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Guest: Kerry Gillespie, sports reporter for the Star
Are Olympians born or are they created? While Canada has a big athletic talent pool to choose from, there are athletes flying under the radar who have world-class abilities but perhaps not the sport to match them. The RBC Training Centre is aiming to find "diamonds in the rough" of Canadian athletes, putting them through tests and trials of their athletic prowess to see if one day they could become Olympians for Team Canada. It's not just a far-fetched dream. It's already led to gold medallists. Today on "This Matters," we take you inside the lab and talk about the state of amateur sports in Canada.
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Guest: Kerry Gillespie, sports reporter for the Star
Are Olympians born or are they created? While Canada has a big athletic talent pool to choose from, there are athletes flying under the radar who have world-class abilities but perhaps not the sport to match them. The RBC Training Centre is aiming to find "diamonds in the rough" of Canadian athletes, putting them through tests and trials of their athletic prowess to see if one day they could become Olympians for Team Canada. It's not just a far-fetched dream. It's already led to gold medallists. Today on "This Matters," we take you inside the lab and talk about the state of amateur sports in Canada.

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