Team USA Claim’s Gold in Pan Am Games Women’s Baseball Tournament!

Emily Batty and Raphael Gagne were the next to rack up prestige for Canadian cycling, as each mountain cyclist won gold medals in cross-country competition.

Other historic highlights include middleweight champion Claressa Shields (Flint, Mich.) becoming the first American to win a medal of any color in women’s boxing, Amanda Sobhy (Sea Cliff, N.Y.) claiming gold in all three women’s squash events, and men’s water polo team captain Tony Azevedo (Long Beach, Calif.) winning his fifth consecutive Pan Ams gold medal, dating back to 1999. On Sunday, with Pan Am athletes in the house, and Pan Am closing ceremony flag bearer Kia Nurse – a basketball star – on the podium, he doubled down.

#8217 & the males;s baseball team shed their bet to hitch the women as Pan Am winners once they were beaten 86-71 by Brazil within the goldmedal game. The ceremony was not held because of a disqualification against the Cuban team, so the runners came out to greet the fans. “I’d also like commend the city of Toronto and our hosts for creating such a fantastic Games experience for our entire delegation”.

“It’s time to make it crystal clear”, he said, effectively repeating his Saturday statement.

Aubut told CBC that he will “absolutely lead and advocate with the whole power of my office that Toronto becomes the host city for the 2024 Games”. “This is it”.

The United States is expected to put forward a strong bid for the 2024 Games and has already selected Boston as its applicant city. In its recent efforts, Toronto finished third behind Atlanta and Athens for the 1996 summer games and second to Beijing for the 2008 Olympic Games.

“This is working for the candidacy”, Aubut clarified. “We are always there in artistic discipline, so they were a real surprise to me”. It lacks a centerpiece track and field stadium, and would need to build an athletes’ village. “It’s the biggest show on earth, the Summer Olympic Games”.

American gymnast Laura Zeng was the only competitor to win five gold medals.

Virginia Tech assistant professor Robert Oliver has studied Toronto’s failed bids and said residents may be feeling some “bid fatigue”.

Aubut focused on successful Winter Games in Vancouver and Calgary, and downplayed Montreal.

“It doesn’t have to cost $10 billion and I don’t think it will because (IOC president) Thomas Bach is squarely against that”.

“It 40 years since Montreal 76”, he said. “We knew it was our time, this is our space”.

As Toronto gets into the mix, Boston’s bid is floundering with local approval falling below 50 percent.

Following an announcement at Finch Station on TTC service improvements Monday, Tory faced a string of questions about a possible Olympic bid, however, the mayor was quick to dispel rumours that the wheels are in motion.

Aubut emphasized Toronto’s diversity.

Volunteer management. The only effective way to manage the huge volume of activities that take place during three weeks of special events is to prepare thousands of volunteers to do their part when the workload soars.

But getting Toronto mayor John Tory and a cautious city council excited about bringing another multi-billion dollar sporting event to the region will be a tough sell.