For the first time in its history, Canada will be awarding monetary incentives to its Olympic medal winners. From CBC: A gold medal will be worth $20,000, a silver worth $15,000 and a bronze $10,000. This would be the highest we’ve tracked so far. But we’ve only tracked four countries so far so maybe its [...]
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Harry Geris, Canadian Olympian, 60
Our condolences to the family of Harry Gerris, a Canadian wrestler who participated in three Olympiads (Mexico 1968, Munich 1972, and Montreal 1976). Geris also represented Canada at the Pan-American Games, the Commonwealth Games and the World Cup, winning bronze medals at all three events. Here’s the report about Harry’s death from the Toronto Star: [...]
