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A 40-year-old athlete from Yellowknife just shattered a record that stood for nearly four decades by hopping 217 feet on his knuckles. Chris Stipdonk's incredible feat at the Arctic Winter Games proves that persistence and pain tolerance can achieve the impossible.
Chris Stipdonk just hopped 217 feet on his knuckles to claim both a world record and the gold medal he's been chasing for years. After falling short twice before, the 40-year-old athlete finally conquered the grueling Arctic Winter Games event in the same gym where his journey began.
A 21-year-old Greenland athlete just shattered a world record at the Arctic Winter Games with a jaw-dropping 2.03-metre two-foot high kick jump. Athletes from eight circumpolar regions gathered in Whitehorse to celebrate Indigenous sport and cultural excellence.