OTTAWA -- Ottawas new CFL franchise has unveiled its uniforms, which put a fresh twist on a familiar colour scheme.
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black with red trim, while the away jersey is white black strips down the sides.
Those colours have a long association with professional sports teams in the
nations capital going back to the original Rough Riders football franchise and
the "barber-pole"-style jerseys of Ottawas famed Silver Seven and original
Senators hockey teams. The players numbers and the lettering on their names
feature stylized axe notches, a nod to the citys history as a lumber town. The
uniforms were unveiled at a fashion show-type event in Ottawa where the coaching
staff and cheerleaders also showed off their new duds. Veteran quarterback Henry
Burris gave the uniforms a thumbs up. "Oh my gosh, lets play football right
now," he said as he stood on the stage with some of his teammates. He also spoke
of the chemistry in the locker room that developed at the teams mini-camp in
Virginia. "It was a great opportunity for us not only to build our team on the
field, but also get to know guys off the field," he said. "I can tell you one
great thing: not only did Marcel (Desjardins, the teams general manager) and the
gang bring in a bunch of great players on the field, but also great people. To
me, the number one characteristic of building a winning team, a great
organization, is making sure you have a great relationship in the locker room.
"This is going to be a great group of guys that are going to work hard together,
sacrifice, do things that its going to take for us to have success on the
field."
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-- Canada was a second-half team at the 2010 Winter Olympics. The medal intake
in Sochi is forecasted to happen at a more measured pace. Starting with
Saturdays mens snowboard slopestyle and womens moguls, Canada has at least one
legitimate medal shot, if not more, virtually every day until the closing
ceremonies Feb. 23. Chef de mission Steve Podborski and his assistants Jean-Luc
Brassard and France St. Louis intend to be present at events where a Canadian is
a front-runner for a medal. "I would say were booked every day," Podborski said
at a Canadian Olympic Committee news conference Thursday. The host country won
18 of its 26 medals in Vancouver during the back half of the Games. Ten of the
14 gold medals came in the second half, including four on the final weekend.
Sports making their Olympic debut helped balance the schedule of Canadas medal
prospects in Sochi. Mens and womens snowboard slopestyle, the figure skating
team event and the luge relay are among the new events over the first eight days
of competition in which Canada has solid medal prospects. Thats in addition to
Canadas strength in the entrenched sports of alpine skiing, moguls, short-track
speedskating and cross-country skiing. "Sure there are new sports and we happen
to be very, very good in the new ones because we are a great sporting nation,"
Podborski said. "With the support were getting now from corporate Canada, Own
The Podium and the Government of Canada, we have an opportunity to be good in
the traditional sports as well and thats where well make our great gains in the
areas where are athletes are getting better . . . cross-country, alpine skiing."
Canadas athletes have been waging fierce foosball tournaments in their village
lounge while they await Fridays opening ceremonies, according to Podborski. But
Olympic competition started early for some Canadians with Thursdays preliminary
rounds. Canada sat in second place, two points behind host Russia, after the
first day of the new team figure skating event. Torontos Patrick Chan was third
in the mens short program, then Meagan Duhamel of Lively, Ont., and Eric Radford
of Balmertown, Ont., were second in the pairs short to give Canada 17 of a
possible 20 points after the first two events. Sebastien Toutant of LAssomption,
Que., and Max Parrot of Bromont, Que., advanced to the mens snowboard slopestyle
final Saturday, while Charles Reid of Mont-Tremblant, Que., and Reginas Mark
McMorris will attempt to join them via the semifinal earlier in the day. The
Dufour-Lapointe sisters from Montreal -- Justine, Chloe and Maxime -- all
qualified for Saturdays womens moguls finals as did Audrey Robichaud of Quebec
City. Reigning world champion Spencer OBrien of Courtney, B.C., qualified for
the womens slopestyle final Sunday. Hockey Canada also made the decision to
replace injured forward Steven Stamkos with Tampa Bay teammate Martin St. Louis.
No competition is scheduled Friday because of the opening ceremonies. In
addition to slopestyle and womens moguls on opening weekend, skiers Erik Guay of
Mont-Tremblant, Que., Calgarys Jan Hudec and Manny Osborne-Paradis of Invermere,
B.C., are medal prospects in Sundays downhill. Canadas figure skaters are
favoured to win a medal in the team event, which ends Sunday. Canadas objective
in 2010 was to top the overall medal count and the target remains the same in
Sochi. The host team was third in total medals, but won the gold-medal race four
years ago. Because of the new sports, there are 36 more medals to be won in 2014
than in 2010. That will help fill Canadas coffers, but also those of top rivals
Germany, Norway, the United States and host Russia. "Canada is here to compete
and win," COC president Marcel Aubut said. "Our aim is to contend for the number
one spot in medals won.
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it this way. Our athletes expect nothing less of themselves but the highest
achievements." Added Podborski: "You dont try to come "somewhere up there." We
expect great things in Canada now. Its an ideal approach. "We may not win the
medal count this time. We may not win it the next time but one day we will
because we are striving to be number one in the world in the medal count." While
Canadas preparation for 2010 seems a successful model to copy for Sochi, the
Canadian Olympic Committee took a different approach. The 2008 Summer Games in
Beijing posed similar challenges to Sochi in terms of distance to travel,
time-zone difference and unfamiliar language, food and culture. Virtually all of
Canadas Olympians competed, trained or at least visited Beijing in the year
prior to those Games to get comfortable with the place. The same practice was
done for Sochi. There was less emphasis on pre-Games visits for the 2012 Summer
Games in London. "If we look at the Beijing experience and we look at the Sochi
experience, its actually very similar," COC chief sport officer Caroline
Assalian says. "New and unfamiliar environment for most countries. "We ensured
that the athletes and support teams as much as possible are familiar with this
environment." The COC has conducted exit interviews with athletes, their coaches
and support teams following Olympic Games since 2006 to better plan for the
next. The athletes were asked "what made the difference in your performance?"
"Their number one factor? Feeling part of a larger unified team, more than
anything," Assalian said. "Thats what made the difference for them. Coaches and
support team? Familiarity with the Olympic environment." And where Beijing was
also a benchmark for Sochi was in Canadas conversion rate, which the number of
athletes ranked in the top five at their most recent world championships make it
onto the podium at the subsequent Olympic Games. The COC employs conversion
rates to compare how Canadas athletes are performing compared to other
countries. Even though Canada won just 18 medals in Beijing, the conversion rate
there was 67 per cent compared to 59 per cent at the Winter Games of both 2010
and 2006, according to Assalian. The Canadian team needs at least match Beijings
conversion rate to be in the hunt for the overall title in Sochi. "Our bar now
is Beijing," Assalian says. "We know we need to convert better than we ever have
at any Winter Olympic Games." The Canadian team will attempt this without the
advantage it had in Vancouver and Whistler of home ice and home snow. Own The
Podium chief executive officer Anne Merklinger says many winter sport teams have
stronger leadership and better coaches since 2010. Both areas were priorities
coming out of Vancouver and Whistler and she hopes improvements there compensate
for the additional challenges of Sochi. "Weve come a long way in that regard,"
she says. "Without coaches, were behind the 8-ball. Its the most important
success factor. "I think there are a number of examples where weve brought in
great coaches, but weve lost some too. We need to find a way to continue to
retain the good ones we have and attract new ones." "Were investing in that.
Thats what it takes. Its a competitive industry." OTP oversees athletes
competitive lives between Olympic Games and allocates about $62 million a year
in federal government funding between summer and winter sports. The COC prepares
athletes for the Games environment and looks after their needs and wants on the
ground in Sochi.
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