Cyclist Jasmin Glaesser became the Tri-Cities' second medallist at the London 2012 Olympic Games on Saturday as the Canadian team captured bronze in women's team pursuit.
Glaesser, a graduate of Terry Fox secondary school in Port Coquitlam, and teammates Tara Whitten of Edmonton and Gillian Carleton of Victoria finished in three minutes 17.915 seconds ahead of fourth-place Australia, which finished in 3:18.096.
"We knew it was going to be a battle," Glaesser said. "We knew it was going to come down to the last lap, but we were 100% committed to doing our best."
The host Great Britain squad took gold, out-racing the Americans in the 3 km course at the Olympic Velodrome.
Two days earlier, rower Krista Guloien of Port Moody won a silver medal as part of the Canadian women's eight team competing at Lake Dorney. The Canucks finished the 2,000 m race behind the United States and ahead of the Netherlands.
"As of right now, this is it. There's nothing better," the 32-year-old Guloien told The Tri-City News after the race. "I'm still going to work to try to achieve better in life in some way but right now, I'm not really sure how."
Other members on the Canadian women's eight crew are: Darcy Marquardt of Richmond; Winnipeg's Janine Hanson; Ashley Brzozowicz of London, Ont.; Montreal's Andreanne Morin; Rachelle Vinberg of Regina; North Vancouver's Lauren Wilkinson; and 52-year-old Toronto cox Lesley Thompson-Willie, who took home her fifth Olympic medal while making her seventh Olympic appearance.
Previously, the last Tri-City resident to win an Olympic medal was curler Kelley Law of Coquitlam, who took home a bronze at the 2002 Winter Games in Salt Lake City, Utah along with teammates Julie Skinner, Georgina Wheatcroft and Diane Nelson.
Three other Tri-City athletes are still in action in London:
Coquitlam native Brittany Timko and the rest of the Canadian women's soccer team next play Monday, Aug. 6 against the U.S. in quarter-final play.
Coquitlam BMX cyclist Tory Nyhaug, 20, starts three days of competition with qualification on Wednesday, Aug. 8.
And Coquitlam freestyle wrestler Haislan Garcia takes to the mat on Aug. 12, the last day of the Games.
