{"id":12742,"date":"2021-08-20T10:53:03","date_gmt":"2021-08-20T14:53:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/boilermaker.ca\/?p=12742"},"modified":"2021-08-20T11:04:42","modified_gmt":"2021-08-20T15:04:42","slug":"canadian-olympic-weightlifting-team-report-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/boilermaker.ca\/en\/canadian-olympic-weightlifting-team-report-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadian Olympic Weightlifting Team Report"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brother Dalas Santavy of Lodge 128 was the head coach of the Canadian Olympic weightlifting team in Tokyo this summer. Dalas reports \u201cThe Canadian weightlifting team did an outstanding job at these Olympics, the summer heat of Tokyo along with COVID-19 added extra stress to the event.\u201d<\/p>\n

Under Dalas\u2019 leadership the Canada\u2019s Olympic weightlifting team did an outstanding job representing their country. Below are the results:<\/p>\n

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Name<\/th>\nPlace<\/th>\nWeight Class<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Rachel Leblanc Bassinet<\/td>\n12th<\/td>\n55KG woman<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tali Darsigny<\/td>\n11th<\/td>\n59KG Woman<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kristel Ngarlem<\/td>\n8th<\/td>\n76KG Woman<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Boady Santavy<\/td>\n4th<\/td>\n96KG Men<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Maude Charron<\/td>\n1st \u2013 Gold Medal<\/td>\n64KG women<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

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Head Coach Dalas Santavy with Gold Medal Champion Maude Charron of Canada<\/p><\/div>\n

Coach Santavy, a national champion and international competitor in the sport himself, said \u201cIt was thrilling when Maude won the gold medal, plus we heard our national anthem play while watching our flag rise up.\u201d Dalas explained how proud he was of the two assistant coaches for the Olympic weightlifting team \u201cThey did an outstanding job, I\u2019m very proud of them all and the role they played in helping our athletes to achieve success.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dalas shared his experience at the Olympics saying \u201cOne thing for sure, Tokyo was crazy hot. The experience of the Olympics was magical even though we were confined to the athletes\u2019 village when not training or competing. The cardboard beds weren\u2019t all that comfortable. We were lucky because a couple years ago we got to experience Tokyo at the Junior Worlds. The Japanese culture was incredible! Such a hospitable nation. The food in the village was really good and the volunteers that made this all happen were amazing! We lucked out to because we got to order from Uber eats, so we ended up ordering Japanese cuisine a few times while we were there such as Wagyu beef, Wagyu Burgers and some other traditional foods.\u201d<\/p>\n

In addition to being the head coach, Dalas\u2019 son was on the team. \u201cI\u2019ve worked with my son Boady since he was 6 years old, and it\u2019s been a long journey to get to this point to say the least! I\u2019m so proud of him for the performance that he did because it\u2019s the biggest total by any Canadian in any Olympic Games in history in probably the toughest weight class (96 KGs) in the games. So now it\u2019s time for a small rest then it\u2019s back to training hard because next summer is the Commonwealth Games then the summer after that is the Pan American Games then back to the Olympics in 2024. It\u2019s always an honour to represent Canada.\u201d<\/p>\n

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