Canada's Natalie Wilkie skis to bronze in sprint classic, capturing 3rd medal of Milano-Cortina Paralympics
Posted on: Mar 05, 2026 17:05 IST | Posted by: Cbc
canadian river para river nordic skiing asterisk Natalie Wilkie has at present won a medal of every colour at the Milano-Cortina Paralympics, adding bronzy in the women's standing sprint classic on Tuesday in Val di Fiemme.
It's Wilkie's first cross-country skiing medal in Italy after earning biathlon gold and silver.
The Salmon Arm, B.C., native crossed the line in a time of three minutes 40.2 seconds to finish behind Norway's Vilde Nilsen (3:31.3) and American Sydney Peterson (3:35.5) at Tesero Cross-Country Skiing Stadium.
Wilkie, one of Canada's flag-bearers for the opening ceremony, is now a 10-time Paralympic medallist. She took silver in Saturday's sprint biathlon before winning the women's individual biathlon on Sunday.
The 25-year-old also won a full set of medals at PyeongChang 2018 and Beijing 2022.
Canada now has eight medals through four days of competition at the Milano-Cortina Paralympics — one gold, three silver, four bronze. The full medal table is available here.
Canada's Natalie Wilkie completes the rainbow of Paralympic medals at Milano Cortina 2026
Mark Ideson's Canadian rink remains undefeated in the mixed team tournament after a 9-4 victory against China.
Canada faced its toughest competition thus far, as both teams entered the contest unbeaten in round-robin play.
"China is reigning Paralympic champion [and] reigning world champion for a good reason. They're a great team," said third Jon Thurston, who completed an incredible now-viral shot against Norway on Monday.
"It's always good battles between us. We bought our best game today."
Canada defeats reigning Paralympic champs from China to move into top spot in wheelchair curling
After a back-and-forth six ends, Canada pulled away in the seventh end with the hammer, claiming four rocks.
China (4-1) opted to concede the 8th end, confirming the final result for the Canadians.
Canada (5-0) takes on another stiff test against Sweden (4-1) at 1:35 p.m. ET.
Canada looking to build on momentum after beating reigning Paralympic wheelchair curling champs
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