The 2023 Canada Winter Games are set to get underway this weekend in Prince Edward Island.
The Games, set to take place Feb. 18 – Mar. 5, will feature a number of Saskatchewan individuals including 217 athletes, 74 coaches and support staff, 26 mission staff and 26 officials coming from 60 communities across Saskatchewan, forming a full contingent of 343 participants.
Saskatoon speed skating athlete Luca Veeman will lead Team Saskatchewan in the Opening Ceremony as the province’s flag bearer. Veeman, 17, is one of Saskatchewan’s most promising young speed skaters. He started training and competing at six-years-old and currently trains with the Saskatoon Lions Speed Skating Club under Tim Comfort and father, Chris Veeman, President of Speed Skating Saskatchewan.
There will be more than 3,600 athletes, managers and coaches from across Canada taking part in the 29th edition of the event, which features more than 150 events across different 20 sports and a major arts and culture festival.
Athletes who compete at the Canada Games represent the country’s next generation of national, international, and Olympic and Paralympic champions. Team Sask alumni Mark McMorris, Emily Clark, Rylan Wiens, Shelby Newkirk, Kenzie Priddell, Catriona LeMay Doan, Graeme Fish and Brittany Hudak to name a few, can all count their previous Canada Games experiences as a stepping-stone to the Olympic or Paralympic Games.
The full list of athletes, coaches, and staff with breakdown by sport and community can be found here and their bio information here.
Team Sask results will be updated daily throughout the Games on the Team Sask website at teamsask.ca and can also be found at cg2023.gems.pro/. The official 2023 Canada Winter Games website is: 2023canadagames.ca/.
The 15-day event will feature more than 1,200 hours of live event coverage and can be streamed for free on any device at CanadaGames.ca/watch, beginning with the Opening Ceremony, live from the Eastlink Centre in Charlottetown on Feb. 18. Viewers of the platform will also be able to enjoy plenty of on-demand content including archived events and daily recap videos.
