Paralympic viewing guide: Friday is a big day for Canada

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For the first time since medals started being awarded on Saturday, no Canadians reached the podium Thursday at the Paralympic Games in northern Italy. This was mostly due to a lack of opportunity as Day 6 featured only one medal event, the women's giant slalom.

Canada's Michaela Gosselin finished eighth while Florence Carrier was 14th in the women's standing category. There were no Canadians in the sitting or vision-impaired divisions.

That leaves Canada with 10 medals — one gold, three silver, six bronze — heading into a big Day 7.

Biathlon: Natalie Wilkie, Brittany Hudak and Mark Arendz in the sprint pursuit

The final day of biathlon competition features Wilkie going for her 11th Paralympic medal, and fourth of these Games, in the women's standing category. The 25-year-old from Salmon Arm, B.C., won a gold and a silver in biathlon last weekend before adding a bronze in the cross-country sprint on Tuesday. She skipped Wednesday's 10-kilometre cross-country event in which Hudak placed third for her fourth career Paralympic medal (all bronze).

Arendz will try for his 15th Paralympic medal, and third of these Games, in the men's standing category. The 36-year-old from Hartsville, P.E.I., earned a silver in the 12.5 km biathlon last weekend and took bronze in Wednesday's 10K cross-country race.

The pursuit begins with a qualifying round to determine a leader and how much of a head start they get over each other athlete in the final. For Wilkie and Hudak's women's standing category, qualifying is at 5:35 a.m. ET and the final goes at 8:10 a.m. ET. Arendz's races will follow