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Patience, Jack. The Canadian press is just a little slower. I know that the local news agencies here in Ottawa are quite interested in the story. Give it a day.
Now that Qiyu has 2 WYCC medals (U8G Silver & U14G Gold, I see no reason why she can't complete the hat trick next year in Greece (:
Completing the hat trick would imply finishing with bronze. Sorry. I don't think so. She'll have to be content with a second gold. Maybe we can see Harmony Zhu play again and we can have two or more golds by the Canadian players in one year.
The 'Ottawa Citizen' is the first Canadian paper out of the gate with a Qiyu news item. It does contain one inaccuracy, however. The silver medalist, Oliwia Kiolbasa, also went undefeated so Qiyu was not the only girl to accomplish that feat. Both Qiyu and Oliwia had the same 6 wins and 5 draws.
Thanks for the disabuse, Rene. Kevin Spraggett also misleads then at his site since he has pictures of Qiyu "alongside coach Aman".
This is also how Qiyu's mother presented Aman on the pictures on Facebook. While he is not her coach for the "rest of the year", as I said in my last post, he was her coach on site and prepared her for her games (http://canadianwycc2014.wordpress.co...h-assignments/).
Completing the hat trick would imply finishing with bronze. Sorry. I don't think so. She'll have to be content with a second gold. Maybe we can see Harmony Zhu play again and we can have two or more golds by the Canadian players in one year.
If I implied Bronze, I apologize, Vlad (:
And Harmony's dad tells me she will very likely compete in Greece next year (:
In 2005 she finished 71st out of 91...the moral of the story...don't give up :) In fact I have a great poem on this subject which I will try to dig up :)
In 2005 she finished 71st out of 91...the moral of the story...don't give up :) In fact I have a great poem on this subject which I will try to dig up :)
To put that 71st in proper perspective, Larry, in 2005 there was no U8 WYCC categories as yet. Thus Qiyu, all of 5 years old, was competing against 10-year-olds. And she still managed 4 wins, 1 draw, and 6 losses. And Qiyu did win an U10 Open in Finland that same year (according to your link). It would appear that success came at a very early age to Qiyu (:
Last edited by Jack Maguire; Monday, 29th September, 2014, 05:49 PM.
The 'Ottawa Citizen' is the first Canadian paper out of the gate with a Qiyu news item. It does contain one inaccuracy, however. The silver medalist, Oliwia Kiolbasa, also went undefeated so Qiyu was not the only girl to accomplish that feat. Both Qiyu and Oliwia had the same 6 wins and 5 draws.
CJOH TV wants to announce it, but needs video, and cant pull it out form the 6 hour long Youtube video. Ideas anyone?
CJOH went with a still photo but gave the story good play. CBOT also gave good coverage with several photos, including Qiyu wrapped in a Canadian flag (and mum, Penny, in the background). Good work, John and Garland.
Last edited by Gordon Ritchie; Monday, 29th September, 2014, 06:31 PM.
I have just put Global News in touch with Vlad about Qiyu.
Bob A (former CFC Public Relations Coordinator)
I just talked to them. We shared contact information now I have to go teach a 9 year old girl who I will tell about Canada's newest world chess champion.
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