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Olympian Jasmin Glaesser briefly takes respite from her daily routine: cycling for hours and hours in 32 degrees Celsius heat while taking in less oxygen than she is normally used to.

Reagan MacKenzie will be heading to Brazil to compete in the Danone Nations Cup this fall, a soccer competition for athletes between 10 and 12 years old.

They both hail from the Tri-Cities but that is where the similarities end between the Port Coquitlam Saints and the Coquitlam Jr. Adanacs.

The Coquitlam Adanacs are taking on some tough competition when the Victoria Shamrocks come to town this Saturday.

The Port Moody Storm took home gold at the under-15 Starfire Sports Spring Classic in Seattle last week. The club defeated the Rainer Valley Slammers 6-0 in the tourney opener, before defeating FME Rage 3-0 in these second game.

An under-14 Coquitlam female field hockey team basked in their bronze win - and the California sun - at the Cal Cup international field hockey tournament last month.

Coquitlam teen Amy Byun showed her martial arts chops two weekends ago, beating out 130 black belts to win the Sun Hang Do Grand Champion Finals. During the two-day tournament held at BCIT in Burnaby, the 15-year-old Dr.

The 2014 class of top-echelon athletes and sport builders will be inducted into the Coquitlam Hall (and Wall) Of Fame in a special ceremony Thursday night.

Two Tri-City lads will get a taste of fervent European soccer culture when they travel to Italy in early July for the San Marino Cup.

Port Coquitlam gymnasts Jordan and Haley de Jong made their hometown proud, after earning respectable finishes at the national gymnastics championships held in Ottawa from May 24 to June 1.