Canada's Kalle Eriksson, guide Sierra Smith earn slalom bronze for 3rd medal of Paralympic debut

Canadian Para alpine skier Kalle Eriksson and guide Sierra Smith capped their memorable Paralympic debut with bronze in the men's visually impaired slalom on Sunday at the Milano-Cortina Games.

Eriksson, from Kimberley, B.C., and Ottawa's Smith, clocked a total time of one minute 31.26 seconds across two runs at the Tofane Alpine Skiing Centre in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. Both of their runs ranked third among the 13 skiers who finished the event.

Italy's Giacomo Bertagnolli and Andrea Ravelli won their second gold and fifth medal overall of these Games with a total time of 1:29.29, ahead of silver medallists Michal Golas and Kacper Walas of Poland by 0.27 seconds.

Eriksson and Smith, who are also partners, won Canada's first medal of the Games with silver in the downhill event last Saturday before adding bronze in the super-G on Monday.

The Canadians communicate through a two-way headset.

Canada now has 14 medals in Italy — three gold, three silver, eight bronze. The full medal table is available here.