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Eriksson wins second Para alpine medal; Canada wins big in wheelchair curling
- On Monday, Kalle Eriksson and guide Sierra Smith raced to bronze in the men's visually impaired super-G at the Tofane Alpine Skiing Centre, earning Eriksson's second medal after Saturday's downhill silver.
- The partnership, which began in 2022, has quickly earned silvers at last year's world championships and 22 World Cup medals across three seasons.
- Race results list Eriksson finished in 1:13.29, with Johannes Aigner winning in 1:11.99 and Giacomo Bertagnolli in 1:12.15.
- Canada's wheelchair curling team improved to 4-0 with an 11-1 rout of Latvia, including a four-point steal in the fourth and two more in the fifth, and will face China and Sweden on Tuesday.
- Through three days, Canada sits on seven medals while China leads overall with eight gold and 17 total medals, followed by Ukraine and Austria in the early standings.
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Eriksson wins another medal, Canada wins big in wheelchair curling and para hockey
MILAN — Para skier Kalle Eriksson picked up his second medal of the Milan Cortina Paralympics on Monday while Canada's wheelchair curling team and Para hockey squad posted big victories.
Canada's Kalle Eriksson, guide Sierra Smith earn super-G bronze for 2nd medal of Milano-Cortina Paralympics
Canadian Para alpine skier Kalle Eriksson and guide Sierra Smith continued their impressive Paralympic debut on Monday by racing to bronze in the men's visually impaired super-G for their second medal.
Alpine skier Johannes Aigner and guide Nico Haberl won their second gold medal at the Paralympics in Cortina. The duo won in the visually impaired class on Monday in the Super-G on the Tofana in front of Giacomo Bertagnolli/Andrea Ravelli (ITA/+0.16) and Kalle Eriksson/Sierra Smith (CAN/+1.30 sec.). On Saturday Aigner, like his sister Veronika Aigner and guide Lilly Sammer, got downhill gold. For the racers there was silver in the Super-G. The t…
Canadian Kalle Eriksson won a second medal by winning bronze in the Super-G for visually impaired at the Milan-Cortina Paralympic Games.
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