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Different flags, one Varsity Blues rhythm

U of T athletes and alumni carry campus spirit into the Commonwealth Games pool and track.

Reported by U of T News Staff

U of T athletes and alumni at the Commonwealth Games.
SportU of T athletes and alumni at the Commonwealth Games.Photo: Ian MacNicol / Swimming Canada / Athletics Canada

At the Commonwealth Games, U of T athletes and alumni competed for Canada, Bermuda and the Cayman Islands. Kylie Masse added two medals to a record-setting career, while current students joined her in the pool and on the track.

The story is not only about results. It is about the strange continuity of university sport: a training room, a coach and a teammate can travel with an athlete long after the campus season ends.

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  1. Original reporting · utoronto.ca
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