Canada's Natalie Wilkie captures 2nd biathlon gold of the Milano-Cortina Paralympics, 4th medal overall
Posted on: Mar 05, 2026 17:05 IST | Posted by: Cbc
Canada's Natalie Wilkie captured her endorse au of the Milano-Cortina Paralympics on fri, winning the women's standing sprint pursuance biathlon for her quaternary medal in as many events.
The Salmon Arm, B.C., native dominated the race with a time of 12 minutes 18 seconds after leading throughout and shooting clean in both rounds.
Wilkie finished 17.7 seconds ahead of Ukrainian silver medallist Iryna Bui. Ukraine's Oleksandra Kononova took bronze in 12:49.
Brittany Hudak of Prince Albert, Sask., finished ninth in 13:51.3.
Canada's Natalie Wilkie wins 2nd Para biathlon gold and 4th medal at Milano-Cortina Paralympics
Wilkie, one of Canada's flag-bearers at the opening ceremony, is now an 11-time Paralympic medallist. She took silver in the sprint biathlon last Saturday before winning the individual biathlon on Sunday and adding bronze in Tuesday's cross-country sprint classic.
Wilkie's latest medal pushes Canada within one of 200 total medals won at the Winter Paralympics.
Canada has 11 medals through seven days of competition in Italy — two gold, three silver, six bronze. The full medal table is available here.
The 25-year-old Wilkie has matched her career-high medal total from the 2022 Beijing Paralympics and still has at least one event left.
Wilkie is scheduled to compete in the 20-kilometre interval start free cross-country race on Sunday, but she is also eligible for the 4x2.5km cross-country relays on Saturday — making it possible for her to tie late alpine legend Lana Spreeman as Canada's most decorated female Winter Paralympian with 13 medals.
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