Likely Winner
Christine Sinclair - Who could forget Christine's performance at the 2011 World Cup of Soccer, who with a broken nose scored a last minute goal to put Canada in a position to beat the defending World Champion Germany. However what is lost on most voters is that Canada's performance at this event was disappointing to say the least. Canada returned home from the 16 team tournament having failed to win a single game prompting the resignation of the team's coach Caroline Morace. The captain of this team was Ms. Sinclair.
My Vote
Mary Spencer - Mary is a World Champion in two separate weight classes in the sport of boxing. At the 2011 Pan-American Games she walked through her competition, and heading into London is a medal favourite for Canada. Results aside however, Mary's success in the sport is even more impressive when someone considers the state of boxing in this country. Once a powerhouse in the sport Canada, for the first time in its history, may fail to qualify a single male boxer for the Olympic Games in London. In the last 10 years the sport has seen a dramatic reduction in sport funding, and is now but a shadow of its former self. Which brings us back to Mary. Her success comes despite a sporting organization that lacks funding, coaches and facilities to train Olympic class athletes.
Boxing has fallen on hard times, but Heatstroke believes that the things are improving within the sport. Pat Fiacco - The mayor of Regina and a long time volunteer in the sport was recently elected president of the organization. With Fiacco now overseeing matters he has established a plan that will see the sport return to glory. Lets hope so, as Heatstroke believes that Canada cannot fulfill its objectives under the Own the Podium program without success from the sport of boxing
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