With dedication, discipline and help from his coach and teammates, Nunavut's Eekeeluak Avalak has won a silver medal on the national stage. '[It feels] great, knowing that not a lot of Inuit go to nationals,' said 15-year-old Avalak. | CBCNorth
'[It feels] great, knowing that not a lot of Inuit go to nationals,' says Eekeeluak AvalakEekeeluak Avalak competed in the men's under-17, 55-kilogram, freestyle category and won silver at Wrestling Canada Lutte's national championships in Fredericton.
"[It feels] great, knowing that not a lot of Inuit go to nationals," said 15-year-old Avalak, who is from Cambridge Bay. "I stuck with it ever since," he said. "And here I am, silver medalist, at the U-17/U-19 national championships."But the national silver medalist says at first, he didn't think wrestling was his path.
Eekeeluak Avalak, left, was a silver medalist at Wrestling Canada Lutte's national championships. Logan Smith from Orillia, Ont., centre, took the national title.
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