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Phylicia George
Phylicia George (born November 16, 1987) is a Canadian Olympic track and field athlete and bobsledder. Career Hurdles George competed at the 2011 World Championships in Daegu, South Korea reaching the final in the 100m hurdles. She went on to make her Olympic Games debut at the 2012 Summer Olympics and competed in the 100m hurdles, finishing in sixth place. George qualified for London, England after finishing second in the 100m hurdles just one day after winning the 100m at the Canadian Track and Field Championships in Calgary. In July 2016 she was officially named to Canada's Olympic team. George finished eighth in the women's 100 metres hurdles event, with a time of 12.89 in the final. Bobsleigh In November 2016, George made the decision to compete in bobsleigh during the winter season. George made her World Cup debut in December 2017, finishing fourth with Kaillie Humphries. She won her first World Cup race on 6 January 2018 in Altenberg, Germany, with Kaillie Humphrie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scarborough, Toronto
Scarborough (; 2021 Canadian census, 2021 Census 629,941) is a district of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is situated atop the Scarborough Bluffs in the eastern part of the city. Its borders are Victoria Park Avenue to the west, Steeles Avenue (Toronto), Steeles Avenue to the north, Rouge River (Ontario), Rouge River and the city of Pickering, Ontario, Pickering to the east, and Lake Ontario to the south. It borders Old Toronto, East York and North York in the west and the city of Markham, Ontario, Markham in the north. Scarborough was named after the English town of Scarborough, North Yorkshire. Scarborough, which was settled by Europeans in the 1790s, has grown from a collection of small rural villages and farms to become fully urbanized with a diverse cultural community. Incorporated in 1850 as a township, Scarborough became part of Metropolitan Toronto in 1953 and was reconstituted as a borough in 1967. Scarborough rapidly developed as a suburb of Toronto over the next decade ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
