ST. JOHN'S - The small tattoo on Jonnie Newman's shoulder is one every athlete competing at the Canada Games has noticed and wants.
But if you want a tattoo of the Olympic rings like Newman's you must earn it and pay for it with sweat and determination that allows you to become a member of a very select club, athletes who have represented Canada at a Summer or Winter Olympics.
Like many others before who used the Canada Games as a step in their Olympic journey some will start paying for that body art here in St. John's.
Certainly Newman is unique among the over 4,000 athletes taking part in the 2025 Canada Games being one of the few who has been where they all want to go.
The 19-year-old earned the right to be inked with the Olympic rings after competing at last year's Paris Summer Games in the artistic swimming team event finishing sixth.
What makes Newman even more exceptional the Team Alberta athlete is not in the pool in St. John's but competing on the water at Quidi Vidi Lake in the canoe and kayak events.
So, why is an elite athlete already closing in on an Olympic podium in one sport switching to another completely different event.
"Canoe/kayak was always kind of my sport on the side," explained Newman, after advancing to the K-2 500 metres final on Tuesday. "Why switch?
"I am quite young, so I thought there's no other time I could try this. It's now or never so that was kind of my thought process.
"If things don't work out here, which I'm loving it here, so I don't see that happening, but it's four years for the next Olympics.
"I'm young and there's time that was my thought process."
There is plenty of work ahead for Newman, who is racing in the K-1, K-2, K-4 events in St. John's but has yet to reach the podium.
Making the finals was progress but finished fifth in the K-1 500 metres on Monday and fourth in the K-2 500m with teammate Lauren Rentz on Tuesday.
While some who have competed at the highest level might be discouraged by those results Newman is keenly aware of the process which remains the same for every high-performance athlete be it artistic swimming or kayaking.
"It's completely the same," said Newman. "I find every competition I have the same motivation as if it was the Olympics.
"I think you have to approach it with the same motivation, the same determination.
"So yeah, I'm just as motivated here as I was at the Olympics."
Getting back to the Olympics is obvious long-range goal but Newman is not setting deadlines or piling on unnecessary pressure.
The 2028 Los Angele Summer Games are a possibility, but 2032 Brisbane Olympics are probably more realistic, says Newman.
"No big goals right now, just trying to get as much under my belt as possible as much experience because it's still only been about six months I've been doing this," said Newman. "LA that's a goal but probably Brisbane, is more in the picture right now, for me.
"I understand all the work that needs to go into this so yeah, just taking it one step at a time.
"I know how much effort every single person in Canada is putting in and around the world, so to be expected to make it right away is for sure, not in my brain.
"I know there's a path and I know it's going to take a lot of hard work just like every other athlete around."