SportsLife Canada Magazine - Issue 6, 2019

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This issue is special for us and for our favourite photographer, James Carey Lauder. As you can see by our cover, we spent a special evening at a photo shoot at Lauder’s downtown studio for 2020 Canadian Olympic Triathlete Tyler Mislawchuk. Mislawchuk, a 25-year-old Winnipegger, was the first Canadian to reach a podium at an International Triathlon Union World Series event when he finished third in Montreal on June 29. Then, in Mislawchuk dug even deeper in Tokyo in August, winning the ITU World Series event on pretty much the same course that will be featured at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. He completed the race in a time of one hour 49 minutes and 51 seconds, four seconds ahead of second-place finisher Casper Stornes of Norway. With that Mislawchuk became one of the pre-Olympic favourites to win a gold medal for Canada, but make no mistake, he takes nothing for granted. “There are just too many good athletes to pick a winner in Triathlon,” said. Mislawchuk. “There are a dozen guys who could win. It will be hot and humid and it just depends on who has the best day.” As we say good-bye to 2019, sports fans all over the world get set for an Olympic year. No one is more attuned to that reality than Mislawchuk. Meanwhile, we have three other great stories in this edition. We introduce you to baseball star Brittney Langlais, elite handball/soccer player Jazmiera Ditter and the father-son basketball duo of Burke and Kai Toews. As well, we’ll give you a heads up for Sport Manitoba’s Game Day in January, a look at another big win by Manitoba Super Filly Hidden Grace and the 2019 Inductees into the Manitoba Baseball Hall of Fame. Thanks for picking up SportsLife Magazine. Now sit back, relax and get set for the dawn of another Olympic year. -Scott Taylor