Posted on 14/05/08
Shrine harvests a bumper crop
The shrine may be virtual, but the achievements of five sport champions and two builders who will be installed in Canada's Sports Hall of Fame are very real.Former world heavyweight boxing champion Lennox Lewis, the 4 x 100 relay track team that shocked everyone but themselves in upsetting the Americans on their home turf at the Atlanta Olympics in 1996, swimming wunderkind Nancy Garapick, speed skating's short-track legend Marc Gagnon and hockey's Steve Yzerman will take their places as athletes. Figure skating's David Dore, who performed the miracle of creating a self-sustaining amateur sport in Canada, and baseball's Pat Gillick, who helped mould the Toronto Blue Jays into World Series champs, will join them on the podium for induction as builders.
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