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Arctic Games in Pictures

Friday March 16, 2012

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View the large selection of images by the Yukon News’ team of photographers of athletes competing at the Arctic Winter Games in Whitehorse last week.

AWG001 (Justin Kennedy/Yukon News) — 1 Team Yukon during the opening ceremonies. (Justin Kennedy/Yukon News)

AWG002 (Justin Kennedy/Yukon News) — 2 Athletes participate in the opening ceremonies. (Justin Kennedy/Yukon News)

AWG003 (Justin Kennedy/Yukon News) — 3 Dancers with Leaping Feats perform at the opening ceremonies. (Justin Kennedy/Yukon News)

AWG004 (Tom Patrick/Yukon News) — 4 Nick Dobush of Team Yukon is knocked off the puck by an N.W.T. player during bantam action. (Tom Patrick/Yukon News)

AWG005 (Tom Patrick/Yukon News) — 5 Yukon's Marcus McLeod tries to foil an N.W.T. player from scoring on Josh Tetlichi. (Tom Patrick/Yukon News)

AWG006 (Tom Patrick/Yukon News) — 6 Tamara Greek chases after the puck. (Tom Patrick/Yukon News)

AWG007 (Tom Patrick/Yukon News) — 7 Yukon's Sara Burke-Forsyth took silver in the junior female 5-kilometre snowshoe. (Tom Patrick/Yukon News)

AWG008 (Justin Kennedy/Yukon News) — 8 Josie Storey races in the giant slalom at Mount Sima. Storey placed fourth in the juvenile female division for Yukon's best finish. (Justin Kennedy/Yukon News)

AWG009 (Justin Kennedy/Yukon News) — 9 Heather Cassandra Clarke, left, of Team Yukon keeps pace with N.W.T. skater Hannah Clark during juvenile speed skating competition. (Justin Kennedy/Yukon News)

AWG010 (Justin Kennedy/Yukon News) — 10 Yukon's Allan Evenson competes in the one hand reach in the arctic games. (Justin Kennedy/Yukon News)

AWG011 (Justin Kennedy/Yukon News) — 11 Competitors in 1000-metre junior male speed skating finals. Yukon's Donald Fortune took silver. (Justin Kennedy/Yukon News)

AWG012 (Justin Kennedy/Yukon News) — 12 Yukon's Adam Waddington does a frontboard slide on the rail during the slopestyle event. Waddington took the bronze for the juvenile males. (Justin Kennedy/Yukon News)

AWG013 (Justin Kennedy/Yukon News) — 13 Timmy Schirmer launches during the snowboard slopestyle competition. Schirmer won a silver for the Yukon. (Justin Kennedy/Yukon News)

AWG014 (Tom Patrick/Yukon News) — 14 Yukon's Lowell Tait, left, and Henry Kedziora, centre, attempt a block during their straight-set win over Greenland. (Tom Patrick/Yukon News)

AWG015 (Tom Patrick/Yukon News) — 15 Josh Tetlichi takes a puck off the shoulder while teammates Ben McClelland, left, Chance Goodman look on during a bantam game against Nunavut. (Tom Patrick/Yukon News)

AWG016 (Tom Patrick/Yukon News) — 16 Yukon's Sierra Oakley, left, and Nunavut's Melissa Siusangnark vie for the puck during Yukon's 11-0 win. (Tom Patrick/Yukon News)

AWG017 (Tom Patrick/Yukon News) — 17 Yukon's Brayden Kulych attempts a wrap around goal on Nunavut's Joshua Tariak in a midget game. (Tom Patrick/Yukon News)

AWG018 (Tom Patrick/Yukon News) — 18 Yukon's Cole Morris is sandwiched by Nunavut's Sam Pameolik, left, and Joanasie Dialla. (Tom Patrick/Yukon News)

AWG019 (Ian Stewart/Yukon News) — 19 Yukon gymnast Kendra Peters competes on the beam in the Arctic Winter Games team competition on Tuesday at the Polarettes Gymnastics Club in Whitehorse. (Ian Stewart/Yukon News)

AWG020 (Ian Stewart/Yukon News) — 20 Yukon gymnast Reena Coyne gets a pep talk before competing on the beam in the Arctic Winter Games team event on Tuesday at the Polarettes Gymnastics Club in Whitehorse. (Ian Stewart/Yukon News)

AWG021 (Tom Patrick/Yukon News) — 21 Alaska's Nick Stewart, left, and Yukon's Mike Wintemute vie for the ball. (Tom Patrick/Yukon News)

AWG022 (Tom Patrick/Yukon News) — 22 Yukon's Taylor Schneider performs in Ladies 2 free program. (Tom Patrick/Yukon News)

AWG023 (Tom Patrick/Yukon News) — 23 Maria Peters performs a spin during the Ladies 2 competition. (Tom Patrick/Yukon News)

AWG024 (Tom Patrick/Yukon News) — 24 Yukon's Brooke Nielsen bumps the ball. (Tom Patrick/Yukon News)

AWG025 (Tom Patrick/Yukon News) — 25 Kiana Palamar of Team Yukon gets set to return the ball. (Tom Patrick/Yukon News)

AWG026 (Tom Patrick/Yukon News) — 26 The Ta'an Kwachan dancers during one of the many cultural celebrations. (Tom Patrick/Yukon News)

AWG027 (Justin Kennedy/Yukon News) — 27 Sam Hasenclever screams as he tries to hold off fellow Alberta North teamate Ehan Ball during the arm pull event. (Justin Kennedy/Yukon News)

AWG028 (Justin Kennedy/Yukon News) — 28 Official Sam Strange demonstrates the nose pull. (Justin Kennedy/Yukon News)

AWG029 (Justin Kennedy/Yukon News) — 29 Team Yukon's Juhyun 'Taiyo' Seo stares down his Nunavik competitor in the head pull. (Justin Kennedy/Yukon News)

AWG030 (Justin Kennedy/Yukon News) — 30 Yukoner Rachel Kinvig competes in the six-dog, 10-kilometre dog mushing race at the Mt. Lorne Community Centre. (Justin Kennedy/Yukon News)

AWG031 (Justin Kennedy/Yukon News) — 31 Tristen Beck of team NWT competes in the 10-kilometre event. (Justin Kennedy/Yukon News)

AWG032 (Justin Kennedy/Yukon News) — 32 Nathaniel Stitt and his team charge through the lake portion of the 10-kilometre race. (Justin Kennedy/Yukon News)

AWG033 (Ian Stewart/Yukon News) — 33 Team Yamal's Konstantin Baran competes in table tennis against Yukon's Ehsan Idrees at Selkirk Elementary School. (Ian Stewart/Yukon News)

AWG034 (Justin Kennedy/Yukon News) — 34 Yukon's Afzal Djearam delivers an overhand return against an N.W.T. (Justin Kennedy/Yukon News)

AWG035 (Ian Stewart/Yukon News) — 35 Alaska's Autumn Ridley completes her gold-medal attempt in the Alaskan high kick during arctic sports competition. (Ian Stewart/Yukon News)

AWG036 (Ian Stewart/Yukon News) — 36 Nunavik Quebec's Ahuya Snowball competes in the Alaskan high kick. (Ian Stewart/Yukon News)

AWG037 (Ian Stewart/Yukon News) — 37 Greenland arctic sports athlete Niels Peter Tobiassen eyes the target during the Alaskan high kick competition. (Ian Stewart/Yukon News)

AWG038 (Tom Patrick/Yukon News) — 38 Courtney Greenway of Team Yukon dives for the ball in the semifinal against N.W.T. Yukon won in straight sets. (Tom Patrick/Yukon News)

AWG039 (Justin Kennedy/Yukon News) — 39 Francis Bouffard of Team Yukon airs out of the pipe. (Justin Kennedy/Yukon News)

AWG040 (Justin Kennedy/Yukon News) — 40 Yukon wrestler Keiran Charron-O`Hagan competes in the 57kg division. (Justin Kennedy/Yukon News)

AWG041 (Justin Kennedy/Yukon News) — 41 David Thomas of Team Alaska competes in the Alaskan high kick. (Justin Kennedy/Yukon News)

AWG042 (Justin Kennedy/Yukon News) — 42 Alberta's Sam West fires off rounds during the 7.5km junior male ski biathlon. (Justin Kennedy/Yukon News)

AWG043 (Justin Kennedy/Yukon News) — 43 Yukon's Kieran Halliday won gold in the snowshoe biathlon. (Justin Kennedy/Yukon News)

AWG044 (Justin Kennedy/Yukon News) — 44 Goalkeeper Sam Burgis of the Yukon's junior female soccer team balances a loose ball during the gold medal game against Greenland. (Justin Kennedy/Yukon News)

AWG045 (Justin Kennedy/Yukon News) — 45 Sapmi's Sofie Jensen scores on Yukon's Odette Rivard in overtime during the intermediate female gold medal game. Yukon lost 2-1. (Justin Kennedy/Yukon News)

AWG046 (Justin Kennedy/Yukon News) — 46 Yukon midget team member Brayden Kulych tries to wrestle free from his Alaskan competitor. (Justin Kennedy/Yukon News)

AWG047 (Justin Kennedy/Yukon News) — 47 A Northern Alberta fan gets into the spirit. (Justin Kennedy/Yukon News)

AWG048 (Ian Stewart/Yukon News) — 48 The Yukon's Ehsan Idrees competes in table tennis. (Ian Stewart/Yukon News)

AWG049 (Ian Stewart/Yukon News) — 49 Alaska's Brian Randazzo competes in the knucklehop. (Ian Stewart/Yukon News)

AWG050 (Justin Kennedy/Yukon News) — 50 Yukon bantam goalie Devon Troke watches the puck go into the net during Alaska's 6-5 victory in the bronze medal game. (Justin Kennedy/Yukon News)

AWG051 (Ian Stewart/Yukon News) — 51 Alaska's Austin Osborne and Yukon's Jake Jacobs grab for a loose ball in the gold medal game for junior boys basketball. Yukon won the match 83-62. (Ian Stewart/Yukon News)

AWG052 (Tom Patrick/Yukon News) — 52 Teah Dickson of Team Yukon lunges for the ball during the gold-medal game against Alaska. Yukon won 69-60. (Tom Patrick/Yukon News)

AWG053 (Tom Patrick/Yukon News) — 53 Yukon junior male Ryan Burke watches his sweepers Kurtis Hills, centre, and Spencer Wallace during their match against Alberta North. Yukon took gold with a 8-4 win. (Tom Patrick/Yukon News)

AWG054 (Tom Patrick/Yukon News) — 54 Yukon junior female skip Kelly Mahoney keeps an eye on her shot. (Tom Patrick/Yukon News)

AWG055 (Tom Patrick/Yukon News) — 55 Teneesha Merkel stops the puck in a scoring attempt from N.W.T. in the junior female bronze medal game. Yukon won 7-1. (Tom Patrick/Yukon News)

AWG056 (Justin Kennedy/Yukon News) — 56 Yukon gymnast Kendra Peters competes in the junior female balance beam event. (Justin Kennedy/Yukon News)

AWG057 (Justin Kennedy/Yukon News) — 57 Yukon's Donald Fortune, right, at the start line during the 1500-metre junior male speed skating event. (Justin Kennedy/Yukon News)

AWG058 (Justin Kennedy/Yukon News) — 58 Yukon's Shea Hoffman maintains his speed around a corner. (Justin Kennedy/Yukon News)

AWG059 (Tom Patrick/Yukon News) — 59 Yukon's junior male volleyball team celebrates its gold-medal win over Alberta North. (Tom Patrick/Yukon News)

AWG060 (Ian Stewart/Yukon News) — 60 Yukon's Foreste Martin won silver in the arctic sports' sledge jump. (Ian Stewart/Yukon News)

AWG061 (Ian Stewart/Yukon News) — 61 Alaskans David Thomas and Elizabeth Rexford demonstrate the camel walk. (Ian Stewart/Yukon News)

AWG062 (Tom Patrick/Yukon News) — 62 Team Yukon's Brayden Kulych hugs coach Jay Glass while Tyler Wiens cheers after defeating N.W.T. 2-1 in the midget gold medal game. (Tom Patrick/Yukon News)

AWG063 (Tom Patrick/Yukon News) — 63 Team Yukon celebrates its 2-1 victory over N.W.T. in the midget male gold medal game. (Tom Patrick/Yukon News)

AWG064 (Justin Kennedy/Yukon News) — 64 A large Arctic Winter Games flag is passed over the crowd of atheletes during the closing ceremonies. (Justin Kennedy/Yukon News)

AWG065 (Justin Kennedy/Yukon News) — 65 A cultural dance is performed during the closing ceremonies. (Justin Kennedy/Yukon News)

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