Cyclist eyes Siot at next Olympics JAPHS RABSAY avr aayvaiurn’® OF “ Barrie's Ed Veal. who at 457 is the oldest member of Canada s cyclimg team, took uw all im at the Commonwealth Carnes im Clasgliow Scotiand last week He carned a fourth-place finish in tearm pursuit “(hur tearm goal was to gain some cape nmence at a hig games. he said. “All of us warm to represent Canada well at the Pan Arms in Toronto next year, but the ultirnate goal is the Olympics in Rio 2016 “Everyone ts here to cormmpete at the high est level but still pretty loose and relaxed.” Veal saad. “I'm loving the energy” Not bad for someone who just started cycling a decade ago He became interested when a neighbour dragged him to a mountain Dike race See CYCLIST Page 42 Wrestler gives props to coaches §,. JANTS RAMSAY r all +l. 7 lusmne |6Mian «66 | OUCeiciweting hes Hronve- moecdal € Omwmonwea)hth (rsarnes winfor wrestimng. but Goran t have much tarmc to rest The 24-year-old pst finshed the L mua versity Workd Champmonsiup games im Hungary im July and m extending her vist m Sootiand this week to see the sights with her Midhurst parents before heading to the Semor World Wrestling Championships in five weeks in Uzbek: stan it's amazing. you get to sce all sorts of places. I've been all over the world with wrestling. Mian sand Her interest im the sport care thanks to an insusdalc Secondary coach “] was playing flag football and the football coach also was the wrestling coach.” Mian said He invited her to give wrestling a try because she was small and quick on the held The only way she agreed is if her older brother Ismmac! also tried out “I really liked tt and stuck with i. I was pretty good at nt. | went from my high school team to compete at the provincial level and | made my first national team m the lith Grade.” she said. “Il went to my first international competition im Austra when i was 16. She joined Kempenfck Bay Athletic Club and sand head coach Nick Cryer was a big part of building her profes sional carecr She went on to attend Brock Univer sity and now is training with her idol and Olympic gold medalist Carol Huynh and going to school in Calgary. most recent ly winning the senior national women’s tithe in May “I'm also a student. doing my Masters in psychology. It's difficult to juggic school and be a full-time athicte ~ —_—— &« 2 fF ESE SP ae =a ee SS SS arth ss &se of al > f= = -—- - = -—e «- = -., -——_—-—- = = = - - Setetateaedveteateaete eseetetreteteaececeaet Jaarmre Mian won bronze at least week's Conmnonwee#th Games. SUBMITTED PHOTO Mian likes the fact wrestling is an in- dividual sport and is just as challenging mentally as physically “You have to be fit to be a wresticr and are directly competing agaist some one cise. It's like a mental chess game There's lots of thinking going on and a lot of opportunity to do better.” Mian said She said she is striving to fight the per- fect match The sport has changed dramatically since she started, though. Not only with rules, but with weight classes “] compete in the 48-kilo category. but the weight class above — 51 kilos — was clumimated and replaced with 53 kilos. So all the girls that used to wrestle m the 51 kilo category. including worid champion Jessica MacDonald. decided they wanted to come down to 45 kilos.” it meant Mian had to compete with girls who were bigger. stronger and suc- cessful in a higher weight class Traming four hours a day. six days a week has paid off. She entered a match last week against Nigeria's Rosemary Nweke with confidence and won 15-2 “Il was able to win by technical supe- rorny.— Mian said she would stay in Glasgow for the closing ceremonies and hopes to meet Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt while there 418 “YY a fu LSerw sr, FREE For a Geautipul Weed Frxce Caun Fetes WE ARE YOUR NATURAL CHOICE FOR A PROFESSIONAL LAWN CARE COMPANY CONTROL © Grub Control ¢- Weed & insect Control - Core Aeration « Crabgrass Control 2 ee pow Pa ber Ame & Ao © Over Seeding - Leather Jacket/ Crane Fly Control ; www .turfking.ca sercaace 105-835-3294 angus save TOS-7 16-9108 Wweec be Berrie A Aree turfiine