- 2008 Arctic Winter Games
Approximately 2,000 athletes, coaches, team staff and officials participated in the
2008 Arctic Winter Games inYellowknife ,Northwest Territories inCanada , celebrating the 20th event. The 2008 games took place fromMarch 9 throughMarch 15 . Events were held in and around the city of Yellowknife. This was the fourth time Yellowknife had hosted the games, and the fifth time overall in the Northwest Territories.Participants
*
Alaska
*Greenland
*Northwest Territories (host contingent)
*Nunavik Québec (traditionally defined Northern Inuit region of theNord-du-Québec administrative region inQuébec )
*Nunavut
*NorthernAlberta
*Russia (because only theYamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug participated they were referred to as team Russia, competing under the Russian flag)
*Sami (Sami peoples ofNorway ,Sweden , andFinland collectively)
*Yukon Territory The
2010 Games will be held inGrande Prairie, Alberta .Events
Competition was held in
alpine skiing ,badminton ,basketball ,biathlon ,cross-country skiing ,curling ,Dene games (seeDene ), dogmushing ,figure skating ,gymnastics ,ice hockey ,indoor soccer ,Inuit Games (seeInuit ),short track speed skating ,snowboarding ,snowshoe biathlon ,snowshoeing (seeSnowshoe ),speed skating ,table tennis ,volleyball , andwrestling .Medal tally
(Unofficially listed with number of gold medals taking priority followed by silvers.)
External links
* [http://www.awg2008.ca/ 2008 Official Site]
* [http://www.awg.ca/ Arctic Winter Games Official Site]
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