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Lynda Kiejko. (File photo courtesy of Kevin Kiejko) It is not uncommon for athletes to follow in their family’s footsteps, but for Lynda Kiejko, Tokyo 2020 is set to be extra special. The Calgary native will be Canada’s sole shooting representative in Japan, the sixth Olympics for members of her immediate family. That is an impressive feat by itself, but this one is personal for Kiejko. “My father, the late Bill Hare, was a three-time Olympian,” Kiejko explains. “He actually competed in Tokyo in 1964, his first Olympics. “So 57 years after, I get to go and compete in the same place and at the same range my dad competed on. I am absolutely thrilled.” ....
Donna Spencer Team Canada s Lynda Kiejko competes in the qualifying round of air pistol shooting at Deodoro Park in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in this Sunday, August 7, 2016 handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO, COC, David Jackson MANDATORY CREDIT April 30, 2021 - 7:04 AM CALGARY - Lynda Kiejko will follow in her father s footsteps to the Asaka Shooting Range in Tokyo. The 40-year-old Calgarian will be Canada s lone athlete in sport shooting at the Summer Olympics opening July 23. Kiejko was named to Canada s Olympic team Friday. She ll compete in the 10-metre air pistol and the 25-metre air pistol at the Asaka range. Her late father Bill Hare, a three-time Olympian in shooting, represented Canada in the 1964 Olympics in Tokyo at the same venue. He died in 2005. ....