While the Winter Olympic Games wind down in Sochi this weekend, future Olympians will be on display in Mission.
The Fraser Valley community is hosting the B.C. Winter Games and Richmond will be well-represented in a variety of sports.
This is the first time Mission has hosted a B.C. Games competition and the community will rally over 2,500 volunteers in order to host up to 2,220 athletes, coaches and officials from across the province.
Richmond athletes participating include: Archery: Kristina Shramko.
Badminton: Christie Chong, Annie Chow, Nicolo Cruz, Nathaniel Franco, Stephenie Ho, Kevin Hu, Jonah Lee, Jessia Yuen.
Basketball (Special Olympics): Nicky Chow, Kris Cohen, Brayden Pawer, Leanne Kelly, Balraj Partridge.
Curling: Brayden Carpenter. Diving: Emma Brooks, Morgan Flynn.
Figure Skating: Rachel Demello, Wilson Leung, Claudia Manhanko Tang, Made Sheung, Caitlin Tai, Basil Wang, Phoebe Yan, Mary Jo Un, Martin Yushko.
Gymnastics: Sierra Chang, Rachel Pham. Hockey: Kirsten Abo, Jenna Ehling, Mahara Gibson-Zeinoun, Hannah Green, Kyra Kuramoto, Karina Lannard, Montana Lewis, Hannah Shihundu, Ghini Marie Sy, Courtney Vorster, Nicole Wong.
Judo: Ranger Lee, Emmett Mark, Ario Nishmura, Brandon Toy.
Karate: Thomas Huen. Ringette: Maggie Campbell, Tianna Martin, Cameron Sihoe, Tayah Takasaki, Hailey Takasaki.
Skiing (Alpine): Jenny Ding, Dawson Yates.
Skiing (Cross-Country): Connor Dimmick.
Speed Skating: Taylor Rebiffe, Mike Shi, Gabrielle Sorensen.
