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Canada Women Show They're Stronger; Canada Men Claim First Team Gold
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August 31 , 2002 © 2002
[index of Pan Am reports] [Men's Team Draw] Women's Team Draw

Canada Takes Total of 4 Medals

QUITO, Ecuador-Canada won the gold medal in both men’s and women’s team competition Saturday at the Pan Am squash championships.

In the women’s final, the Canadians defeated the U.S., 3-0. For the second straight day, Melanie Jans of Toronto played the pivotal second match and once again went the five-game limit for the win. She defeated American number-one Latasha Khan 9-7, 9-4, 2-9, 3-9, 9-0 to clinch the title for Canada.

Marnie Baizley of Winnipeg opened the match with a 9-2, 9-7, 9-1 win over Julia Beaver and Lauren Wagner of Victoria took the third match 9-2, 9-4 over Shabanah Khan.

"My match yesterday (Friday) had pretty much killed me," said Jans, Canada’s number-one ranked player. "With the altitude I’m not use to feeling the same kind of fatigue. But I’ve played Latasha before and I know her game. My plan worked for awhile but I started shooting a bit too much. I was able to refocus for the fifth game. It’s nice to win, it gives us confidence."

Louise Lefebvre of Montreal is the other team member. The Canadian women won the Pan Am title in 2000 but did not enter last year in the aftermath of September 11. In the men’s final, Sabir Butt of Mississauga, Ont., won the third and deciding match to lift Canada to a 2-1 victory over Argentina.

It’s the first ever Pan Am championships title for the Canadian men. They have won the past two Pan Am Games titles. Butt defeated Rodrigo Perresta 9-2, 9-7, 9-4. Shawn DeLierre of Brossard, Que., provided Canada a 1-0 lead but Viktor Berg of Richmond, B.C., playing despite a hip injury, lost the second match. Ian Power of Montreal, ill with the flu, is the fourth team member.

"The goal for the men was to win the gold," said Canadian coach Ian Paton of Edmonton. "Unfortunately we started to run into injury problems. The guys came through with an incredible effort tonight." With the wins, both Canadian squads will be seeded first for the team tournament at the Pan Am Games next year.

Canada ends the championships with four medals. Jans and Baizley were second and third in women’s individual play last week. The next national team assignment is the women’s world championships next month in Denmark.

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