Hudak wins silver medal in women’s 12.5-km pursuit race at IPC World Cup

SURNADAL, Norway — Canada’s Brittany Hudak finished off a memorable weekend on Sunday by winning the silver medal in the women’s 12.5-kilometre pursuit race at the IPC World Cup.

The Prince Albert, Sask., native missed just one shot in her first of four rounds of shooting to post a second place time of 41:36.6. Ukraine’s Oleksandra Kononova won the gold with a time of 39:46.2 while Liudmyla Liashenko, also of Ukraine, claimed bronze.

Hudak, 21, claimed the overall World Cup cross-country ski title on Saturday after a fourth-place finish in the five-kilometre standing classic ski race.

“The learning curve has been so huge for me,” said Hudak, who is in her first full season on the national team. “Now having the opportunity to attend national training camps, particularly the New Zealand camp this summer, I have noticed a huge improvement in my technique. It has been such an advantage for me to be in the same environment with the high-performance athletes, seeing how they train and learning from them.”