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SILVER SPEED – Team Yukon’s Darby McIntyre competes on the track during the BC Special Olympics Summer Games in Kamloops, B.C. last weekend. Team Yukon athletes competed in six different sports and won 18 medals. Photo by BOB MCCUAIG/ BC SPECIAL OLYMPICS
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ALL-AROUND GOLD – Aimee Lien performs her ball routine BC SPECIAL OLYMPICS during the rhythmic gymnastics competition during the BC Special Olympics Summer Games. Lien, who is the first Yukoner to compete in the event at the Summer Games, won gold in all of her events. Photo courtesy of SPECIAL OLYMPICS YUKON
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SWIM STAR – Kevin Spofford stands on the podium during the swimming events at the BC Special Olympics Summer Games. He won four medals: gold in 200 free, gold in 50 back, silver in 100 back and gold in 100 free. Photo by CHERYL SCHMIDT/BCSPECIAL OLYMPICS
Special Olympics Yukon athletes captured 18 medals
Special Olympics Yukon athletes captured 18 medals at the BC Special Olympics Summer Games in Kamloops last weekend.
The team, featuring more than 20 athletes, competed in six different sports.
“The athletes were extremely prepared,” said Team Yukon Chef de Mission Brettanie Deal-Porter. “It was a really great event.
Here’s a look at how the team did in Kamloops:
Rhythmic Gymnastics: Aimee Lien (gold in rope, gold in ball, gold in ribbon, gold in hoop, gold in all-around)
Swimming: Kevin Spofford (gold in 200 freestyle, gold in 50 backstroke, silver in 100 backstroke, gold in 100 freestyle), Ernest Chua (silver in 200 freestyle, silver in 50 backstroke, silver in 25 freestyle), Sara-Lee Edmonds (gold in 25 freestyle)
Athletics: Jessica Pruden (silver in long jump, silver in 100-metre), Darby McIntyre (silver in 1,500-metre, silver in 3,000, silver in 5,000-metre)
Golf: Tijana McCarthy (fifth)
Bocce: Carrie Rudolph, Trevor Beemish, Teresa Roberts and Taylor Pooyatak-Amundson (fourth)
Soccer: Mike Sumner, Chris Lee, Teddy Jackson, Jasmin Stange, QueyAnna Thompson, Gaetan Michaud, Stefan Oettli, Kenny Atlin, Owen Munroe, Duncan McRae and Rachel Dawson (fifth).
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