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Whitehorse city councillor Jocelyn Curteanu hands out medals to the young athletes who completed the 2022 City of Whitehorse Kids’ Triathlon. Athletes also received a buff, water bottle and a treat bag with snacks and goodies. (Stephanie Waddell/Yukon News)

Young athletes swim, run and bike their way to medal-winning finishes

City hosts its ninth kids’ triathlon

Whitehorse city councillor Jocelyn Curteanu hands out medals to the young athletes who completed the 2022 City of Whitehorse Kids’ Triathlon. Athletes also received a buff, water bottle and a treat bag with snacks and goodies. (Stephanie Waddell/Yukon News)
Crystal Schick/Yukon News Paddlers in the Yukon River Quest make their way across Lake Laberge on June 26, 2019.

Yukon River Quest advising only most skilled, experienced paddlers participate

Board president and race marshall are foreseeing challenges to upcoming race given dicey waters

Crystal Schick/Yukon News Paddlers in the Yukon River Quest make their way across Lake Laberge on June 26, 2019.
Linda Rapp, a founding member of the Paddlers Abreast team who passed away in January, is seen walking alongside the Paddlers Abreast boat during the 20th anniversary of the Yukon River Quest in 2018. The Yukon Quest will launch for the first time since 2019 on June 22. (Al Foster/Submitted)

Yukon River Quest launching with record paddlers

Nearly 120 teams are registered for the Yukon River Quest from June…

Linda Rapp, a founding member of the Paddlers Abreast team who passed away in January, is seen walking alongside the Paddlers Abreast boat during the 20th anniversary of the Yukon River Quest in 2018. The Yukon Quest will launch for the first time since 2019 on June 22. (Al Foster/Submitted)

Marking the first orienteering forest event of the season

Fifty five participants took in the first forest event of the 2022…

Gordon Moffatt speaks during his May 25 induction into the Yukon Sports Hall of Fame. (Sport Yukon/Submitted)

National-level curling coach Gordon Moffatt gets hall of fame induction

Moffatt’s portrait now hangs in the Yukon Sports Hall of Fame

Gordon Moffatt speaks during his May 25 induction into the Yukon Sports Hall of Fame. (Sport Yukon/Submitted)
A paraglider soars above Mount Sima in Whitehorse. (Jim Elliot/Yukon News)

Free paragliding lessons offered in Dawson City

Lessons being given through the Association of Yukon Paragliding and Hang Gliding.

A paraglider soars above Mount Sima in Whitehorse. (Jim Elliot/Yukon News)
Registration for the 2022 Klondike Road Relay opened May 16. Race organizers say they have hit the minimum number of participants to guarantee that the full route from Skagway to Whitehorse is run for the first time in two years. (Tom Patrick/Yukon News Files)

Klondike Road Relay passes registration goal in less than two days

More spaces for runners and walkers are available as race returns to full route

Registration for the 2022 Klondike Road Relay opened May 16. Race organizers say they have hit the minimum number of participants to guarantee that the full route from Skagway to Whitehorse is run for the first time in two years. (Tom Patrick/Yukon News Files)
Liam Gishler, Jaymi Hinchey, Lia Hinchey and Leah McLean at the Pacific International Judo Championships. (Submitted)

Yukon judokas tour British Columbia and Alberta

Tournaments held in Richmond and Edmonton.

Liam Gishler, Jaymi Hinchey, Lia Hinchey and Leah McLean at the Pacific International Judo Championships. (Submitted)
Swimmer Selene Brown of the Whitehorse Glacier Bears resurfaces for air. Athletes competing in the 100-metre butterfly timed finals flew down their lanes at the Yukon Invitational Swim Championships 2022 on April 30. (Dana Hatherly/Yukon News)

Whitehorse Glacier Bears race to qualify for Canada Summer Games

Yukon Invitational Championship Swim Meet took place in Whitehorse from April 29-30

Swimmer Selene Brown of the Whitehorse Glacier Bears resurfaces for air. Athletes competing in the 100-metre butterfly timed finals flew down their lanes at the Yukon Invitational Swim Championships 2022 on April 30. (Dana Hatherly/Yukon News)
The Yukon Quest has suffered a breakdown in cooperation between the two volunteer boards that organize the race on the Yukon and Alaska sides of the border. Based on early-May 2022 statements from both sides, a cross-border race in 2023 seems unlikely. (Haley Ritchie/Yukon News Files)

Local Yukon Quest organizers reach impasse with Alaskan counterpart over dog care rules

The boards responsible for organizing in Alaska and the Yukon seem in the midst of parting ways

The Yukon Quest has suffered a breakdown in cooperation between the two volunteer boards that organize the race on the Yukon and Alaska sides of the border. Based on early-May 2022 statements from both sides, a cross-border race in 2023 seems unlikely. (Haley Ritchie/Yukon News Files)
The day one winners, minus the girls doubles team, are seen. (Ann Jirousek/Yukon School Athletics Association)

Nearly 150 Yukon students attend Badminton Smash

The Yukon Schools Athletic Association hosted a two-day badminton smash for Grade…

The day one winners, minus the girls doubles team, are seen. (Ann Jirousek/Yukon School Athletics Association)
Sport Yukon executive director Tracey Bilsky presents Jan Mann with the administrator of the year award during and Apr. 28, 2022 ceremony. (Jim Elliot/Yukon News)

Sport Yukon recognizes athletes, coach and administrator with awards

Annual trophies given in April 28 ceremony.

Sport Yukon executive director Tracey Bilsky presents Jan Mann with the administrator of the year award during and Apr. 28, 2022 ceremony. (Jim Elliot/Yukon News)
Snowmobilers and snow bikers raced head-to-head over jumps and sharp turns before heading straight up one of the ski runs at Mount Sima in Whitehorse on Apr. 23, 2022.

Photos: 2022 Sima Uphill Challenge

Racers pushed their snowmobiles and snow bikes straight up Mount Sima on April 23.

Snowmobilers and snow bikers raced head-to-head over jumps and sharp turns before heading straight up one of the ski runs at Mount Sima in Whitehorse on Apr. 23, 2022.
Thirty-two racers registered for the snowcross race, in which heats of four compete against each other in a race through gates to the bottom of the run. Twenty-four people sped through the speed gun in the speed competition. The chair lift carried racers and non-racers to the top of the runs during Simapalooza on Saturday, April 9, 2022. (Dana Hatherly/Yukon News)

Powdery day postpones big air competitions as snowcross, speed trap, party blast on Saturday at Mount Sima

Snowy space-themed costume event went down at Mount Sima on April 9-10

Thirty-two racers registered for the snowcross race, in which heats of four compete against each other in a race through gates to the bottom of the run. Twenty-four people sped through the speed gun in the speed competition. The chair lift carried racers and non-racers to the top of the runs during Simapalooza on Saturday, April 9, 2022. (Dana Hatherly/Yukon News)
Alison Anderson, at right wearing the yellow helmet, represents the Whitehorse Rapids Speed Skating Club at the Masters International Short Track Games held at the Olympic Oval in Calgary on March 26 and 27. (Arno Hoogveld/Calgary Olympic Oval Facebook)

Whitehorse Masters skater Alison Anderson breaks four world records

Anderson dominated the 30-34 year old category at international compettition in Calgary

Alison Anderson, at right wearing the yellow helmet, represents the Whitehorse Rapids Speed Skating Club at the Masters International Short Track Games held at the Olympic Oval in Calgary on March 26 and 27. (Arno Hoogveld/Calgary Olympic Oval Facebook)
Leah McLean, Lia Hinchey and Jaymi Hinchey represented Judo Yukon at a youth provincial tournament in B.C. in late March. (Judo Yukon Photo)

B.C. tournament includes gold medal for Judo Yukon

Jaymi Hinchey takes first in category, coach says tournament a good step to next year’s winter games

Leah McLean, Lia Hinchey and Jaymi Hinchey represented Judo Yukon at a youth provincial tournament in B.C. in late March. (Judo Yukon Photo)
Organizers are planning for a Skagway start to the Klondike Road Relay for the first time in two years. Pictured is the start of the 2014 relay in Skagway. (Yukon News file)

Klondike Road Relay plans for a Skagway start

On your marks, get set, go… to Skagway. Sport Yukon announced March…

Organizers are planning for a Skagway start to the Klondike Road Relay for the first time in two years. Pictured is the start of the 2014 relay in Skagway. (Yukon News file)
Sasha Masson, right, and Derek Deuling compete in the U18 boys race at the 2020 Yukon Cross Country Ski Championships on Feb. 22 in Whitehorse. Deuling and Masson pulled off a tenth place finish in the 8 x750 team sprint at the 2022 Canadian Cross Country Ski championships. (Yukon News file)

Yukoners race in Canadian Cross Country Ski championships

The late March ski championships were held in Whistler British Columbia

Sasha Masson, right, and Derek Deuling compete in the U18 boys race at the 2020 Yukon Cross Country Ski Championships on Feb. 22 in Whitehorse. Deuling and Masson pulled off a tenth place finish in the 8 x750 team sprint at the 2022 Canadian Cross Country Ski championships. (Yukon News file)
From left to right, Alex Wilson, Jacob Robertson, Jason McKay, Charlie Fidler, Isaac Maddocks, and coaches Chris Arsenault, Lyndsey Boorse are seen at the freestyle ski nationals in Calgary. (Submitted)

Five Yukoners ski in junior freestyle nationals

Jason McKay gets podium finish in slopestyle.

From left to right, Alex Wilson, Jacob Robertson, Jason McKay, Charlie Fidler, Isaac Maddocks, and coaches Chris Arsenault, Lyndsey Boorse are seen at the freestyle ski nationals in Calgary. (Submitted)
Dahria Beatty of Whitehorse, Yukon, competes in the women’s sprint free qualifications at the Zhangjiakou National Cross-Country Skiing Centre during the Beijing Winter Olympic Games, in Zhangjiakou, China on Feb. 8. (Sean Kilpatrick/Canadian Press)

Yukoners land podium finishes at Canadian Cross-Country Ski Championships

Dahria Beatty, Derek Deuling and Sasha Masson all finished top-three in their events

Dahria Beatty of Whitehorse, Yukon, competes in the women’s sprint free qualifications at the Zhangjiakou National Cross-Country Skiing Centre during the Beijing Winter Olympic Games, in Zhangjiakou, China on Feb. 8. (Sean Kilpatrick/Canadian Press)