Vernon’s Justin Sigal has added a bronze medal at the 2017 Special Olympics World Winter Games in Austria.
Sigal skied to a bronze medal Friday in the 2.5-kilometre M4 cross-country ski race. He earlier won silver in the five-km classic.
Sigal’s parents, Les and Jackie, were on-hand to witness their son’s medal-winning races.
Sigal and Okanagan training partner, Francis Stanley of Kelowna, helped Canada finish seventh in the M02 4 x 1 km freestyle relay race.
All three Okanagan cross-country skiers on Team Canada are returning home with medals.
Stanley won gold in the M1 2.5-km classic race. He was also in the top-10 in the M1 10-km freestyle (sixth).
Tracey Melesko was a double gold medalist, winning the F2 5-km classic and helped Canada win the 4x1-km F01 freestyle relay. Melesko, who trains with Sigal and Stanley, added a bronze in the F1 2.5-km classic.
The trio, joined in Austria by coach Ray Huson of Penticton and coach/wax technician Garth Vickers of Kelowna, are set to land at Kelowna Airport Sunday morning.
The closing ceremonies took place Friday evening.