Photos: The seal hop and one-foot high kick on the final day of the 2017 Native Youth Olympics

Updated: December 2, 2017 Published: April 30, 2017

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Qaiana Fishel, of the Anchorage team, reacts after the end of the seal hop competition at the Native Youth Olympics at the Alaska Airlines Center at UAA in Anchorage, Alaska, on Saturday, April 29, 2017. (Bob Hallinen / Alaska Dispatch News)

Youth from across the state of Alaska gathered at the Alaska Airlines center on the final day of the Native Youth Olympics on Saturday, April 29, 2017. The athletes competed in the one-foot high kick and the seal hop.

Bob Hallinen

Bob Hallinen has been a photojournalist in Alaska since the 1980s and has traveled extensively all over the state. He retired from the ADN in November 2018 after 33 years at the newspaper.

Photos: The seal hop and one-foot high kick on the final day of the 2017 Native Youth Olympics

Bob Hallinen

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