Canada's Wilkie earns silver in women's middle distance cross-country at Beijing Games

Canada's Natalie Wilkie secured her third medal of the Beijing Paralympics, winning silver in the women's standing 12.5-kilometre cross-country event on Saturday in China.

The 21-year-old Salmon Arm, B.C., native completed the race with a time of 41 minutes 45.3 seconds.

Ukraine's Oleksandra Kononova (41:18.0) claimed gold, while teammate Iryna Bui (41:47.1) earned bronze in a near-podium sweep for Ukraine.

Fellow Canadian Brittany Hudak placed seventh (43:16.3), and Emily Young, of Kelowna, B.C., finished 11th.

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