Invictus Games Archives - Legion Magazine https://legionmagazine.com/category/health-lifestyle/invictus-games/ Fri, 10 May 2024 12:55:11 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://legionmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/cropped-favicon-LM-32x32.jpg Invictus Games Archives - Legion Magazine https://legionmagazine.com/category/health-lifestyle/invictus-games/ 32 32 Always serving https://legionmagazine.com/always-serving/ https://legionmagazine.com/always-serving/#respond Sun, 28 Jan 2018 16:13:35 +0000 https://legionmagazine.wpengine.com/?p=46879 You didn’t see any national flag raisings at the 2017 Invictus Games in Toronto. There were no national anthems played at medal ceremonies, either. And while competition among the Games’ wounded, sick and injured warriors was fierce and the fans—a disproportionate number of them families and friends—were fervent, camaraderie and universal support were the order …

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]]> https://legionmagazine.com/always-serving/feed/ 0 The prince with a common touch https://legionmagazine.com/the-prince-with-a-common-touch/ https://legionmagazine.com/the-prince-with-a-common-touch/#respond Mon, 16 Oct 2017 19:20:04 +0000 https://legionmagazine.wpengine.com/?p=45048 Mike Trauner was a prisoner in his own home until a few inspiring words from Prince Henry of Wales, better known as Harry, set him free. As a master corporal with 3rd Battalion, Royal Canadian Regiment, Trauner lost both legs and sustained other major wounds in a 2008 double bomb blast in Afghanistan. In May …

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]]> https://legionmagazine.com/the-prince-with-a-common-touch/feed/ 0 Invictus Games will evolve, patron says https://legionmagazine.com/invictus-games-will-evolve-patron-says/ https://legionmagazine.com/invictus-games-will-evolve-patron-says/#comments Wed, 11 Oct 2017 17:11:56 +0000 https://legionmagazine.wpengine.com/?p=44905 When it comes to the future of the now-annual event that he created, Prince Harry is an optimist—meaning he doesn’t believe there will be a perpetual need for the Invictus Games as we now know them. Ideally, he suggests, the competition for sick and wounded warriors won’t be around forever, at least not in the …

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]]> https://legionmagazine.com/invictus-games-will-evolve-patron-says/feed/ 1 Researcher finds much to study in Invictus Games https://legionmagazine.com/researcher-finds-much-to-study-in-invictus-games/ https://legionmagazine.com/researcher-finds-much-to-study-in-invictus-games/#respond Wed, 04 Oct 2017 13:45:08 +0000 https://legionmagazine.wpengine.com/?p=44805 Preliminary findings of a three-part Dalhousie University study into the physical and psychological benefits of sport to wounded veterans and their families have told athletes what most already know: sport is good. Nevertheless, the most important element of Celina Shirazipour’s work may come down the road, when she determines and likely influences the long-term benefits …

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]]> https://legionmagazine.com/the-wounded-2/feed/ 1 Lights out https://legionmagazine.com/lights-out/ https://legionmagazine.com/lights-out/#respond Thu, 03 Aug 2017 17:31:14 +0000 https://legionmagazine.wpengine.com/?p=43495 PORTRAIT OF INSPIRATION “The person who put that bomb under our vehicle and blew it…did not defeat me,” says Simon Mailloux Story and photography by Stephen J. Thorne Major Simon Mailloux started officer training at Fort Saint-Jean, Que., south of Montreal one month before 9/11. He was in history class when everything stopped as students …

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]]> https://legionmagazine.com/lights-out/feed/ 0 Last in the order of march https://legionmagazine.com/last-in-the-order-of-march/ https://legionmagazine.com/last-in-the-order-of-march/#respond Fri, 14 Jul 2017 15:01:52 +0000 https://legionmagazine.wpengine.com/?p=43060 Jody Mitic’s mother is in awe at the directions his life has taken since he stepped on a mine in Afghanistan Story and photography by Stephen J. Thorne On Jan. 11, 2007, Joanne Fisher-Mitic got the call no mother wants to receive. Her son Jody, a master sniper and a seasoned master corporal with 1st …

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]]> https://legionmagazine.com/the-jump-that-changed-everything/feed/ 0 Masters of their fate, part 2 https://legionmagazine.com/masters-of-their-fate-part-2/ https://legionmagazine.com/masters-of-their-fate-part-2/#respond Thu, 29 Jun 2017 19:13:17 +0000 https://legionmagazine.wpengine.com/?p=42562 Team Canada’s training camp in Kingston, Ont., set the roster for the Invictus Games in Toronto this September Story and photography by Stephen J. Thorne Canada announced its Invictus Games team on June 15, as a second week-long training camp wrapped up in Kingston, Ont. The photos below were taken there as the athletes trained. …

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