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If this is what it means to throw like a girl, the line of boys waiting to take lessons from javelin thrower Liz Gleadle will stretch for miles.
Jul 4, 2012 - by Ashley Castellan
Toby Ng will apply lessons learned in a UBC statistics class when he competes in mixed doubles.
Jul 4, 2012 - by Basil Waugh
There are 17 confirmed student athletes with their eyes on the prize in London.
Jul 4, 2012
UBC is sending eight members of its swim team to the London 2012 Games, including a 19-year-old from Oakville Ontario who wasn’t supposed to make the team.
Jul 4, 2012 - by Gudrun Jonsdottir
In the second installment of a series on animal research, UBC’s Martin Kirk talks about his cancer experience, and how it was affected by technologies that depended on the use of animals.
Jul 4, 2012 - by Brian Lin
PhD student Roberta Dyck, from UBC’s Okanagan campus, investigates what all those chemicals could be doing to swimmers.
Jul 4, 2012 - by Jody Jacob
Plastic pollution off the northwest coast of North America is reaching the level of the notoriously polluted North Sea, according to a new study led by a researcher at the University of British Columbia.
Unfair and exploitative political agreements allow Europeans to eat fish from the plates of developing countries, according to a study led by University of British Columbia researchers.
Jul 3, 2012
Learn about UBC’s athletes, faculty and staff heading to the 2012 games. Meet Team UBC
Denise Ramsden Science student Hay River/Yellowknife, NWT Road Cycling Road race, July 29 Time trials, Aug 1 Website: denise-ramsden.blogspot.ca Twitter: @dennyramshackle Downloadable media resources
Ricardo Montemayor Geological engineering student Mexico Sailing Laser class, July 30 – Aug 1 and Aug 3 – Aug 4 Downloadable media resources
Mike Leigh and Luke Ramsay Kinesiology alumnus and engineering alumnus (respectively) Vancouver, BC Sailing 470 class, Aug. 2 – 4 and Aug 6 -7 Website: mikeandluke.com Downloadable media resources
Liz Gleadle Kinesiology student Vancouver, BC Track & Field – Javelin Javelin Throw, Aug 7 Story: A Javelin’s Throw Away from the Olympics Twitter: @lgJavelin Downloadable media resources
Mike Mason Kinesiology alumnus New Westminster, BC Track & Field – High jump High jump, Aug 5 Downloadable media resources
Inaki Gomez Arts alumnus Mexico City, Mexico Track & Field – Racewalking 20 km Racewalk, Aug 4 Video Interview Website: inakigomez.com Twitter: @InakiGomezG Downloadable media resources
Toby Ng Kinesiology student Richmond, BC Mixed Doubles, July 28 – Aug 2 Story: Not Your Backyard Badminton Website: towbsss.blogspot.ca
Donovan Tildesley Arts alumnus Vancouver, BC Paralympic swimming 100m Freestyle, Aug 31 100m Backstroke, Sept 2 100m Butterfly, Sept 6 200m Individual Medley, Sept 8 Video Interview Website: donovanspeaks.com Story: […]
Tera Van Beilen Kinesiology student Oakville, ON Swimming 100m Breaststroke, July 29 200m Breaststroke, Aug 1 Video Interview Story: UBC swims for Canada Twitter: @teravb Downloadable media resources
Martha McCabe Kinesiology student Toronto, ON Swimming 200m Breaststroke, Aug 1 Downloadable media resources
Heather MacLean Kinesiology student Toronto, ON Swimming 4×100m Freestyle Relay, July 28 Video Interview Twitter: @hmacswim Downloadable media resources
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