Artist Levi Nelson designed the medals for the 2025 Invictus Games, held in Vancouver and Whistler. The medals incorporate Coast Salish symbols and represent unity, courage, and victory. The Games will feature 550 athletes from 23 nations competing in 11 adaptive sports, including winter events.
VANCOUVER — Levi Nelson had to hold back his tears when he opened the cedar box containing the medals for the 2025 Invictus Games.
"I was overwhelmed," Nelson said Wednesday after the medals were unveiled."To see something go from paper to gold, and especially to see a Coast Salish design rendered in gold, was very meaningful to me. It was a magical moment.” Held in Vancouver and Whistler from Feb. 8-16, the Invictus Games will see 462 medals handed out at 167 ceremonies.
INVICTUS GAMES MEDALS LEVI NELSON COAST SALISH INDIGENOUS CULTURE
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