Gil Dash wins gold with wheelchair curling team
Kipling’s Gil Dash will be returning home from his first Paralympic Games with some special hardware following action on Day 8 of Milano Cortina.
With just 2.8 seconds left on their game clock, Canada made the last shot of the wheelchair curling final, nudging their shot rock closer to the button to ensure they scored the single point to win the game 4-3 over China and claim the Paralympic gold medal.
Leading up to that moment, the two teams were neck-and-neck, exchanging single points throughout the match after opening with a blank first end, setting the scene heading into the final end with a 3-3 tie.
The Canadian team also made history at these Games by going undefeated in round robin and playoff action, the first team to ever do so.
Upcoming Saskatchewan competition
Two athletes and one coach with Saskatchewan connections will be in action on the final day of the Paralympic Winter Games on Sunday.
Kurt Oatway, who began his Para alpine career in Regina, captured a bronze medal in his first event of Milano Cortina and will be competing to add another medal in his final event of the Games, the slalom. His first run is scheduled for 3:05 a.m. SK time and will be followed by the second run at 6 a.m.
Meanwhile, Prince Albert’s Brittany Hudak, who also has a bronze medal at these Games, will look to add to her collection as she competes in the women’s Para cross-country 20-kilometre interval start standing event at 3:45 a.m.
The final Saskatchewan and Canadian action will be the Para ice hockey team, including video coach Dean Seymour of Saskatoon. They’ll take on the United States in the gold-medal game at 9:05 a.m.
Following that game, the Paralympics will wrap up with the closing ceremonies beginning at 1:30 p.m.
Paralympic Notes: In addition to the gold medal won by the wheelchair curling team, Para alpine skier Michaela Gosselin also captured bronze for Canada in the women’s slalom standing event. In addition, the Canadian flag bearers were announced for the closing ceremonies: Para Nordic multi-medallist Natalie Wilkie and wheelchair curling skip Mark Ideson…Canada’s medal count 13: (3 Gold, 3 Silver, 7 Bronze).