The Canadian Para nordic crew added three extra podium finishes on Sunday to go together with the 4 medals secured on Saturday in the opening weekend of the 2023 Para nordic world championship in Östersund, Sweden.
Natalie Wilkie raced to a silver medal in the space basic occasion. The native of Salmon Arm, B.C., who turned 22 on Saturday, was adopted proper behind by Brittany Hudak of Prince Albert, Sask.
Collin Cameron of Bracebridge, Ont., grabbed Canada’s second silver medal of the day and third total within the cross-country sit-ski distance race.
On Saturday, Wilkie and Cameron struck gold whereas Hudak and Mark Arendz of Hartsville, P.E.I., added silver medals.
“Conditions have been fairly first rate as we speak. It was actually chilly, however our crew had good grip on the hills,” Wilkie stated. “18 kilometres was undoubtedly lengthy, however as we speak was all about consistency and never going out too exhausting. I feel we nailed it.”
The occasion was gained by Vilde Nilsen of Norway, who had a time of 56:22.9 to finest Wilkie and Hudak.
“I targeted on snowboarding a wise at a tempo I knew I might keep. With a number of climbing, I knew it was going to construct so I attempted to maintain a gentle rhythm. We had nice skis and undoubtedly the perfect cheer squad on the market,” stated the 29-year-old Hudak.
Cameron overcomes chilly
“It was a tricky one as we speak,” stated the 34-year-old Cameron, who awoke with a chilly and thought-about not beginning.
“I opted to only go for the race and see what occurs as a substitute of not beginning and danger getting sick anyhow. I’m actually proud of how I used to be capable of handle my vitality for such an extended race in actually chilly situations and get on the rostrum once more.”
Italy’s Giuseppe Romele took gold whereas Pavlo Bal of Ukraine accomplished the rostrum.
The competitors will probably be again on Tuesday with the cross-country skate-ski dash races.
