With the talk surrounding Canada's top 10 Winter Olympic Moments one has to wonder what a Summer List would like like. In particular what athletic moments would resonate with the Canadian public today?
There is Donovan Bailey's gold medal winning performance in the 100m in Atlanta. As well who could forget Canada's gold medal winning victory in the 4 x 100m relay in the very same games. Going further back the 1992 Games saw Lennox Lewis first make a name for himself and who dares forget the 1988 Games that saw Ben Johnson win Olympic gold in the 100m dash in a world record time of 9.79 seconds. The 1984 Games had Willie Dewitt, Shawn O'sullivan, Anne Ottenbrite, Alex Baumann andVictor Davis. However some of these performances occurred over 25 years ago and are now but a distant memory for most Canadians. Meanwhile Cindy Klassen, Catriona Lemay Doan, Sale & Peltier are the names of the day. Unfotunately these names are associated with winter sport in Canada.
When it comes to the Summer Olympic Games Lemaze, Hunyh, Shewfelt, Muenzer, Hamilton are some of those that have produced Canadian gold this decade - but are they memorable Olympic moments? Only Canada can answer that, but who are they again?
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