{"id":218,"date":"2019-08-03T06:12:42","date_gmt":"2019-08-03T06:12:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/racquetballcanada.ca\/bc\/2019\/08\/03\/racquetball-gets-underway-at-lima-2019-pan-am-games\/"},"modified":"2019-08-03T06:12:42","modified_gmt":"2019-08-03T06:12:42","slug":"racquetball-gets-underway-at-lima-2019-pan-am-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/racquetballbc.org\/2019\/08\/03\/racquetball-gets-underway-at-lima-2019-pan-am-games\/","title":{"rendered":"Racquetball gets underway at Lima 2019 Pan Am Games"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WINNIPEG (August 2, 2019) Racquetball competition is\u00a0underway\u00a0for Team Canada at the 2019 Pan Am Games being held in Lima Peru. The tournament runs from August 2 to 10.<\/p>\n<p>There are three events in the tournament including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>men&#8217;s and women&#8217;s singles<\/li>\n<li>men&#8217;s and women&#8217;s doubles<\/li>\n<li>men&#8217;s and women&#8217;s team event<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The following\u00a0athletes are representing Canada and will compete in the singles, doubles and team event.<\/p>\n<table style=\"border-color: #000000; width: 597.5624389648438px;\" border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"1\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 197px;\" valign=\"top\">Name<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 205px;\" valign=\"top\">Residence<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 197.56243896484375px;\" valign=\"top\">Personal Coach<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 197px;\" valign=\"top\">Fr\u00e9d\u00e9rique Lambert<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 205px;\" valign=\"top\">Montr\u00e9al, Qu\u00e9.<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 197.56243896484375px;\" valign=\"top\">Michel Gagnon<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 197px;\" valign=\"top\">Jennifer Saunders<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 205px;\" valign=\"top\">Winnipeg, Man.<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 197.56243896484375px;\" valign=\"top\">Corey Osborne<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 197px;\" valign=\"top\">Coby Iwaasa<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 205px;\" valign=\"top\">Lethbridge, Alta.<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 197.56243896484375px;\" valign=\"top\">Corey Osborne<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 197px;\" valign=\"top\">Samuel Murray<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 205px;\" valign=\"top\">Baie-Comeau, Qu\u00e9.<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 197.56243896484375px;\" valign=\"top\">Rino Langelier<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>The team is being supported by coaches Michel Gagnon of Montr\u00e9al, Qu\u00e9., Corey Osborne of Tiny, Ont. and\u00a0physiotherapist Christian Lord of Montr\u00e9al, Qu\u00e9.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/olympic.ca\/team-canada\/jennifer-saunders\/\">Jennifer Saunders<\/a><\/span><\/strong> is competing in her fourth Pan Am Games event. This is\u00a0<strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/olympic.ca\/team-canada\/frederique-lambert\/\">Fr\u00e9d\u00e9rique Lambert<\/a><\/span><\/strong>&#8216;s third Pan Am Games experience. <strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/olympic.ca\/team-canada\/coby-iwaasa\/\">Coby Iwaasa<\/a><\/span><\/strong> was on the Pan Am Games team for\u00a0the\u00a02015 Toronto Games and this is <span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/olympic.ca\/team-canada\/samuel-murray\/\">Samuel Murray<\/a><\/strong><\/span>&#8216;s first Pan Am Games. Canada was on the podium in 2015, winning bronze medals in both the men&#8217;s and women&#8217;s team event and the team hopes to pick up medals in other events as well in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>Geri Powell, Administrator of High Performance for Racquetball Canada feels positive as competition gets\u00a0underway. &#8220;Looking at the round robin draws our team has a good chance of seeding well in the elimination draws,&#8221; said Powell. &#8220;Seeing the training that the athletes have continued to commit to after Nationals, I feel that they are ready for these games and are looking forward to representing Canada.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The draws are being posted on both the International Racquetball Federation (IRF) website as well as the Lima 2019 site, where you can view live scores.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.internationalracquetball.com\/lim-019\/\">Click here<\/a> <\/strong><\/span>for the link to the IRF draw page.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lima2019.pe\/en\/results\">Click here<\/a> <\/strong><\/span>for the link to the Lima 2019 draws and results page.<\/p>\n<p>It is expected that games will be streamed on the <span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.panamsportschannel.org\/\">PanAm Sports Channel <\/a><\/strong><\/span>and ESPN. If you are interested in receiving the links, please watch for announcements on social media or you can contact us to request an email with further information.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WINNIPEG (August 2, 2019) Racquetball competition is\u00a0underway\u00a0for Team Canada at the 2019 Pan Am Games being held in Lima Peru. The tournament runs from August 2 to 10. 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