Montreal, August 10, 2011 – Synchro Canada’s Senior National Team, recent bronze medallists in the combo event at the 2011 FINA World Aquatic Championships in Shanghai, will perform some of their exciting routines Sunday, August 21, starting at 9:40 am at the Olympic Park Sports Centre, in Montreal.

The 2011 World Championship performances will be presented during the 2011 U.A.N.A. Pan American Synchronized Swimming Championships which will be held August 18-21 at the Olympic Park Sports Centre.

This will probably be the last opportunity to see the Canadian Senior National Team in a live performance before the 2012 Olympic Games in London.

Here is the schedule of their performance Sunday, August 21:
8:55 am:    2011 UANA Pan American Team Finals for the 12 & under and 13-15 age groups

9:40 am:    Presentation of the Canadian 2011 World Championship Free Duet
Marie-Pier Boudreau-Gagnon and Élise Marcotte will present their free duet swam to songs by Metallica.

10:15 am:    Presentation of the Canadian 2011 World Championship Free Combo
The Canadian Senior National Team will present their free combo routine, a brand new routine swam to songs by the group Queen. At the 2011 FINA World Aquatic Championships, the Canadian Team won the bronze medal in the combo event with this routine.

10:22 am:    2011 UANA Pan American Team Finals for the Junior age group
Synchro Canada’s 2011 Junior National Team will take part in this event.

11:52 am:     Presentation of the Canadian 2011 World Championship Free Team

The Canadian Senior National Team members are: Geneviève Bélanger (Laval, QC), Marie-Pier Boudreau-Gagnon (Rivière-du-Loup, QC), Gabrielle Cardinal (Saint-Lambert, QC), Stéphanie Durocher (Repentigny, QC), Jo-Annie Fortin (Montréal, QC), Chloé Isaac (Brossard, QC), Stéphanie Leclair (Gatineau, QC), Tracy Little (Pointe-Claire, QC), Élise Marcotte (L’Ancienne-Lorette, QC), Karine Thomas (Gatineau, QC), Valérie Welsh (Saint-Nicolas, QC) and Erin Willson (Toronto, ON).

Julie Sauvé, Anastassia Goutseva, Meng Chen and Lyne Piché were the coaches accompanying the Canadian Team at the 2011 FINA World Aquatic Championships.

Des informations supplémentaires sur l’événement sont disponibles sur le site Internet de Synchro Canada au www.synchro.ca.

About Synchro Canada
Synchro Canada is the national organization governing synchronized swimming in Canada. It represents 10 provincial associations, a territorial association, as well as some 150 clubs and 12,000 members across Canada. A member of FINA, the world’s governing aquatic sports organization, Synchro Canada promotes the quest for excellence by developing the athletes, citizens and ambassadors of the sport of synchronized swimming at every level. Synchro Canada would like to thank its sponsors:

Official partners: Epiderma
Program partners: Sport Canada, Own The Podium, B2ten, the Centre national multisport-Montréal
Official suppliers: Speedo, Knox Gelatine, AdUp, MKI Travel, National Car Rental
Official hotel: Hilton Worldwide
Official Charity Partner: Plan Canada’s Because I am A Girl Program

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Synchro Canada
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