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*** Canadian Athletes For YOG Team ***

Ottawa, ON Canada -- 07/14/2010
Canadian Cycling Association Nominates
Four Athletes To Canadian Youth Olympic Team.



Kristina Laforge (Alma, QC), Tory Nyhaug-Heinonen (Coquitlam, BC),
Steve Noble (Glencairn, ON) and Stuart Wight (Moncton, NB) have been
nominated by the Canadian Cycling Association (CCA) to the Canadian
Youth Olympic Team to represent Canada in the cycling events at the
inaugural Youth Olympic Games in Singapore from August 14 to 26, 2010.

“These four riders will make Canada proud at this major international
event for youth. We have selected across three cycling sports the best
of the crop in Canadian junior cycling to represent our nation, and they
are focused on winning medals for Canada,” said Jacques Landry, Chief
Technical Officer for the Canadian Cyclist Association

“The Youth Olympic Games will be a great window to showcase our
top junior athletes to the world, and introduce them to elite, high
performance multi-sport Games.”

Cycling is divided into four main events for the Singapore 2010
Youth Olympic Games: BMX, Mountain Bike, Road Race and Time
Trial.

Each team consists of three Junior Men and one Junior Woman,
with the three Junior Men required to compete in two disciplines
each (BMX, MTB, Road Race and Road Race Time Trial) while the
Junior Woman has to compete in all three disciplines (BMX, MTB
and Time Trial). All male riders also have to compete in the Road
Race.

The Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games will host 5,000 athletes
and officials from the 205 National Olympic Committees, along with
an estimated 1,200 media representatives, 20,000 local and
international volunteers, and more than 320,000 spectators.

Athletes, between 14 and 18 years old, will compete in a total of
26 sports and take part in a Culture and Education Programme.

The Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games aims to inspire youth
around the world to embrace, embody and express the Olympic
values of Excellence, Friendship and Respect.

CYCLISTS NOMINATED TO CANADIAN YOUTH OLYMPIC GAMES TEAM

Kristina Laforge (Alma, QC) – Road Time Trials, Mountain Bike and BMX
Tory Nyhaug-Heinonen (Coquitlam, BC) – BMX, Road Race
Steven Noble (Glencairn, ON) – Mountain Bike, Road Race
Stuart Wight (Moncton, NB) – Road Time Trials, Road Race

CC - www.canadian-cycling.com
ACC - www.genesbmx.com/2010-youth-olympic-games.html
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