6 pm ET

Pan Am Primetime

7–10 pm ET

Pan Am Games Afternoon

1–5 pm ET

Closing Ceremony

7–10 pm ET

Pan Am Games Late Night

11:30 pm–2:30 am

Saturday, July 18 Sunday, July 19

Monday, July 20 to Friday, July 24

Saturday, July 25 Sunday, July 26

Please note that the schedule is subject to change at any time without notice.

Pan Am Afternoon is hosted by Andi Petrillo, and Pan Am Primetime and Late Night programs are hosted by Scott Russell.

More than 650 live streaming hours will be available at cbc.ca/panam and through the CBC Sports App on iOS & Android.

CBC BROADCAST SCHEDULE — PARAPAN AM GAMES Friday, August 7

Opening Ceremony

7–9 pm

Saturday, August 8

Parapan Am Afternoon

4–6 pm ET

Parapan Am Primetime

8–10 pm

Sunday, August 9

Parapan Am Afternoon

5–7 pm

Monday, August 10 to Friday, August 14

Parapan Am Primetime

8–9 pm

Parapan Am Late Night

11:30 pm–12:30 am

Parapan Am Afternoon

11:00 am–1 pm ET

Parapan Am Primetime

10 pm–12:30 am ET

Saturday, August 15

CBC, with AMI simulcast, will provide Described Video (DV) on all television coverage of the Parapan Am Games.

More than 170 hours will be streamed live online at cbc.ca/panam and through the CBC Sports App on iOS & Android.

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SPANISH BROADCAST OF THE PAN AM GAMES TELELATINO Saturday, June 11

10:30 am–9 pm ET

Sunday, July 12

10 am–9 pm ET

Monday, July 13–Friday, July 17

6 pm–7 pm ET

Saturday, July 18–Sunday, July 19

10 am–9 pm ET

Monday, July 20–Friday, July 24

6–7 pm ET

Saturday, July 25

10 am–9 pm ET

Sunday, July 26

10 am–6 pm ET 8 pm–10 pm ET

UNIVISION Friday, July 10

8–10 pm ET

Monday, July 13

11 am–4 pm ET 7–8 pm ET

Tuesday, July 14

11 am–4 pm ET 7 pm–2 am ET

Wednesday, July 15

11 am–4 pm ET 7–8 pm ET

Thursday, July 16

11 am–4 pm ET 11 pm–12 am ET

Friday, July 17

11 am–4 pm ET 7–8 pm ET

Monday, July 20–Thursday, July 23

11 am–4 pm ET 7–11 pm ET

Friday, July 24

11 am–4 pm ET 7–8 pm ET

Sunday, July 26

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Acklands-Grainger

ATCO Structures & Logistics Ltd.

The Carpenters’ Union

CGC Inc.

Gateman-Milloy Inc.

George Brown College

Modu-loc Fence Rentals Riedel Communications

Roots

Toronto Port Lands Company

Gerflor

Morningstar Hospitality Services Inc. Rosetta Stone UP Express

SpiderTech VIA Rail Canada

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Bochner Eye Institute

Division Sports-Rep Inc.

ELEIKO

EllisDon-Ledcor

Gold Medal Systems Nautique Boats

La Presse

Vision Critical

The Canadian Press

LifeLabs Medical Laboratory Services

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MAC Cosmetics

Ontario Power Generation

Starwood Hotels and Resorts

Waste Management

Carbon60 Networks Freeman Audio Visual Canada

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ONRoute Highway Service Centres

Sportsnet 590 The Fan VOIT

Burnbrae Farms Esri Canada

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TBM Service Group YouAchieve

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STAY CONNECTED

TORONTO 2015 Official Pan Am/Parapan Am Games App, presented by CIBC Bring the Games to your mobile device with this powerful and simple-to-use app.

Whether you’re on your way to a venue or planning your Games experience in advance, the app is your best tool for building your personalized TORONTO 2015 Games guide. Find maps and information on venues, ticketing, spectator services, torch relay, sports, official celebrations and the Games cultural program at your fingertips. It’s the most convenient way to engage with the Games and bring them with you wherever you go.

The CBC Sports App, presented by CIBC, featuring unprecedented coverage of the TORONTO 2015 Pan Am/Parapan Am Games, is the only place you can enjoy more than 650 hours of live streaming, video-on-demand, instant results, medal standings, photo galleries and immediate news from the Games. Stay connected to the athletes and their stories, set personalized alerts and enjoy athlete and sport bios in one click.

Available for iOS and Android.

App will be ready July 2 for download.

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#TORONTO2015

#Panamazing

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Celebrate today’s Games.

Inspire tomorrow’s legacy.

As Lead Partner of the TORONTO 2015 Games, we thank you for joining us in this #PanAmazing experience. Together, we’ve supported athletes and artists alike, creating a lasting legacy for generations to come.

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To learn more about how the Games live on, visit CIBCcommunity.com/TORONTO2015

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