Milano Cortina 2026 Day 4 Recap: Natalie Wilkie claims bronze for complete medal set at the Games 

– Wilkie brings Canada to eight podiums in Italy; Para nordic skier now has a gold, silver, and bronze  
– Wheelchair curlers maintain perfect record in preliminary play  
– Para ice hockey team finishes round-robin 3-0 

Cortina, Italy, March 10, 2026 – The Milano Cortina 2026 Canadian Paralympic Team now holds eight medals through four days at the Paralympic Winter Games, with Opening Ceremony flag bearer Natalie Wilkie racing to bronze for her third medal in Italy. Canada’s wheelchair curling and Para ice hockey teams also secured wins to remain undefeated, while two-time medallists Kalle Eriksson and guide Sierra Smith narrowly missed another podium.   

MEDALS WON ON MARCH 10 

BRONZE – Natalie Wilkie, Para cross-country skiing, women’s standing sprint 

OVERALL MEDAL TOTAL 

GOLD – 1 
SILVER – 3 
BRONZE – 4 
TOTAL – 8 

RESULTS SUMMARY  

Para Nordic Skiing – Para Cross Country  
Natalie Wilkie is now a 10-time Paralympic medallist after racing to a bronze in the women’s standing cross-country sprint race. After advancing through the qualification and semifinal rounds with the fastest times, she secured third place with a time of 3:40.2. She was 4.7 seconds behind silver medallist Sydney Peterson of the U.S. and 8.9 seconds behind champion Vilde Nilsen of Norway.  

The 25-year-old, competing in her third Paralympic Winter Games, now has a medal of each colour at Milano Cortina 2026 and is three-for-three in her races at the Games so far.  

“I’m pretty happy – I mean, I did kind of want the gold – but this is a bronze and it completes my set of gold, silver, bronze,” said Wilkie. “This is a significant medal because it’s my 10^th Paralympic medal, so I am very happy about that.” 

“The qualifier started really well for me. I had a good warm-up; I was confident in the skis. I was just feeling really good this morning. It’s not often that I win the qualifiers.” 

“The semis I felt really good as well and was able to play with the course a bit and figure it out. Finals, my energy levels started to go down unfortunately, that’s not the race you want that to happen in. But overall, I did my best in every race and I have to be happy with that.”  

In the men’s standing sprint final, 13-time Paralympic medallist Mark Arendz finished sixth.  

Five athletes advanced out of the qualification round but were stopped at the semifinal stage: Christina Picton in the women’s sitting, Collin Cameron in the men’s sitting, and three Paralympic debutants in Emma Archibald in the women’s standing and Maddie Mullin and guide Brooke Ailey in the women’s visually impaired.  

Six other Canadians did not move out of the qualification races: Lyne-Marie Bilodeau in the women’s sitting in her second Paralympic Games appearances and first-time Paralympians Leo Sammarelli in the men’s sitting, and Jesse Bachinsky and guide Levi Nadlersmith as well as Logan Lariviere and guide Joe Hutton in the men’s visually impaired.   

Para Alpine Skiing 
Kalle Eriksson and guide Sierra Smith missed the podium by just 0.05 seconds in the men’s visually impaired alpine combined event. Sitting in second after the morning’s super-G, they were fifth in the slalom, putting their combined time into a final position of fourth. Eriksson and Smith already have a silver and bronze in their first Paralympic Winter Games.   

“Today was definitely a rollercoaster day; a Games day that is bound to happen at some point,” said Eriksson. “I’m really proud of how we skied in the super-G. I think we did have a good slalom run, unfortunately we weren’t fast enough and that’s okay. We were close to the podium and that’s racing. I’m still proud of how we did today and at the end of the day, fourth is a great result.”  

Two other Canadian Para alpine skiers raced on the day, with Michaela Gosselin seventh in the women’s standing, while Kurt Oatway did not finish in the men’s sitting.  

Wheelchair Curling 
Canada is the only undefeated nation in wheelchair curling, posting two wins on Tuesday to bring their streak to six straight victories at the Games.  

The squad opened the day with a huge 9-4 win against defending Paralympic champion China to open the day. Canada led 3-0 through three ends before the Chinese tied it in the fourth. A strong second half – including a four-point seventh end – secured the triumph.  

“It felt like a gold medal game, it was incredible,” said team member Collinda Joseph. “That’s the first time I’ve ever been part of a win against that team in international play. To have it happen today was incredible. I felt like everybody was gelling, and we were just finding everything right today.”   

Against Sweden in the evening, a late comeback was required to come away with the victory. With Canada up 3-0 through four ends, Sweden then surged to take a 5-3 lead heading into the eighth and final end. Skip Mark Ideson and his team stayed firm though and a huge three-point end brought home the win.  

“We’ve faced some pressure in our games so far,” said Jon Thurston on the team dealing with pressure moments. “We haven’t buckled and we’ve stayed calm through it. We believe in everybody and we can string our shots together and can get multiple points in an end. I think we’re all calm in those situations, and that serves us well.” 

Para Ice Hockey 
With a 4-1 win over Czechia, Canada’s Para ice hockey team closed out round-robin play with a perfect 3-0 record and now look ahead to the semifinals on Friday where they will play China. Goals were scored by Tyler McGregor, Liam Hickey, James Dunn, and Vincent Boily, while Dominic Cozzolino picked up an assist to reach 200 points in his international career.  

“It was nice to play a game with some energy and emotion,” said team captain McGregor. “We slugged through it together. It was a bit sloppy at times, but that is the type of game you need in a short tournament to prepare yourself for the medal round. We know China is going to come at us. They have some speed and are physical, but that doesn’t matter to us. No matter who we face, we want to do what we do better than anyone in the world. They will bring everything they have and we will be ready.” 

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