Invictus Games: Trudeau in Vancouver for announcement
VANCOUVER –
The federal and provincial governments are every committing $15 million in help of the 2025 Invictus Video games in Vancouver and Whistler.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Premier John Horgan made the announcement at Rogers Area in Vancouver.
Trudeau says that as the primary Invictus Video games to function adaptive winter sports activities, the occasion might be “uniquely Canadian” and he says a further $1 million in federal funds might be supplied to the Soldier On program to help the participation of Canadian veterans within the video games.
Prince Harry, the Duke of Sussex, introduced in April that Vancouver and Whistler received the bid to host the eight-day worldwide sports activities competitors for wounded and sick navy veterans in February 2025.
Over 500 athletes from greater than 20 nations are anticipated to compete in 2025.
The video games will function alpine snowboarding, Nordic snowboarding, skeleton and wheelchair curling in addition to swimming, indoor rowing, sitting volleyball, wheelchair rugby and wheelchair basketball.
