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15 August 2006
OPO in Montreal

OPO family at the Outgames in Montreal


The OPO family was very visible at the 1st World Outgames in Montreal.

It started at the Opening ceremony with the Patron Mark Tewksbury and Martina Navratilova reading out a moving chapter from the Montreal Declarationn.

 

 

 

 

It then followed Sandra Kirby (Canadian Olympic Rower) reading the Oath of Participants

 The Sunday started in the Pool, where 4 OPO family members raked in 16 individual Gold medals the next 5 days, and they were all members of their Club's Gold medals relay teams.

 

 

 

Dan smiling after breaking the World Record in 200 m backstrokeThey were Dan Veatch from the USA who also broke the World record in 200 m Backstroke

 

 

 

 

 

 

Robert Weyhenke swimming towards the gold in 100 m breaststroke

 

 

 

 

 

Mark Tewksbury getting ready to take gold in 100 m backstroke.

 

 

 

 

 

The Fourth OPO member Elizabeth Bellinger is also ranked number one in 100 m butterfly.

 

 

 

The Sunday and Monday saw 3 Danish OPO members take home 5 Gold medals.

They are Inger Bors, Adrian Tan and Rune Gartner.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thursday saw our Danish Karate kid take Gold. Waqas Lone has become everyones favourite.