When she was just 2 years old, Asiya Mohammed was hit by a train as she crossed railway tracks near her Kenyan home, an accident that claimed both her legs and several fingers.
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The NZ women s eight couldn t quite catch Canada, whose cox loses her balance with joy.
In front of eight great New Zealand women, sat a man making Olympic rowing history. Shepherd has etched his name into the history books as the first male to win a women s Olympic Games medal after steering Ella Greenslade, Emma Dyke, Lucy Spoors, Kelsey Bevan, Grace Prendergast, Kerri Gowler, Beth Ross and Jackie Gowler in their silver medal-winning performance on the waters of Sea Forest Waterway.
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Coxswain Caleb Shepherd and the New Zealand eight can finally smile and relax after claiming the silver medal.
Four-time Olympian Tricia Smith re-elected as COC President 05/02/21
On Saturday, the Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) announced that four-time Olympian and Olympic rowing silver medallist, Tricia Smith, was unanimously re-elected as President during the annual COC Session Meeting. The Session also elected eight directors to the board, including three new members.
Smith, a member of the Order of Canada, has served the COC for more than 35 years in various roles, including as Vice President, before being elected President for the first time in 2015. In 2016, she was elected a member of the IOC and in 2017 she was re-elected as President of the COC for another term. As President, Smith is Chair of the COC Board of Directors, among several other duties and responsibilities.
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