Marie-Pier Beaudet , a 23-year old from Quebec, will be representing Canada in the archery event at the Commonwealth Games 2010 being held in Delhi next month. In an exclusive interview with TheSportsCampus, Beaudet provided us insights into her training and preparation alongwith answering some completely wacky questions about some must haves in her life.

Marie-Pier says that she showed an interest in the sport of archery at the early age of 10. She currently devotes around 20 to 25 hours each week on training, and shared that what she likes best about the sport is training with her coach next to the Saint-Laurent River during the evenings and travelling around the world for tournaments. She commented though that one could not really make a living out of archery so it was difficult to look on it as a full time career option.

Katie Baker, a 26-year old hockey professional from Canada in an exclusive interview with TheSportsCampus shares why she loves her sport, what inspired her and her preparation for the Commonwealth Games being held in Delhi in a little over two weeks time. The Sociology major with interests ranging from the Harper Lee classic - To Kill a Mocking Bird to playing Oregon Trail on her computer, says that what she really likes about her sport is how physical it is.

Katie started training for field hockey at the age of 14, though she had been playing ice-hockey since she was 7 years old. She trains for about 5-6 hours a day including "physiological training." Her team has been doing hot yoga in preparation for the games and there is a regular training program that they follow for their physiological training. Talking about the sport she says she enjoys the fact that its a really rough sport, though it doesn't seem like it would be. When quizzed about the mental side to her preparation, she said that there is always a mental side which includes setting goals, managing distractions and focusing on the task at hand.

Thirty nine year old Paralympian Diane Roy has Gold on her mind as she visits Delhi in a few weeks time for the 2010 Commonwealth Games. The Sherbrooke, Quebec resident was unfortunate to miss out on a Gold medal in the 5000m event at the 2008 Beijing Paralympic Games after organizers decided to order a re-run of the event after 6 of the wheelchair racers crashed on the penultimate lap. Amazingly, the top 3 finishers were the same, except for a change in the order, with Roy having to settle for the Silver medal.

Roy is a highly accomplished racer, independent of distances. She has won the Canadian national championships in 100m, 400m & 1500m. In addition to her silver medal in Beijing in the 5000m, she also picked up 2 Bronze medals in the 400m and 800m events. At the Delhi Games, Diane will be competing in the 1500m (Wheel Chair) event, and will be a strong favourite to win.

30-year old hockey player Stephanie Nesbitt will be playing her third Commonwealth Games with Team Canada, and took out time during her pre-game preparation to answer some of our questions. Nesbitt has been a professional with British Colombia for the last 10 years, and her province has been consistently ranked in the top 2 in the country. Her first tour with Canada was in 2002 to the Commonwealth Games in Manchester, England. Outside of the Commonwealth Games she has also participated in the World Cup, the Olympic Qualifying tournaments as well as the Pan American Games. Speaking about her trip to Delhi for the 2010 games, Stephanie said, "The Commonwealth games are already a highlight of my career and I am very excited to have the opportunity to participate in them again."

Stephanie first picked up a stick when she was around 10 years old. She had been playing soccer since she was 4 and one of her teammates at the time who also played field hockey invited her to play on the team. Stephanie says she instantly fell in love with the sport and 10 years on she still feels the same way.