Arm wrestling referees Mark McPhail, left, and Rick Pinkney look on as nine-year-old Tuma GooGoo of We’koma’q and Eskasoni’s Adelyn Stevens engage in their first arm wrestling match of the Mi’kmaq Summer Games 2025. There is always gender equality in the younger matches -often with surprising results.

By Rosemary Godin, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Cape Breton Post WAGMATCOOK: Two nine-year-olds – a boy and a girl – step up to their places over a small square table and clasp hands – tightly. And there it is: gender equality in sport. Arm wrestling is more than a show of strength. It’s a competition involving…

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