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La première étoile: Adam van Koeverden. The reigning world and Olympic champion kayaker from Oakville, Ont., has been given the huge honour of carrying the Canadian flag during the opening ceremonies at the upcoming Summer Games in Beijing. He also stuck it to Elvis Stojko who recently suggested that Canadian athletes should consider boycotting the Games because of China’s human rights record.