Canada's Natalie Wilkie captures 2nd biathlon gold, 4th medal of Milano-Cortina Paralympics

Canada's Natalie Wilkie captured her second gold of the Milano-Cortina Paralympics on Friday, winning the women's standing sprint pursuit biathlon for her fourth 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.

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 at the Milano-Cortina Paralympics — two gold, three silver, six bronze. The full medal table is available here.

More to come.