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& & f 1/ ty Two--time Olympic bronze medallist y 3 --0 7 Laryssa Biesenthal comes home ' _ ito visit family in Walkerton ! + 5 Qc,,a\& £5.% had. some familiar. fans nearby. Her parents, Dave and Carolyn Biesenthal travelled to Australia for _ the event and were able to f ; 3 witness their daughters | L3 1 Al: medal--winning -- perfor-- D e __.; mM mance. * . | * h\ > # "It's been a loudgh sum-- s P Ne olR mer for them and I think 9--/ R y $ ns iC . e * ? it's nice for them and I h I 9 §R 23 think it's nice for them to J# f . ' &0 dW .. C CHnP > §et away from Walkerton fut j v4 ~\H é: or a bit and have some: & owb $ it i ---- NEARRL 3A thing happy to finish it off," fls -- t ( R WAE -- said Laryssa. § kr8 C g;« 4 y fi Walkerton resident's dis-- :. f S, J 4. ® Flaycd their pride in their $ss < A§ t ocal 'Olympian's achieve-- Pler hoii ib i ments in public fashion es & e y Sunda{' Numerous-- signs Om % 42 i ~ ols du could be seen among the | <otitiims.. Lc io ctinaba contingent of Walkerton j 5 Sue 17\ 1 | ie y8 residents at the Toronto _' hvs , 0 t zen K WB Blue Jays Ball game, pro-- I ppmcmmtocccc> e claiming their town "home he a to-- an -- Olympic Bronze _ n Medalist." . d Walkerton's _ Laryssa o § Bicsenthal committee . is 4 * Elannmg a celebration of 4 er accomplishments * some time in October. ¢ e Plans are still in the ' > organization stage, but ' | t a commititce member Ellen | \ i\ Schmalz said "there will ' definitely be a parade," fol-- s §| _ lowed by a celebration at a _ ym 4 yet--to--be--determined loca: 4 PERET C ie sc ho oo oen j| _ tion. hilg hb (ye raprget The committee will pre-- je ' it it sent Biesenthal with a wide _ Lys j 5 s ie T ran%e of gifts donated bY $ ; es e local businesses and funds P o S o enc Pb L ovee raised through a lotgé' fag * S 7 7 ul f campaign to su rt her Double Olympic bronze medallist Laryssa Biesenthal Olympian efforts, ... _ recently returned home to Walkerton with her newest With files from Torento acquisition -- a bronze from the 2000 Sydney Summer Star News Services. Games. ; : ' -- f GBTW photo by Craig Greenham £ /\ [Biesenthal captures second bronze medal Eromunniee 4 By Patrick RAFTiS _ a bronze medal in the (winning Canadian Biesenthal | HeRALD--TIMES event . finals . Saturday _ women's quad team at the s s en ame night. Atlanta Games in 1996 (Continued from Page 19) / Special to SCN i e in n The Canadians placed -- the performance kept an ' third__with a. time -- of -- incredible streak alive. She _ °4M C?'"md Canada's | C Walkerton native . 6:11:58. Romania t00k thew. has won a medal at every. _ O¥ medal in rowing, an \ Laryssa Biesenthal is rAO\l'V éoég 4«'1Nith ah.lt:mc ( I:)r h}[][er]?afional competition fi;eéa l?f cor:ngtfiggpt. LI;:% watwo--ti ic medal!~ :06:44, while e she has been involved i l een, a itional / geuefiine~ Netherlands _ (6:09:39) -- since 1995."" """C l Canadian strongth. .( / 5 mem-- _ earned silver. The Women's Eights J yesn0 | bell?lg?etfltahe\llo';vnzsn z: Eights _ For Biesenthal, who was (See Biesenthal 'I'Bvi(()::lgnthzfinalsghl?nbw: "She towing tearn which earned _ Part of the bronze--medal on Page 20) ® o ue