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FLYING HIGH – Yukon freestyle skier Kyran Allen completes a trick during the Canada Winter Games big air event at the Canyon Ski Resort on Thursday. Allen finished fourth in the competition. Photo by TEAM YUKON/STEPHEN ANDERSON-LINDSAY
The Canada Winter Games in Red Deer, Alta., continue to move ahead at a torrid pace.
The Canada Winter Games in Red Deer, Alta., continue to move ahead at a torrid pace. The athletes who have competed in the first week are nearing the end of their competitions, while the athletes still here in the Yukon gear up to head to Red Deer in the second week.
As we have done all week, let’s look back to yesterday’s action to see what the Yukon athletes have accomplished and look ahead to see what is coming up next.
Today, we will start on the ski hill. The six Yukon freestyle skiers competed in the big air event on Thursday.
Kyran Allen scored an 84.60 placing him just outside the podium good for fourth place. It is the closest the Yukon has come to a medal so far in the Games.
His teammate Niko Rodden fell into the top 10 finishing eighth. Neil Mikkelsen’s runs were good for 19th, while Tristan Munright Muir, Chris Arsenault, and Max Logan finished 25th, 28th, and 29th.
Artistic swimmers Ella Laliberty and Helene Macguire competed in their final event of the Games yesterday. Laliberty with a combined score from her technical and free routine of 109.0780 came in tenth. Macguire finished in 19th.
The short track - 1000-metre speed skating race wrapped up yesterday evening. Two Yukon skaters competed in the event. Micah Taggart-Cox came in 38th while Caius Shepherd Taggart-Cox came in 44th.
The two will be competing later today in the 3000-metre points race.
The biathletes competed in their last event yesterday. In the 10-kilometre individual female race, Amèlie Latour placed 30th and Emma Marnik finished two back at 32nd.
The boys’ race was 12.5-kilometres. Jake Donald Draper had another strong race placing 11th. Romeo Champagne came within the top 20 in 16th. Aidan Hupé placed 28th.
The table tennis athletes Games are officially over for another four years. The mixed doubles team had the best finish coming in ninth.
Raghvi Sharma was the highest placing singles female player coming in 20th. Her teammates Ming Huang and Kass Dreyer came in 29th and 32nd.
In boys’ singles, Krish Sharma led the way for the Yukon finishing 30th. Seth Bennett and Jake Tucker came 32nd and 36th respectively.
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Bert schooler on Feb 25, 2019 at 9:42 am
I have a Yukon sweater worn at the first Canada winter games in Quebec in 1967,nalso a red Yukon jacket from the same games. I have a fast ball uniform from the 1966 Whitehorse Legion team and a vest with the Yukon crest from the Whitehorse Jay cees. Would there be any interest from any organization there to have these for display to the public? Thanks.