Paralympic viewing guide: Canadians go for gold on the final weekend

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Canadian skier Natalie Wilkie captured her (and Canada's) second gold medal of the Winter Paralympics in northern Italy today, winning the women's standing biathlon sprint pursuit by more than 17 seconds. The 25-year-old from Salmon Arm, B.C., now has four medals at these Games and 11 since her Paralympic debut in 2018, with two races left before competition concludes on Sunday.

A couple of other top Canadians came very close to the podium today. Fourteen-time Paralympic medallist Mark Arendz placed fourth in the men's standing biathlon sprint pursuit, only 4½ seconds behind the bronze winner. Alpine skier Kalle Eriksson and his guide Sierra Smith also finished fourth in the men's vision-impaired giant slalom, missing their third medal of the Games by 0.12 of a second. On Tuesday, they lost out on the bronze in the combined event by just 0.05.

Wilkie's win brought Canada up to 10th in the medal standings with two gold, three silver and six bronze through Day 7.

Canada's Natalie Wilkie wins 2nd Para biathlon gold and 4th medal at Milano-Cortina Paralympics

Canada's wheelchair curling team clinched a medal (colour TBD) with a wild 8-7 win over South Korea in the semifinals. The Canadians, who went a record 9-0 in the preliminary round, trailed 7-5 going into the final end — with Korea holding the hammer. But Canadian skip Mark Ideson nailed a lovely hit-and-roll with his last rock to sit three, and his Korean counterpart botched the final throw to give Canada a miraculous win. Ideson's team will face China for the gold on Saturday.

Canada's Para hockey team will play the