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Sisters grab Games gold

Sisters were doing it for themselves and their zone last month at the B.C. Summer Games in Abbotsford. Burnaby siblings Georgia and Ula Langdon combined for six gold and six silver in the paddling sports of kayaking and canoeing.

Sisters were doing it for themselves and their zone last month at the B.C. Summer Games in Abbotsford.
Burnaby siblings Georgia and Ula Langdon combined for six gold and six silver in the paddling sports of kayaking and canoeing.
Georgia won a pair of gold in individual canoeing, in the 500-metre train-to-train and 2000m open. They also teamed together to pick up some hardware in the kayak.
Students at St. Thomas More and members of the Burnaby Canoe and Kayak Club, the sisters also registered medals in two- and four-person competition.
Other Burnaby medallists at the B.C. Games were Katrina Loutet, who collected silver in the girls one-person kayak 500m event, and Ivan Strashenko, who picked up silver in boys one-person kayak 500m, and a bronze in the 2000m open race.
In swimming, Hannah Cui placed second in the girls 100m freestyle, while Michi Duclos grabbed a pair of bronze in 200m free and individual medley.