Alcorn State University
Multicultural/International Initiatives
Winter Olympics 2006
Its well known that Canada and Russia are big on winter sports. The link below will help our students from the above countries (and everybody else how's interested) to keep with their home countries Olympic events.
http://msn.foxsports.com/name/public/winterOlympics06
http://turin.gazeta.ru/turin2006/
Trevor Klassen, senior, Physical Education major, from Sascatoon, Sascatchewan, Canada, is proud of his second cousin, Cindy Klassen's achievements during Olympics.
Cindy Klassen (born in Winnipeg, Manitoba) is a Canadian skater and Canada's all-time most decorated Olympian. She became the first Canadian to win five medals in one Olympic Games. With this achievement, she tied American Eric Heiden's record of five medals won at an Olympics (1980) by a speedskater. At the same time, she overtook the previous Canadian record of most medals (three) at the same Olympic games, held by Gaetan Boucher. Because of her success at the Turin Olympics, she was named flagbearer for the closing ceremony. Her winning the largest number of medals at the Turin Olympics caused International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge to call her the "woman of the games".
Klassen and her 5 medals won at the 2006 Olympics.
Alcorn State University family sends Klassen's family our warm regards and wishes Cindy new athletic victories. We are also proud of Trevor's achievements in baseball (he plays as an infielder/pitcher for the Braves) and hope that he will follow Cindy's lucky path in his field!
For more information on the Multicultural Initiatives at Alcorn State University, contact
Elena Dobrynina, Staff Writer / International Student Recruiter
Phone: (601) 877-6134
Fax: (601) 877-6175
e-mail: elenad@alcorn.edu
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