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he body found on Cypress Mountain Tuesday has been identified as missing 35-year-old Vahid Mahanian, police confirmed Tuesday afternoon. Mahanian, a resident of North Vancouver, was last seen June 27 while having lunch with friends in Vancouver. The North Vancouver resident’s disappearance made headlines last week due to his ties to past criminal activity, including a violent home invasion in North Vancouver in 1997 and a bloody gangland shootout in Richmond in 2007. Police say Mahanian’s body was discovered July 12 by trail maintenance volunteers a short distance from Cypress Mountain Road, one kilometre northeast of the High View lookout. An autopsy completed by the BC Coroner’s Service earlier today was unable to determine a cause of death. “In light of the autopsy result, investigators are continuing to treat this matter as suspicious,” said Cst. Jeff Palmer, spokesperson for the West Vancouver Police Department, in an issued statement. Investigators from the WVPD and the Vancouver Police Department’s homicide unit are currently conducting a “detailed processing” of the area where the body was found, in search of evidence that could provide clues into how Mahanian’s body ended up there.
Vahid Mahanian’s body was discovered on Cypress Mountain on July 12. Submitted photo
Mahanian’s vehicle, a blue 1994 Pontiac Grand Am, has since been found in the Lower Mainland and has been seized by police. Anyone who may have noticed suspicious activity in the area, or anyone with information about Mahanian’s whereabouts since June 27, is asked to contact West Vancouver Police at 604925-7300 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477. ghoekstra@northshoreoutlook.com twitter.com/greghoekstra
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Port gets CNV cash for design work City gives $1M for detailed slope report, will evalauate new Low Level Road plans next year Clark’s comments were met with applause from residents of the potentially affected area who were in attendance at the S TA F F R E P O RT E R meeting. Amanda Nichol, a resident of 400-block of East First Street, ort Metro Vancouver is heading back to the Low Level called the process “laughable.” She’s not against improveRoad drawing board, this time with $1 million of the ments, she said, but can’t trust the port to have an honest and city’s money to help pay for detailed design work. open approach with the community after its botched attempts Council approved the financial contribution at Monday over the last few months. night’s meeting, with the caveat that councillors can vote “This allows us to move forward. What we’ve heard is the against the project when the port returns to city hall with the issue around trust and it was never the intention of the port designs next March. Council’s decision comes just one month for that to happen,” said Dennis Bickel, PMV’s senior manafter it voted down the much-maligned ager of gateway competitiveness. project for a lack of detail and engage“But I think we will absolutely find a sce“This isn’t just a ment with the communities adjacent to nario that all parties will be happy with. It the proposed work. regular development will take a fair amount of effort and contribuInstead, council approved only the from everyone but we’ll get there. We where we are at an tions construction of an overpass at the are very serious about this project.” Neptune/Cargill terminals, citing the arm’s length. We need In a phone interview Tuesday with The need for improved safety for staff heading Coun. Guy Heywood said stabilizto be a partner and not Outlook, in and out of the area. ing the slope has been on North Vancouver’s As part of the initial project, the city just a judge.” to-do list for years and the opportunity to was committed to spending $800,000 for partner with a corporation to learn the work on the slope in the area between Guy Heywood intricacies of the job is a benefit to the city. Moody and St. Patrick’s avenues, the por- North Vancouver councillor Council, he added, made no commitment to tion of the South Slope of most concern. approving the over-all project. Now that those plans have been nixed, “Having someone help pay, for their objeccouncil has agreed to channel the money into the port’s tives and ours, helps us move forward. Council has a tendency request for help in funding a detailed slope stability study of of jumping in and making decisions without accurate informathe area. tion,” said Heywood. In addition to the slope report, PMV will include concrete “But getting accurate engineering information will help us.” information on proposed heights for an elevated road, noise As for why the city should help pay for such designs, conmitigation measures and environmental assessments — all of sidering every other developer is on the hook for all costs which were missing from the port’s previous proposal. before presenting to council, Heywood said the city needs to The promise of detailed drawings, said Coun. Craig Keating, be an active member in the project because “it’s our road.” is an answer to the deluge of concerns from the community. “The Low Level Road is a city development,” added Not all councillors, however, were convinced. Heywood. Coun. Rod Clark, a vocal opponent of the project, said “This isn’t just a regular development where we are at an “Port Metro Vancouver needs a time out” and should take the arm’s length. We need to be a partner not just a judge.” summer to pay for their own designs before returning to council in the fall with a new proposal. His motion directing PMV skolenko@northshoreoutlook.com to do so was defeated. twitter.com/seankolenko SEAN KOLENKO
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signs to alert drivers. “Educating drivers about longboarders is just as important as educating longboarders about drivers,” said Roberston. “It’s easier to do it with adults in some ways.” Robertson said longboarders want to feel “legitimized” and said the North Shore has an opportunity to embrace the growing sport and become a hotbed for events and meet-ups. He noted that this summer there will be 14 events across B.C., drawing an estimated 2,800 participants and spectators. “This isn’t just about our community, this is about sports tourism as well,” he said. Sgt. Peter DeVries, spokesman for the North Vancouver RCMP, explained the perspective of local police. DeVries said officers support longboarding as an environmentally friendly transportation method, but only when it’s done within the confines of the law. DeVries said police have very few problems with riders who use their boards to commute, or with those who practise “freestyle” riding. What troubles police, he said, is downhill riding, which by its nature leads to faster speeds and “carving” into oncoming traffic lanes. “Our opinion is that longboarding of that style, on those roads, at those speeds, is not safe,” DeVries said. “I was there, I dealt with Glenna Evans’s death,” DeVries added, referring to a tragic accident last July in which a longboarder (Evans) lost control while trying to turn onto Anne MacDonald Way near Mount Seymour. “I know that Glenna would not want her death to be used as a reason to stop people from longboarding.... That said, we can’t ignore that that incident happened.”
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District Mayor Richard Walton expressed similar concerns to a small group of longboarders after the meeting. Walton said he has received a number of calls and emails from residents with safety concerns — particularly in the area of Skyline Drive. “It’s all about your safety,” Walton said. “We want to avoid any tragedies.” Blake Startup, a 27-year-old rider from Deep Cove, couldn’t agree more. In an interview with The Outlook, Startup said the North Shore’s longboarding community was shocked last year following Evans’s death. Collectively, they don’t want anything like that to happen again, which is why they’re now making the push toward teaching young riders. “As our demographic gets younger and younger, education becomes more and more crucial,” said Startup. “We want to make sure young longboarders are aware of the rules of the road, and that they understand the risks.” Like Robertson, Startup said he believes the North Shore has an opportunity to set an example with its bylaws and practices. He said conversations like the one held Monday are a positive step forward, and show that local governments are willing to consider ways to allow longboarding to flourish, so long as it’s done safely. “The North Shore is, like it or not, kind of a world hot spot right now. A lot of eyes are on North Vancouver. People are watching our decisions and will follow suit,” Startup said. “Outlawing us from the streets isn’t the right answer. We’re really keen to work with the community to find a solution.” ghoekstra@northshoreoutlook.com twitter.com/greghoekstra
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The Mount Seymour team won the cup in style after Mason Vanbelois belted a home run in the bottom of the final inning. Vanbelois was later named the tounament’s most valuable player in the 11s age category. Congratulations to the team, including Vanbelois, Jake Bishop, Dallas Blaney, Carter Burt Lake, Tyler Writman, Jack Osieja, Dylan McCartney, Jackson Pye, Ryan Baker, Blake Reid, Kyle McCormack and Adrian Flores. The winning team was coached by Cal Pye, Doug McCartney, Howard Blaney, Chuck Osieja and Andy Baker. ghoekstra@northshoreoutlook.com twitter.com/greghoekstra
Bottom left to right: Jake Bishop, Dallas Blaney, Carter Burt Lake, Mason Vanbelois, Tyler Writman, (middle left to right) Jack Osieja, Dylan McCartney, Jackson Pye, Ryan Baker, Blake Reid, Kyle McCormack, Adrian Flores, and (top left to right) Coaches Doug McCartney, Howard Blaney and Cal Pye. Absent from the photo are coaches Chuck Osieja and Andy Baker. Alberto Flores photo
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Clock ticking for temporary structures Fly-by-night buildings pose fire and safety risks, says DNV’s manager of permits and licences GREG HOEKSTRA S TA F F R E P O RT E R
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Al Karimabadi, the district’s manager of permits and licences, says portable structures have been an ongoing problem in North Van neighbourhoods, but notes that recently they’ve been “mushrooming out of the ground left and right.” As a result, bylaw officers are now taking a proactive approach by targeting the structures district-wide. Karimabadi says temporary structures break bylaws for a number of reasons, including their inability to withstand wind,
snow, and earthquakes. “A wind storm could lift one of these tents off and send it into a nearby yard or the street,” says Karimabadi. “It could injure someone or cause damage to another person’s property.” Karimabadi says some residents use the temporary structures when repairing vehicles in the yard. But doing so often means tools and fuel are stored inside, creating a fire hazard for not only the property owner, but neighbours as well.
“They are almost always erected too close to the side lot of the property or the street,” adds Karimabadi. Anyone with a temporary structure currently on their property is asked to remove it immediately. Those with further questions about the district’s bylaws can call the building department at 604-990-2480 or visit www. dnv.org. ghoekstra@northshoreoutlook.com
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uinn Dubois stands at the top of Epps Avenue, a stone’s throw from his Deep Cove home, with the wind at his back. As the midday sun breaks through the clouds, Quinn squints his eyes, pulls his leather gloves tight, and mentally charts his course down the grey asphalt slope. A moment later he licks his lips, drops his skateboard to the ground, and begins pushing himself forward. The sound of the board’s soft rubber wheels rolling over bumpy pavement is the only noise in the otherwise quiet neighbourhood. Quinn is only 12 years old, but already he’s a world
champion in the growing sport of longboarding. In fact, a Google search of his name reveals dozens of articles, photos, and videos hailing the Cove Cliff Elementary student as the “future of speedboarding.” And after watching him maneuver on his board, it’s not hard to see why. With his knees slightly bent and a look of determination on his face, Quinn weaves his way down a steep road as smoothy and effortlessly as a professional snowboarder carving through fresh powder. It’s a skill he’s been developing since he first hopped on a longboard at the early age of eight, and it’s one he hopes to keep working on for years to come — so long as local governments don’t try to give the sport the cold shoulder. “I guess what I really love is that it’s just me and my
board. I was never that into team sports. I like being in control of all aspects,” says the freckle-faced champion, sitting in his family’s living room, doodling on his hand with a ballpoint pen. “And I like the speed,” he adds with a grin. “It gives you a bit of a rush.” Wheels in motion The first thing that struck Erian Baxter was how welcoming longboarders were to her son. At the time, Quinn was just a pint-sized eight-year-old with shaggy hair and a button nose, but his age and small stature didn’t faze some of the older instructors and race organizers.
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www.northshoreoutlook.com “I think they were pretty surprised to see someone his age and size, but they didn’t dismiss him,” Baxter recalls. “It was still a really new sport, so they were so welcoming.” In 2007 Quinn competed in his first race, The King of the Forest, a 20-kilometre “push” event, up and down through the Lower Seymour Conservation Reserve’s Demonstration Forest. The following spring, he registered for his first downhill race in Vernon, followed by an appearance at the Maryhill Festival of Speed in Washington State, where he became the youngest rider to ever race in a World Cup sanctioned event. Watching her youngest child hurtle down such steep hills wasn’t easy at first, admits Baxter. But by embracing the sport, rather than prohibiting it, she says her family was able to ensure that Quinn learned in the safest possible environment from some of the world’s best. “There was a real learning curve for us as parents, trying to sort out how to do it safely,” says Baxter. “From our point of view, it’s way safer and way better to do it at an organized event.”
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Need for speed In the years since his first race, Quinn has been fortunate enough to have travelled across the U.S., Canada and parts of Europe. He’s a repeat world Quinn Dubois says there’s a lot to love about the sport of champion in his age category of longboarding. Not only is it challenging and rewarding, it under-13, in part because he’s also “gives you a bit of a rush,” says the 12-year-old world so good, and in part because champion and Deep Cove resident. Rob Newell photo there’s still very few competitors his age. Sitting in his home during a break from practising, Quinn looks and acts much like any other kid his age. Wearing a green t-shirt, rolled up khakis and a pair of duck shoes, the youngster smiles as he pulls up YouTube videos of other longboarders performing tricks and slides. He says his other hobbies include hanging out with friends, acting, and riding his BMX bicycle. He used to play soccer, but had to give it up when his commitments to both longboarding and the B.C. snowboard development team became too time consuming. The day before his interview with The Outlook, Quinn says he was out riding with a group of kids in the BPs (West Vancouver’s British Properties nieghbourhood) doing what’s known as “bus runs.” Each time the group would finish a long jaunt, a shuttle would take them back to the top of the subdivision, which lies along the side of Cypress Mountain. Although it’s hard to pinpoint an exact figure, Quinn says there’s a large contingency of longboarders on the North Shore, and notes that the sport seems to spread more daily. A number of riders also travel over from other areas of Metro Vancouver or the Sunshine Coast, he notes, meaning there’s a growing need to ensure people have a safe place to ride. One of the ways to do that, he suggests, is to limit traffic on one of the lesser travelled roads in North Vancouver or West Vancouver. “I think they should close some roads,” he says. “The [Cypress Mountain] access road is hardly ever used.” Safety first Baxter agrees that closing a road for a few hours once or twice a week might go a long way in making the sport safer, particularly for those first learning to ride. “Longboarding is tricky, because you can’t longboard without pavement,” she says. “Banning it from our roads won’t work. They’ll just keep doing it, and they’ll do it more unsafely. We need to find a way to incorporate it onto our roads, much like we did with cycling.” A good example, says Baxter, is the small village of Argonay, France, where authorities close one road every Sunday for longboarding sessions. Organizers even put mattresses alongside tight corners, in case new riders lose control and veer off the road. Baxter says she’d like to see similar initiatives undertaken on the North Shore. She also thinks local municipalities should do more to encourage and entice races and events, such as the ones held in Whistler, Vernon and Pender Harbour. In the past, local youth have also organized learning sessions, during which they’ve used spotters, two-way radios, and safety vests, says Baxter. Under the right circumstances, teens can be very safe and responsible. They just need someone to take a chance on them. “Longboarding really does have a safety culture about it,” says Baxter. “Kids always wear their helmets, they wear gloves, they wear protective padding. Meanwhile, if you look through a regular skateboarding magazine, pretty much nobody is wearing a helmet. The same goes for snowboarding, a sport where people are doing aerial jumps.” Quinn agrees, and suggests that longboarding has garnered a bad rap in recent years, in part because area residents unfairly associate the sport with young and unruly thrillseekers who loiter, litter, and use foul language. “That’s not a skateboarding issue, that’s a people issue,” he says frankly. “Banning the sport is not the right reaction. It’s unfair to the rest of us.” ghoekstra@northshoreoutlook.com twitter.com/greghoekstra
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he North Shore has its first public charging station for electric vehicles, thanks to the efforts of North Vancouver-based Angel Restoration. Last month, the company unveiled the new station outside its Rupert Street location, inviting members of the community who may own electric vehicles to make use of it. Cam McLeod, the man behind the green initiative, says his family-based business wants to be at the forefront of environmental technology. Plus, it’s just in the nature of their business to give back to the community whenever they can, he adds. “The shift toward electric vehicles has to start somewhere. So we decided to take the leap,” says Cam. “It’s something we’re doing not only for ourselves, but for the community.” Cam says the company is hoping to include electric vehicles in its fleet beginning this fall or winter, but they decided to get a head start now by investing $8,000 in the charging station. He says the family is confident that, as oil supplies deplete and fuel prices continue to climb, electric vehicles will become more and more viable. “Right now it’s not really economically viable
Cam McLeod of Angel Restoration shows off the electric car charging station (above) installed at his family’s business last month. Rob Newell photo for companies to outfit their fleets [with electric vehicles], but there’s going to be a tipping point,” he says. District of North Vancouver council members, including Mayor Richard Walton and Coun. Roger Bassam, have lauded the company’s efforts publicly, including their commitment to pay for the charge station’s installation, ongoing maintenance and electricity use out of pocket. In the coming months, the municipality may also look into adding electric vehicles to its own fleet. Angel Restoration has already invited the district to use its charging station at any time. Cam’s father, David, says when he first started the business in the early 1990s, he made a pact with himself to give back to those around him if the business became successful. After working for years in the oil industry, David was been laid off during a time of economic downturn. He went from earning a healthy salary, to having “no money in my jars
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BC Bike Race welcomes riders from across the world to take part in a seven-day, gruelling challenge
North Vancouver resident Andreas Hestler, a former Olympic mountain biker, spent a good portion of his summer organizing the 400-km race series, the BC Bike Race. Rob Newell photo
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hortly after noon on July 9, the cowbells started ringing in Whistler. Crowds of proud moms, dads, boyfriends, girlfriends and youngsters watched in earnest as the first mountain bikers began crossing the finish line of the seventh and final stage of the BC Bike Race. Ending in the renowned resort municipality, racers had spent the previous seven days traversing 400-km worth of courses on Vancouver Island, the Sunshine Coast and the Mainland. It’s been five years since a group of North Vancouverites launched the weeklong race and the 2011 event proved the largest so far, with nearly 500 racers from 21 countries taking part. A number of former Olympians and World Champions, including famed downhill skier Manuel OsbourneParadis and Canadian Cycling Hall of Fame inductee Pierre Harvey, suited up for this year’s race. “The pro field in the solo men’s category
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has been fierce,” Dave Howells, race media manager, told The Outlook. “I think it’s fair to say it’s been the fastest race so far.” Kamloops-born Chris Sheppard, Canadian Cyclo Cross champion and past BC Bike Race winner, took top honours in the men’s solo division with a time of 16:34:54, followed by American Jason Stager (+10:31) and Squamish’s Neal Kindree (+19:53) in third place. Canadian Jennifer Shulz (22:33:52) won the women’s solo discipline. This year’s event was the first not to feature a North Shore stage, usually the opening leg, because the downhillfocused local trails proved difficult to connect into a manageable circuit for riders. Last year, organizers began the race in Inter River Park. In 2009, the Lower Seymour area and a portion of the trails on Fromme Mountain were used. “For a Day One, it’s tough. The North Shore is just very technical,” said Tom Skinner, a North Vancouver resident and general manger of the race. “I took a group of Belgian riders on the Bridal Path and it was really tough
for them. It’s quite technical, not flat riding.” While 2011 may have marked a new direction in race routes, former Olympic mountain biker and three-time Trans Rockies race winner Andreas Hestler, amidst a flurry of handshakes and wellwishes, told The Outlook the BC Bike Race remains “our own off-road Tour de France.” Hestler, also North Van resident, race organizer and competitor, said finishing the competition is “like climbing Mount Everest.” Fatigue, he added, is a daunting obstacle for many racers as the courses are demanding and require some steep climbing. But, he said with a smile, the pain is worth it. The world is taking note of British Columbia mountain biking and he’s happy to help spread the word. “We’re proud as a North Shore company to share our little piece of mountain biking with the world,” he said. “It’s amazing.” For a full list of results from the 2011 BC Bike Race, including the team disciplines, visit www.bcbikerace.com. skolenko@northshoreoutlook.com
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The best and worst of times The sporting saga of Stephen Pickell against America’s super John Naber in that first leg, and stayed right on Naber’s shoulder... Pickell clocked a 57.58, the fastest time of his life, and that’s what set up the great run to second.” A few months ago, I visited Steve and his family at their home in Tustin, in suburban Los Angeles, where he settled after graduating from the University of Southern California. He was swim captain two years and an All-American for three. He now works in insurance. And he’s been coaching his four boys, the swimming and water polo teams for 13 years at Foothill High located just 500 yards from their home, and more recently the nowthriving SoCal Aquatics Club. Last week, I caught up with Steve again by phone. “That would be the highlight of my career,” he acknowledges regarding the Olympic silver medal. “I’ve always been a team kind of guy and because that was with four teammates [Graham Smith, Clay Evans, Gary MacDonald and alternate Bruce Robertson], that probably was the highlight, without question. “Individually, I did break two world records [in the short course backstroke and butterfly in 1977] and that was pretty cool too. “The disqualification is definitely the lowlight. I don’t think I’ve ever been so down as when I disqualified that relay. I really felt badly because there are three gentlemen [Stephen Badger, Bill Sawchuk and Jim Hett] who will never be able to say they swam in an Olympic final because I disqualified the relay. Then I got a chance – but none of those three did – to redeem myself and was fortunate enough to do it. But I still feel for the other three. We weren’t supposed to win a medal in the medley relay so who knows what we could have done in the freestyle relay. It’s something I think about all the time.” Pickell was voted Canadian junior male athlete of the year in 1974, earned 39 senior national titles, picked up silver (4x100m medley relay) and bronze (100m backstroke) medals at the 1979 Pan-Am Games in Puerto Rico, and was elected to the BC Swimming Hall of Fame in 2003. If you’ve been around here since the 1950s, you’ll know of Bob Pickell, his dad. Bob played basketball at Vancouver College as a B.C. tourney first all-star in 1947, then at the University of Portland and for Canada in the 1952 and 1956 Olympics. He was an end for the 1951-52 Edmonton Eskimos and 1954 BC Lions, won Vancouver City handball crowns and the 1973 Canadian doubles racquetball title with Herb Capozzi, and drove in the Shell 4000 trans-Canada car rally four times. Now Steve and wife Shelley, who met in a P.E. class at USC, have four boys, all accomplished athletes too. Blake, the eldest at 26, was on the Foothill water polo and swim
Stephen Pickell, centre at back, is the son of famed basketballer Bob Pickell. He and his wife Shelley have four sons who are university athletes, Blake, Nic, Paul and Cooper. Len Corben photo teams and was co-captain of the water polo team at the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs and an Academic All-American. He’s now an Air Force captain. Nic swam and played water polo and field lacrosse at Foothill, then a year of lacrosse at Essex Junior College in Maryland and another at Dominican University of California in San Rafael. After working on a fishing boat for two years, he heads to Oregon State in September and will play attack on the lacrosse squad. Paul, a swimmer (who reached the state final
in the 50 freestyle in his Grade 11 and 12 years) and water polo player, is now at UCLA where he is an attacker on the water polo team. Cooper just graduated from Foothill where he starred in basketball and lacrosse. After weighing scholarships in both sports, he’s chosen Arizona State and will play midfield on the lacrosse team. So, as you can see, there have been many, many more best of times than worst of times for the Pickells down through the years. This is #426 from Len Corben’s treasure chest of stories of the North Shore’s rich sports history.
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uly 21 and July 22, 1976. Those were huge days in the life of Olympian Stephen Pickell. In fact, they were the absolute best of times and the worst of times for the then-18-year-old West Van swimmer. It was the Montreal Olympics – home surf so to speak – exactly 31 years ago. Two years before, in January 1974 as a 16-year-old Grade 11 student at Sentinel Secondary, Steve copped gold in the 4x100m medley relay and silver in the 100m backstroke at the Commonwealth Games in Christchurch, New Zealand. That was even before his final B.C. high school meet on Nov. 30, 1974, when he set meet records in three events: 100m backstroke, 200m individual medley and 100m INSTANT freestyle, the latREPLAY ter mark lasting 20 Len Corben years. lencorben@yahoo.ca But now it was 1976, and the biggest swimming stage of all: The Olympics. While it was disappointing to miss the final in his best event, the 100m backstroke (by a mere seven-hundredths of a second), it was nothing compared to his faux pas which became fodder for The Vancouver Province’s headline writer who wrote: Canada loses medal chance with ‘unpardonable error.’ Pickell – swimming third for the all-teenager Canadian team in the 4x200m freestyle relay semifinals – left his blocks just slightly before his teammate touched the pool’s end. Canada finished second to the U.S. who set a world record and would go on to win the final. The Canadian time was eight seconds back but a whopping 14+ seconds better than Canada had ever swum before. Of course it was all for naught. It’s highly doubtful they’d have been able to chop off another six and a half seconds, which they’d have had to do in the final to get even a bronze medal, but the disqualification stung nevertheless. Some athletes can put aside such errors and rise to great heights. Others can’t. And remember, in Steve’s case we’re talking about someone just 18. It took Pickell just one day to redeem himself big time. Eric Whitehead explained it best in The Province’s top sports story. “After... the humiliation of his premature leap off the block that led to the disqualification of the Canadian team in the freestyle relay heats, the West Vancouver youth came back to spark the 4x100 medley relay team to a second-place finish and Canada’s first silver medal of these fiercely contested games.... “Canada last night had to get under the existing world record by nearly two seconds as the winning U.S. team smashed it by nearly five.... Pickell and his mates produced a super performance under pressure, and they now own the second fastest medley time in history. “It was a two-horse race with [third-place] West Germany never in it after Pickell went head-on
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