Sarah Khan with files from Krisha Ravikantharaja / en Toronto 2015 Pan Am/Parapan Am Games: highlights of the first weeks /news/toronto-2015-pan-amparapan-am-games-highlights-first-weeks <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Toronto 2015 Pan Am/Parapan Am Games: highlights of the first weeks</span> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>sgupta</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2015-07-29T08:37:33-04:00" title="Wednesday, July 29, 2015 - 08:37" class="datetime">Wed, 07/29/2015 - 08:37</time> </span> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-cutline-long field--type-text-long field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Cutline</div> <div class="field__item">Sasha Gollish, bronze medallist and PhD candidate at the Faculty of Applied Science &amp; Engineering (photo by Winston Chow/COC)</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-author-reporters field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/authors-reporters/krisha-ravikantharaja" hreflang="en">Krisha Ravikantharaja</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/authors-reporters/sarah-khan-files-krisha-ravikantharaja" hreflang="en">Sarah Khan with files from Krisha Ravikantharaja</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/authors-reporters/sarah-khan" hreflang="en">Sarah Khan</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-author-legacy field--type-string field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Author legacy</div> <div class="field__item">Sarah Khan with files from Krisha Ravikantharaja</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-topic field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Topic</div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/topics/global-lens" hreflang="en">Global Lens</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-story-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/features" hreflang="en">Features</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/sport" hreflang="en">Sport</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/pan-am" hreflang="en">Pan Am</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/campus" hreflang="en">Campus</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/alumni" hreflang="en">ÀÏ˾»úÖ±²¥</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/global" hreflang="en">Global</a></div> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>The torch relay for the Parapan Am Games starts on August 3 and opening ceremonies are scheduled for August 7 – just enough time for the city to catch its breath and restart the countdown.</p> <p>And time enough for one last look back at the first weeks of the <a href="http://panam2015.utoronto.ca/">Toronto 2015 Pan Am/Parapan Am Games</a>.</p> <p>ÀÏ˾»úÖ±²¥â€™s <strong>Rosie MacLennan</strong> kicked off the torch relay, followed by students, staff, faculty and alumni who took turns carrying the flame through Toronto and farther afield. (<a href="http://news.utoronto.ca/torchbearers-u-t-light-path-pan-am-games">Read more about ÀÏ˾»úÖ±²¥â€™s torchbearers</a>.)</p> <p>The Scarborough and downtown campuses <a href="http://news.utoronto.ca/these-venues-are-where-you-can-catch-toronto-2015-pan-amparapan-am-games-u-t">welcomed thousands of people to competitions</a> for archery, diving, field hockey and more – as well as to&nbsp;<a href="http://news.utoronto.ca/u-t-houses-welcoming-americas-university">ÀÏ˾»úÖ±²¥ Houses</a>.&nbsp;Members of the University community turned out by the hundreds to offer support and volunteer. (<a href="http://news.utoronto.ca/these-u-t-physicians-and-therapists-are-keeping-athletes-games">Read about the physicians and therapists keeping athletes in the Games</a>. <a href="http://news.utoronto.ca/podcasts/cities-podcast/how-love-city">Listen to an episode of the Cities Podcast</a>.)</p> <p>And then there were the 21 ÀÏ˾»úÖ±²¥ athletes – students and alumni – who competed in the Games, smashing records and winning medals – even if it meant <a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/with-the-pan-am-games-over-let-the-debate-begin/article25717078/">running with a shoe half-off</a>. There were gold medals for&nbsp;&nbsp;ÀÏ˾»úÖ±²¥ trampolinist&nbsp;<a href="http://news.utoronto.ca/meet-latest-u-t-athlete-win-pan-am-gold">MacLennan</a>; rower&nbsp;<strong><a href="http://news.utoronto.ca/kate-sauks-earned-phd-and-won-pan-am-gold-and-thats-just-last-nine-months">Kate Sauks</a></strong> and badminton's&nbsp;<strong><a href="http://news.utoronto.ca/table-tennis-trampoline-track-and-more-u-t-athletes-toronto-2015-pan-amparapan-am-games">Michelle Li</a>&nbsp;</strong>(who also picked up a bronze in the women's doubles) and<strong>&nbsp;</strong>silver medals for equestrienne <strong>Belinda Trussell&nbsp;</strong>and&nbsp;hurdler <strong>Sarah Wells </strong>(Wells also won a bronze medal in 4X400m relay). Swimmer <strong>Zack Chetrat</strong>&nbsp;picked up a bronze when he smashed the Canadian record for 200m butterfly and there were two bronze medals for <strong>Lucinda Nowell</strong>&nbsp;in rhythmic gymnastics.&nbsp;<strong>Amanda Woodcroft</strong> and <strong>Alex Thicke</strong>&nbsp;picked up bronze medals in field hockey;&nbsp;and first-year student&nbsp;<strong>Anqi Luo</strong>&nbsp;won a bronze medal in table tennis. PhD student and runner&nbsp;<strong>Sasha Gollish&nbsp;</strong>won a bronze medal in the&nbsp;1500m race,&nbsp;despite almost losing one shoe.</p> <p>As we wait to see what the Parapan Am Games will bring, here are just a few of the highlights from the Games so far:&nbsp;</p> <div class="storify"><iframe allowtransparency="true" frameborder="no" height="750" src="//storify.com/UofT/highlights-from-the-pan-am-games/embed?border=false" width="100%"></iframe><script src="//storify.com/UofT/highlights-from-the-pan-am-games.js?border=false"></script><noscript>[<a href="https://storify.com/UofT/highlights-from-the-pan-am-games" target="_blank">View the story "Celebrating the Pan Am Games at ÀÏ˾»úÖ±²¥" on Storify</a>]</noscript></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-home-page-banner field--type-boolean field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">News home page banner</div> <div class="field__item">Off</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-picpath field--type-string field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">picpath</div> <div class="field__item">sites/default/files/2015-07-29-sasha-gollish.jpg</div> </div> Wed, 29 Jul 2015 12:37:33 +0000 sgupta 7178 at