Halifax’s Mark de Jonge qualifies for Brazil Olympics

Posted May 9, 2016 06:25:12 AM.

Last Updated May 9, 2016 06:33:15 AM.

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HALIFAX – A Halifax-based paddler has qualified to return to the Olympic Games this summer in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Mark de Jonge, 32, qualified to participate in the 2016 games over the weekend with a win in the K-1200 event at the Canadian Sprint Canoe trials.

de Jonge took home a bronze medal in the same event four years ago at the Olympics in London and was also crowned World Champion in 2015.

The Olympic games in Brazil get underway on Aug. 5.

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