/ en /news/u-t-rosie-maclennan-wins-gold-rio2016 <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">°µÍřTV's Rosie MacLennan wins gold at #Rio2016</span> <div class="field field--name-field-featured-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="eager" srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/news_banner_370/public/2016-08-12-rosie-Olympics-gold.jpg?h=b237a125&amp;itok=AzbiUSSO 370w, /sites/default/files/styles/news_banner_740/public/2016-08-12-rosie-Olympics-gold.jpg?h=b237a125&amp;itok=Z-VnWaQe 740w, /sites/default/files/styles/news_banner_1110/public/2016-08-12-rosie-Olympics-gold.jpg?h=b237a125&amp;itok=Qaoz-JYf 1110w" sizes="(min-width:1200px) 1110px, (max-width: 1199px) 80vw, (max-width: 767px) 90vw, (max-width: 575px) 95vw" width="740" height="494" src="/sites/default/files/styles/news_banner_370/public/2016-08-12-rosie-Olympics-gold.jpg?h=b237a125&amp;itok=AzbiUSSO" alt> </div> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>vzaretski</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2016-08-12T15:24:31-04:00" title="Friday, August 12, 2016 - 15:24" class="datetime">Fri, 08/12/2016 - 15:24</time> </span> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-cutline-long field--type-text-long field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Cutline</div> <div class="field__item">David Ramos via Getty Images </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-author-reporters field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/authors-reporters/veronica-zaretski" hreflang="en">Veronica Zaretski</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-author-legacy field--type-string field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Author legacy</div> <div class="field__item">Veronica Zaretski</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-topic field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Topic</div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/topics/global-lens" hreflang="en">Global Lens</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-story-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/olympics" hreflang="en">Olympics</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/rio" hreflang="en">Rio</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/rosie-maclennan" hreflang="en">Rosie MacLennan</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/kpe" hreflang="en">KPE</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/students" hreflang="en">Students</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/alumni" hreflang="en">Alumni</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/sports" hreflang="en">Sports</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/rio2016" hreflang="en">#Rio2016</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/trampoline" hreflang="en">Trampoline</a></div> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>°µÍřTV alumna and student of the Faculty of Kinesiology and Physical Education (KPE) <strong>Rosie MacLennan</strong> is Canada’s gold medallist in trampoline. She won with a final score of 56.465.</p> <p>"I had a bit of a shaky preliminary round so I was coming into the final trying to stay strong, trying to stay high," she told CBC after the medal ceremony. "When I was done I looked over at Dave [her coach] and he had a smile on his face and that was the first indication that I did all right."</p> <p>MacLennan is Canada’s Olympic flag bearer at Rio,&nbsp;<span style="line-height: 20.8px;">the first Canadian summer athlete to successfully defend an individual Olympic gold medal&nbsp;<span style="line-height: 20.8px;">and a three-time Olympian</span>. She earned Canada’s only gold medal at the 2012 Olympic Games in London and finished in seventh place a</span>t the 2008 Beijing Olympics.</p> <h2><a href="/news/canada-s-olympic-flag-bearer-university-toronto-s-rosie-maclennan">Read more about MacLennan here</a></h2> <h2><a href="https://www.thestar.com/sports/olympics/2016/08/12/canadas-rosie-maclennan-wins-gold-in-womens-trampoline.html">Read the Toronto Star story on MacLennan's win</a></h2> <h2><a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/olympics/trampoline-at-the-rio-olympics/article31386639/">Read the Globe and Mail story</a></h2> <h2><a href="http://www.ctvnews.ca/sports/rosie-maclennan-wins-canada-s-second-gold-in-rio-1.3026641">Read the CTV News story</a></h2> <h2><a href="http://globalnews.ca/news/2880124/rio-2016-canadas-rosie-maclennan-wins-another-gold-medal-in-trampoline/">Read the Global News story&nbsp;</a></h2> <h2><a href="http://www.sportsnet.ca/olympics/canadas-rosie-maclennan-wins-gold-medal-womens-trampoline/">Read the Sportsnet story</a></h2> <p>Follow MacLennan on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/RosieMacLennan">@RosieMacLennan</a></p> <p>As the world’s best continue to compete in Rio, take a look at these other outstanding °µÍřTV athletes who are competing this weekend.&nbsp;</p> <p>Earlier this week °µÍřTV’s <strong>Kylie Masse</strong>&nbsp;won a bronze in the women’s 100-metre backstroke race. Masse, a second-year student of KPE, was named °µÍřTV female athlete of the year, Ontario University Athletics (OUA) female athlete of the year and the BLG top female athlete in Canadian University Sport. She is also the first Varsity Blues swimmer to claim an Olympic medal while enrolled as a student at °µÍřTV.&nbsp;Follow Masse on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/Kjmasse">@Kjmasse</a></p> <h2><a href="/news/u-t-s-kylie-masse-wins-bronze-women-s-100-metre-backstroke-rio">Read more about Kylie Masse</a></h2> <h2><a href="http://news.nationalpost.com/sports/rio-2016/kylie-masse-swims-to-surprise-bronze-medal-as-canadas-breakthrough-in-the-olympic-pool-continues">Read the&nbsp;<em>National Post</em>&nbsp;story on Masse's victory</a></h2> <h2><a href="https://www.thestar.com/sports/olympics/2016/08/08/canadian-swimmer-kylie-masse-wins-bronze-in-womens-100m-backstroke.html">Read the&nbsp;<em>Toronto Star</em>&nbsp;story</a></h2> <h2><a href="http://olympics.cbc.ca/news/article/swimmer-kylie-masse-wins-canada-4th-medal.html">Read the&nbsp;<em>CBC</em>&nbsp;story</a></h2> <h2><a href="http://www.sportsnet.ca/olympics/canadian-kylie-masse-wins-bronze-womens-100m-backstroke/">Read the&nbsp;<em>Sportsnet</em>&nbsp;story</a></h2> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Third-year psychology student <strong>Gabriella Stafford</strong> will compete tonight and over the weekend in the 1,500 metres event. The Varsity Blues track star is part of a family who bleeds blue.</p> <p>Stafford’s father, °µÍřTV professor <strong>Jamie Stafford</strong>, represented Canada at four World Championships. Her mother, <strong>Maria Luisa Gardner</strong> (1965-2008), was from a running family with a brother, <strong>John Anthony Gardner</strong>, who was an OUAA champion for °µÍřTV and sister, <strong>Sara Gardner</strong>, who also represented Canada at a World Under-20 Championship for °µÍřTV.&nbsp;Gabriella's sister <strong>Lucia</strong>, who starts studying engineering at °µÍřTV in the fall, just became the 2016 junior national champion in the 1,500-metre event.</p> <h2><a href="https://utoronto.ca/news/u-t-s-gabriela-stafford-takes-family-legacy-racing-rio">Read more about Stafford and her family’s legacy of athleticism at °µÍřTV </a></h2> <p>Stafford will compete tonight, August 14 and August 16 in the 1,500 metres events. Follow Stafford on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/gstafford13">@gstafford13</a></p> <h2><a href="http://magazine.utoronto.ca/blogs/follow-all-12-u-of-t-2016-summer-olympics-athletes/">Read the °µÍřTV Magazine&nbsp;guide to all 12 of °µÍřTV’s Olympic athletes competing in Rio</a></h2> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><em>°µÍřTV News</em> will continue following the progress of °µÍřTV athletes and will share developing news about our athletes in the coming weeks.&nbsp;</p> <p>°µÍřTV athletes have the advantage of training in top-notch facilities. At the downtown Toronto campus, athletes can train at <a href="http://www.physical.utoronto.ca/FacilitiesAndMemberships/Athletic_Centre.aspx">the Athletic Centre</a>, <a href="http://physical.utoronto.ca/FacilitiesAndMemberships/Varsity_Centre.aspx">Varsity Centre</a>, <a href="http://physical.utoronto.ca/FacilitiesAndMemberships/goldring-centre-for-high-performance-sport.aspx">Goldring Centre for High Performance Sport</a> and <a href="http://harthouse.ca/fitness/">Hart House Fitness Centre</a>.</p> <p>At the University of Toronto Mississauga, athletes can train in the comprehensive <a href="https://www.utm.utoronto.ca/athletics/our-facilities">Recreation Athletics &amp; Wellness Centre</a>. UTM recently welcomed&nbsp;520 athletes during the Ontario Summer Games (OSG), and hosted the OSG basketball and field lacrosse competitions on the UTM campus. <a href="https://www.utm.utoronto.ca/main-news/how-do-you-feed-500-athletes">Read more about&nbsp;&nbsp;the Ontario Summer Games at UTM</a>.&nbsp;</p> <p>And at University of Toronto Scarborough, athletes can benefit from the <a href="http://utsc.utoronto.ca/athletics/toronto-pan-am-sports-centre">Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre,</a> a 365,000 square foot world-class facility, features a fitness centre, field house, climbing wall and an aquatic centre containing two Olympic sized swimming pools, a competition and training pool and a Dive Tank.</p> <p>“When we designed the Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre, we worked closely with experts to create a complete environment that would give our elite national team athletes the best chances to compete international,” says<strong> Andrew Arifuzzaman</strong>, CAO at the University of Toronto Scarborough. <span style="line-height: 20.8px;">“</span>From the two&nbsp;edgeless,10-lane Mertha stainless steel pools to the starting blocks at TPASC, the facilities mirrors what our athletes compete in internationally.<span style="line-height: 20.8px;">”</span></p> <p><span style="line-height: 20.8px;">“</span>I watched this week as our men’s and women’s wheelchair basketball teams prepared to head to Rio for the Paralympics,<span style="line-height: 20.8px;">” says <strong>Laura Boyko</strong>, director of the health &amp; wellness centre.</span>&nbsp;<span style="line-height: 20.8px;">“</span>It makes me proud to know that TPASC is for everyone; an inclusive facility to help all athletes reach their full potential. °µÍřTV has not only some of the greatest minds in the country, but also some of the most competitive athletes as well.”</p> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-home-page-banner field--type-boolean field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">News home page banner</div> <div class="field__item">Off</div> </div> Fri, 12 Aug 2016 19:24:31 +0000 vzaretski 99942 at