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CALGARY Despite the fact it’s the offseason for luge, national team athlete Carolyn Maxwell has been a fixture training on the lawn of the Canadian Sport Institute at WinSport in Calgary. The 21-year-old, who has never been afraid of a little hard work, finds herself as the oldest member, a veteran presence, on a young team as she looks to build off her successful 2020-21 campaign. Maxwell finished the season on a high note with a gold medal performance at the Whistler Canada Cup and a second-place finish at the Whistler Canadian Championships. She doesn t mind being viewed as a leader on the Canadian women s team even if she is still just 21.
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Sarnia twins Hannah and Fiona Elliott were playing basketball and volleyball, and competing in track and field, at Northern Collegiate when their lives took a turn in 2019.
Despite being avid athletes, the 17-year-old sisters said they weren’t thinking about rowing as a sport when they took part in a Canadian Olympic Committee talent search, RBC Training Ground, in St. Catharines in 2019.
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The talent search gave athletes between the ages of 14 and 25 a chance to find out if they might be suited for an Olympic sport.
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