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Jenn Salling ends playing career with bronze medal PoCo native contributes hit, run and five outs in decisive game KYLE BALZER kbalzer@tricitynews.com
Port Moody’s Jessie Bahrey, left, and Claude Taylor, of Washington, D.C., are the wit behind the Room Rater Twitter account that critiques the backgrounds of political pundits and commentators being interviewed on TV virtually. They’re now turning their observations into a book, The Official Room Rater Handbook: How to Create Your Best Room to Zoom in the Post-Pandemic Era. For the story, see page 11. MARIO BARTEL/THE TRI-CITY NEWS
An Olympic medal is coming to Port Coquitlam. Terry Fox secondary grad Jenn Salling is set to retire from softball after stepping onto the Olympic podium for the first time in her career after Canada’s national softball team held on for a 3-2 win against Mexico Monday night (July 26) — Tuesday afternoon (July 27) in Japan — to capture the
bronze medal at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. It’s the program’s first hardware in the Olympics since the sport’s debut in the global competition in 1996 and upon its return after a 13-year hiatus. At Beijing 2008, Salling was the youngest member of that fourth-place Canadian ball club that dropped a 5-3 bronze medal decision to Australia. This year, the progress and excitement came full circle for the 34-year-old player — one of four veteran athletes from 2008. She told media in attendance afterward that it was her last SEE
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