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editorial
Pan Am Games whet Olympic appetites
hen it was
announced that
Toronto would host the Pan
American Games, not every-
one was thrilled.
Many naysayers panned
the financial burden on the
taxpayers, not just in the
GTA but at various levels of
government, the infrastruc-
tural challenges and, of
course, the added snarl to
traffic flow in a place it's not
great to start with.
Constant road construc-
tion and delays has been a
bug bear in Big Smoke and
this would not help. The
concept of special lanes
specifically for Games use
during the event, led to
even more skeptical
humour.
But they built it, and peo-
ple came.
Toronto this time, but Can-
ada again, showcased itself
to the world as a quintessen-
tial host for event such as
this. Crowds were at least as
big and in many cases bigger
than expected.
The opening ceremonies
were epic, and despite
more jokes and a failed
petition to bar Kanye West
from being the headliner
at the closer Sunday did
not seem to dampen the
spirit of 40,000 who
showed up at the Rogers
Centre for the gala.
And then there were the
sports and we saw a little bit
of drama everywhere, usu-
ally the hallmark of interna -
Julie Jocsak/Postmedia Network
(Left) Carling Zeeman and Antje Von Seydlitz of Canada hold the Pachi dolls they were awarded along with their
gold medal in quadruple sculls on the final day of competition at Henley Island during the Pan Am Games in St.
Catherines on Wednesday, July 15, 2015.
tional sporting meets.
Some of Canada's "next
ones" had their coming out
party.
The biggest name in that
lot, sprinter Andre De
Grasse, already anointed by
some to be the next Dono-
van Bailey, enjoyed the
sweet taste of victory in the
100 and 200 metre races,
only to experience the
agony of defeat after losing
a third gold in a disqualifi-
cation of the 4x100 metre
relay team.
In addition to the many
outstanding individual
efforts, team sports were
fun, too.
Who can forget that
Vaudevillian ending to the
men's baseball gold medal
game, an extra -innings affair
that saw the Americans liter-
ally throw the gold medal
away.
And while some of our
teams expected better results
-- soccer in particular --
other teams excelled and
showed they were on the
precipice of greatness.
The best examples: men's
basketball stacked with
young talent with a silver,
and our women winning
gold in hoops.
After all Canada beating
the U.S.A. in men's and
women's basketball and
baseball at the same Pan
Ams isn't too shabby.
Canada's diversity and
international recognition
makes it a go -to destination
for these kinds of events. So
don't be surprised in
Toronto bids for the 2024
Summer Olympics -- and
don't be surprised if it's
successful.
Fred Rinne, Postmedia Network
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