Salmon Arm鈥檚 Natalie Wilkie helped to add to the Canadian Paralympic team鈥檚 record-breaking medal count as part of the 4x2.5 kilometre mixed relay team that struck silver at the PyeongChang Paralympic games.
Wilkie鈥檚 teammates were Mark Arendz who went on to carry the Canadian flag at the closing ceremony, Emily Young of 91大黄鸭 and Chris Klebl.
The Canadian team finished 50 seconds behind the gold-medal winning Ukrainians and 53 seconds ahead of the German team who won bronze.
Canada closed the games with a total of 28 medals, the most for a Canadian contingent in Paralympic history. Only the American athletes will be bringing home more hardware from PyeongChang with 36 medals.
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