YELLOWKNIFE — Athletes from across Canada’s North will be among those competing at this month’s Canada Summer Games, including some in sports rarely seen in…
Nunavut is sending its first beach volleyball team to compete at the amateur multi-sport festival that opened Saturday in Ontario’s Niagara Region and concludes Aug. 21.
Nunavut’s beach volleyball team, which typically trains indoors there, headed to both Halifax and Kelowna, B.C., in the weeks leading up to the Canada Games to acclimatize to playing in sand in hot temperatures. Team Nunavut, usually the smallest one at the Canada Games, has won one bronze medal since it began participating in 2001.The territory’s 2022 summer team, which is made up of 58 athletes, coaches, managers, youth ambassadors and mission staff, will also compete in indoor volleyball and wrestling.Article contentNorthwest Territories flag-bearer and basketball player Mali Straker hopes her hoops team can upset a provincial squad.
Mercredi hopes the athletes will have a memorable experience in Ontario because COVID-19 prevented some from competing over the past two years.Article contentN.W.T. athletes have claimed a combined 22 medals in the Winter Games.
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