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No Hurdles For Perdita

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All-Round Champion Soon To Be All Round The Dial All-Round Champion. The title of Perdita Felicien’s new TVO television series nails it oh so well. The 11-episode, 60-minute series stars the Canadian athlete and ten of North America’s most decorated young athletes who compete in the sort of sports young people love; wakeboarding, gymnastics and skateboarding to name just three. This is not your average sporting saw-off.  The ten athletes – five American and five Canadian – don’t compete in their own sports, they will be competing in each other’s specialties!  By the end of the Season One – there will be a single athlete crowned the All-Round Champion. Perdita Felicien is a two time Olympian and a two time World Champion in the 100m hurdles. One of Canada’s most decorated track and field athletes, she has won two World Championship silver medals, was named Canada’s Athlete of the Year, and was given the keys to the city of Pickering, her hometown. Since retiring fro