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Arctic Sports

Inuit games competition is held in four age/sex classes: open and junior men and women. There are four athletes in each open age-class, five athletes in each junior age-class and one coach per sex. All competitors compete in One-Foot High Kick, Two-Foot High Kick, Alaskan High Kick, Kneel Jump, Sledge Jump and Triple Jump. Junior men and women in both classes compete in the Arm Pull; open men compete as well in the Airplane, One Hand Reach, Head Pull and Knuckle Hop. In each class there is an all-round event based upon results from the individual events. A total of 35 gold ulus are awarded in Inuit Games events. 
In Nuuk the competition will be held at Nuussuaq Gym (NAG).