N.S. cross-country skier wins 3 medals at Canada Winter Games

A cross-country skier from Fall River, N.S., is celebrating after bringing home three medals from the Canada Winter Games in Prince Edward Island.

Emma Archibald, 19, won two gold medals and one bronze during the Games, which came to a close on Sunday.

Nova Scotians brought home 24 medals, including seven gold, seven silver and 10 bronze.

It was Archibald's first time competing in the Games, and she was the only para-nordic skier to be named to Team Nova Scotia.

Para-nordic events include athletes with a physical disability or vision impairment.

Archibald won gold in the 2.5-kilometre women's para-nordic standing classic and the five-kilometre women's para-nordic standing free, and silver in the para-nordic standing sprints. 

Archibald, who is the assistant captain of the University of Ottawa's Gee-Gees nordic ski team, spoke with CBC Radio's Alex Guye about her experience on Tuesday. 

Their conversation has been edited for clarity and length.

First off, congratulations. How are you feeling?

Thank you. Good, good. I'm a bit tired today, it was a long travel day yesterday, but overall pretty good.

Awesome. Other than winning medals, how was your experience?

Oh man, it was amazing. The Canada Games committee just did such an amazing job. It was just such a fun environment to be a part of, and even though there was some big competition, everyone was just like — you compete and then you kind of just leave it on the course — and everyone's having a blast. 

It's kind of fun to be interacting with all the different provinces and no one gets too down on themselves or too caught up in the results. It's a pretty fun environment to be a part of.

Let's get into some of the races. Walk me through what it was like, because you