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Brent Betsina, centre, at the Canada Games. Photo via Team NWT.
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Canada Games: NWT’s Brent Betsina captures silver in judo

Mike Gibbins
By Mike Gibbins

Team NWT has its first medal of the 2015 Canada Winter Games.

Yellowknife’s Brent Betsina has won silver in the boys’ individual over-100kg judo.

He was defeated by Quebec’s Kevin Gauthier in the final on Thursday evening in Prince George.

“It feels awesome,” Betsina told Moose FM. “I didn’t even care if I won gold, silver or bronze. I just wanted to fight because this was my last time doing competition. I’m retiring from judo.

“I just wanted to go out on a big boom and I did.”

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Betsina, who stands 5ft 8in tall and weighs 250 pounds, beat competitors from Newfoundland and Manitoba to secure a spot in the final bout.

The 18-year-old was the only athlete to represent the NWT in judo.

“A lot of hours, a lot of sweat and broken bones went into this. Even a couple days ago my jaw popped out and I had to pop it back in and I still competed even though I had a popped-out jaw.

“It still hurts but as my sensei says ‘no pain no gain’ so I used that to help me.”

The territory hadn’t won a medal since Brendan Green won gold in cross-country skiing during the 2007 Canada Winter Games in Whitehorse.

View: Medal Standings

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