Clock ticking on Ottawa weightlifter’s Olympic dream

"Winners’ circle: Brogan Engbers of Cumberland and Dontaye Whittaker of Ottawa helped the Eastern Canada youth soccer team defeat Western Canada 2-0 last weekend in Toronto, and will represent Canada at the 2011 Danone Nations Cup Oct. 6-9 in Madrid ... Eganville’s Carla Brash, who works at the Kingston Athletic Therapy Centre in Kingston, is the head therapist for the Canadian men’s team at the 2011 Rugby World Cup, which is Sept. 9 to Oct. 23 in New Zealand ... Ottawa River Runners’s Michael Tayler won the K1 senior men’s title at the Canadian downriver and slalom canoe and kayak championships in Chilliwack, B.C. Katrina Van Wijk was second in the women’s K1, while Julian Potvin-Bernal took the men’s C1 championship ahead of brothers Liam and Cam Smedley. Cam Smedley and Ben Hayward took the C2 final. Aleisha Grieve was second and Alex McGee placed third in the women’s C1."

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