More than 300 young Manitoba athletes and para-athletes will participate in Canada’s summer games, which will take place in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador from August 8 to 25. This Tuesday, Sport Manitoba presented the composition of the Manitoban delegation as well as the jersey of athletes during a ceremony at the Temple of the MANITOBA Sports.
In total, 374 of the best young manitoba athletes will fly in a week for Saint-Jean, in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador.
Aged 13 to 24 years old, they will compete this year in 19 disciplines at the Canada Summer Games.
Kishi Folarin, basketball player, says she is lucky to participate in the event. This is an opportunity that comes back every four years
she recalls.
For his part, Matthew McKay will represent the Manitoba in swimming. He says he is enthusiastic about meeting other athletes from across the country: They are swimmers like me, and I can’t wait to chat with them.
The kayaker Luke Enns will act as a standard bearer for the Manitoban delegation during the opening ceremony.
The 19 -year -old’s young man claims that the games represent a unique opportunity for athletes to stand out on a national scale.
He hopes that his teammates and the other competitors will give the best of themselves, while fully taking advantage of the experience.
It is a real honor. For me, it symbolizes the link between all sports and all the teams that will participate in the games. It is therefore an honor to have this opportunity
Team Manitoba is the team of athletes, coaches, managers and mission staff who represent Manitoba at the Canada Summer Games and the Western Canada Games.
Photo : Radio-Canada
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Piper Hollywood, 15, is part of the Manitoban team and does not hide their ambitions. According to her, her team aims at the gold medal.
In addition to the 374 athletes and para-athletes, Sport Manitoba will send 64 coaches at the Canada summer games of 2025.
For Dominick Blais, one of the Manitoba coaches, this competition represents much more than a simple sporting event.
It is an experience that young people often live once in their lives. Seeing several sports and several athletes encourage each other, united in the colors of the province is very inspiring. It is an extraordinary experience for them.
During the last summer games in 2022, Manitoba won 37 medals. This year, the province hopes to do even better.
Canada’s summer games bring together more than 2,000 young athletes, many of whom live with physical or intellectual disabilities.
Organized alternately between winter and summer, games include more than 30 disciplines and celebrate sports excellence and Canadian spirit.
With information from Rachid Nahli and CBC
