Team Nunavut unveils new uniforms, team pin for Arctic Winter Games
CBC
With the countdown for the Arctic Winter Games on, Nunavut has unveiled the team’s uniform and pin design.
Team Nunavut will sport bright yellow and blue uniforms, with a separate bomber jacket for athletes during the medal ceremonies.
Team Nunavut also announced that Cambridge Bay basketball player Peyton Dyer-Aknavigak will be the team's flag bearer.
Arctic sports athlete Mia Hainnu and futsal athlete Robbie Nowdlak helped show off the new look Thursday at a presentation in Iqaluit. Hainnu says she loved the uniform the second she put it on.
“I went to the bathroom to go change. I put this stuff on and I start jumping up and down. I was like, yes, these are so beautiful. I love them so much and I'm so glad I got to wear them,” she said.
Team Nunavut’s pin is a seven piece set showing the Dene Games pole-push event — an event where each team holds one end of a long pole attempting to push the opposing team out of the playing circle.
Nowdlak says the pin is very unique and like nothing he has ever seen before.
“I've seen almost every [pin] set from 2023, including us, and I've never seen anyone quite like it,” he said. “It really shows teamwork in this tournament and it really just displays the connection between everyone.”
Like Nowdlak, Hainnu says the new pin highlights Team Nunavut’s teamwork and togetherness.
“It really represents how everyone in Nunavut is connected and how close we are during sports and how sports bring us together,” she said. “These big tournaments like this it allows us to show how connected we are to each other and how we as a team can do things together.”
Minister of Community Services Craig Simailak attended the presentation and says the Arctic Winter Games is a proud and exciting moment for Nunavut.
“It is a privilege to support our athletes and to stand with you as part of team Nunavut. I will proudly wear our team Nunavut jacket in Whitehorse as we support you every step of the way,” he said.
Nowdlak says it means “everything” to represent Nunavut at the Arctic Winter Games and he can’t wait to start competing.
“I'm not nervous at all right now,” he said. “As soon as that ball moves, everything is gone and we're set on winning. We're getting something this year.”
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