VANCOUVER – Team BC is now sitting in second place, tied with Ontario, for the most medals so far at the Canada Winter Games in Prince George.
Fourteen-year-old Mel Pemble won gold in the Giant Slalom Para Female race on Monday. A few hours later, New Westminster’s Kristina Natalenko, 15, won silver in Giant Slalom Female.
“The nerves came this morning but I tried to push them back and I guess it worked,” said Pemble.
“I took my first run a little more carefully that I would have liked but I was feeling it out,” she added. “I was actually a little surprised at how fast I was on that one. Then by the second run, I went all out.”
For Natalenko, earning the silver medal was a special honour.
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“I was really excited and I feel like I really represented B.C.,” she said. “My second run went better than my first run because I had a cleaner line and I was pretty happy with my ski.”
In other Team BC sporting action on Monday, the ringette team defeated PEI by a score of 7-4. The male curling team remains undefeated; they competed against New Brunswick and won by a point, finishing up 7-6. In wheelchair basketball, B.C. defeated Manitoba by a score of 61-29.
At the CN Centre, B.C.’s female hockey team got its first win against PEI with a final score of 5-1.
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Team BC’s Brian Ng and Dakota O’Donovan won bronze in the team air pistol event. The pair initially appeared to place fourth, but after an error in calculations was amended, Ng and O’Donovan moved to third place. At just 12 years of age, Ng is one of the youngest competitors at the 2015 Canada Winter Games.
The men’s gymnastics team also captured the bronze medal Monday night, behind Ontario and Quebec.
Captain Aaron Mah was the top ranked member of Team BC; the 17-year-old finished with the fourth highest combined score in the team competition.
“I am really proud of the team today,” said Mah. “We were really supportive of each other and stuck our routines when it really counted.”
Mah and two teammates have qualified for the men’s all around competition, which takes place Wednesday at UNBC.
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