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BROOK JONES/FREE PRESS Federal Secretary of State for Sport Adam van Koeverden (left), who won a Olympic gold medal in the K-1 500m race at the 2004 Summer Olympic Games in Athens, is pictured showing Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew a Team Canada jacket before he gave it to the premier as a gift while they were at the Manitoba Canoe and Kayak Centre in Winnipeg, Man., Thursday, Oct. 15, 2026.