By The Canadian Press

Canada’s Wilkie wins third medal at Paralympics with cross-country sprint bronze

Mar 10, 2026 | 8:00 AM

MILAN — Canada’s Natalie Wilkie now has a medal of every colour at the Milan Cortina Paralympics after claiming bronze in Tuesday’s women’s sprint classic standing cross-country skiing race.

Wilkie, from Salmon Arm, B.C., finished third in three minutes 40.2 seconds, behind Norway’s Vilde Nilsen (3:31.3) and American Sydney Peterson (3:35.5).

Wilkie won two Para biathlon medals earlier in the Games, with gold in the women’s individual standing and silver in the women’s sprint.

“I’m pretty happy,” Wilkie said. “I did want the gold, but this is the bronze and it completes my set of gold, silver, bronze.

“This is a significant medal because it’s my 10th Paralympic medal, so I am actually really happy about that.”

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Emma Archibald of Fall River, N.S., finished eighth in her Paralympic debut.

“It was amazing,” she said. “I was a bit stressed this morning, a bit nervous. But after getting that first heat done with and being able to do it strong, I think I came back stronger for the semifinal. I was really happy that I got that second chance.”

Canada has won at least one medal in four straight days of competition and has eight medals overall (one gold, three silver, four bronze).

Canada ranks fifth in overall medals, but 13th in the overall table which prioritizes medals by colour.

In the men’s standing event, 13-time Paralympic medallist Mark Arendz of Hartsville, P.E.I., was sixth.

In the men’s sitting competition, Collin Cameron of Bracebridge, Ont., finished 11th overall while Logan Larivière of Sudbury, Ont., and guide Joe Hutton of Lakeside, Ont., were 12th in the men’s visually impaired category.

In the men’s visually impaired Para alpine skiing competition, Kalle Eriksson of Kimberley, B.C., and guide Sierra Smith of Ottawa were fourth.

Maddie Mullin of Fergus, Ont., and guide Brooke Ailey of North Bay, Ont., were sixth in the women’s visually impaired competition and Christina Picton of Fonthill, Ont., was ninth in the women’s sitting category.

Also Tuesday, Canada’s wheelchair curling team improved to 5-0 with a 9-4 win over China. The Canadians broke open a close game with four points in the seventh end.

Canada’s curlers were set to face Sweden later Tuesday.

In other action, Canada’s Para hockey team was set to take a 2-0 record into a game against Czechia.


This report by The Canadian Press was first published March 10, 2026.

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