Emily Young Wins Back-to-Back Bronze Medals at Para-Nordic World Cup on Home Snow
(WorldNews Canada)

CANMORE, Alta.-Canada`s Emily Young was on a hunting expedition at the Canmore Nordic Centre on Sunday afternoon. After venturing 7.5-kilometres skate-skiing through the tall pines at one of the world`s most challenging Nordic venues, the Vancouver native captured her prize - a bronze medal for the second-straight day in the women`s standing division at the season-opening Para-Nordic World Cup. `This is my first year starting at the back, hunting people down,` said Young, who started second last based on her number-two ranking in the field. `It was really cool being out there, reeling people in. It was just like fishing out there.` Young, 24, picked off 11 athletes to be exact on a...