No silver lining for Despatie
ANOTHER NOTCH on the Canadian medal chart of expectations ended with the least likely of fourth-place finishes at the Olympic Games. Alexandre Despatie, standing poolside, still in shock, still not sure what to say, thought he was different.
Aug. 29: Full Story

Huge fuss over tiny teen
ATHENS -- As Bryan Nickson steadies his 4-ft. 6-in., 66-lb. body in a handstand position on the edge of the 10-metre diving platform, you half expect his mother to run out and yell at him to stop horsing around.
Aug. 28: Full Story

The Despatie difference
Three days ago, Alexandre Despatie blew his third dive of the three-metre springboard competition and shocked even himself by fighting back to grab silver.
Aug. 27: Full Story

Talk of failure a big success
Her coach calls it "Blythish." Blythe Hartley says it's just the way she operates. Whatever it is, it was working for the Edmonton-born diver yesterday in preliminaries of the women's three-metre springboard here in Athens.
Aug. 26: Full Story

Sterling comeback for Despatie
He hadn't pulled a Perdita, but when Alexandre Despatie climbed out of the pool following his third dive, he probably felt every bit as bad.
Aug. 25: Full Story

Diving into pool of gold
The baton of Canadian expectations has been passed to Alexandre Despatie, and he has no intention of dropping it. The challenge for Olympic glory is who he is and why he's here in Athens and what his entire life has been about.
Aug. 24: Full Story