Irish Amateur Swimming Association the national championship held in 1990 at the Guinness Pool. By the turn of the millennium Ireland still did not have an Olympic-sized pool placing any swimmer training here at an enormous disadvantage at international competition. At the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta Michelle Smith became Ireland's first Olympic medalist in swimming - winning three golds and a bronze. A shadow was cast over these medals when subsequently in 1998 she was banned for 4 years from the sport for tampering with a urine sample using alcohol, during a mandatory out of competition test. In the late 1990s various abuse
Sport in Saskatchewan representing every province in Canada. The 1971 Canada Winter Games and the 1989 Canada Summer Games were both hosted in Saskatoon. The 2005 Canada Summer Games were hosted in Regina. The Western Canada Summer Games are a multi-sport event akin to the Olympic Games. Participants come from the four Western provinces (British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba) and the three Northern territories (Yukon Territory, Northwest Territories and Nunavut). It has been held in Saskatchewan four times: Regina in 1975 and 1987, Saskatoon in 1979 and Prince Albert in 1999. The Saskatchewan Games are a multi-sport event akin to the aforementioned