Leah Kirchmann
of Winnipeg finished 15th – the top Canadian – finished 15th in a time of one hour , 47 minutes and 50 seconds for the 1.5 km . swim , the 40 km . bike race and the 10 km . run .
Sarah Anne Brault of Winnipeg finished 42nd on the women ’ s side in a time of 2:02:48 .
And volleyball star Justin Duff , 28 , of Winnipeg helped his team reach the quarterfinal where they lost 3-0 to Russia and were eliminated . Canada did beat the United States
Sophie Schmidt quarterfinal of the women ’ s 1,500 metre race in a time of 4:08.53 and did not advance .
In cycling , Winnipeg ’ s Leah Kirchmann finished 38th in the Road Race in a time of 4:01:29 .
In gymnastics , Brandon ’ s Isabela Onyshko finished 18th in the allaround and eighth in the balance beam . In the team event , Onyshko and her Canadian teammates finished ninth in the qualification portion of the event and did not advance to the final .
In triathlon , Tyler Mislawchuk
Tyler
Mislawchuk
3-0 , Mexico 3-0 and Italy 3-0 in the round robin .
“ When I first joined the national team seven years ago or so , we were an OK team , internationally ,” said Duff . “ The big teams didn ’ t care if they played us . They were just like , ‘ OK , chalk up a 3-0 win against Canada .’”
“ Since then , with what we ’ ve done , we ’ re now a feared team . Teams prepare for us .”
That can probably be said for all of Canada ’ s Olympians and based on the performance of all nine Manitobans , we should be proud . •
Isabela Onyshko
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