Hall Of Fame Inductees Inspired By Each Other
09/11/2008 02:26
TORONTO - Entering Canada's Sports Hall of Fame alongside Donovan Bailey and his 4x100-metre relay teammates couldn't have been more fitting for Marc Gagnon.
The short-track speedskater from Chicoutimi, Que., is Canada's most decorated athlete at the Winter Olympics with five medals, and he believes watching the sprinters blast past the favoured Americans for gold at the 1996 Atlanta Games helped him take a critical step forward in his own career.
At that point, Gagnon had a bronze medal from the '94 Lillehammer Olympics under his belt, but his mental game was wanting. There was too much worrying and not enough believing.
Then he saw the self confidence Bailey, Bruny Surin, Glenroy Gilbert, Robert Esmie and Carlton Chambers took into their memorable race and knew he had to make a change.
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SWIVEL HIPS SAYS:
Congrats to the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame class of 2008 – Donovan Bailey, Bruny Surin, Glenroy Gilbert, Robert Esmie, Carlton Chambers, Lennox Lewis, Steve Yzerman, Nancy Garapick, David Dore and Pat Gillick.