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After winning four medals at the 2026 Paralympic Winter Games, para nordic skier Natalie Wilkie celebrated with Canada's leaders in Ottawa and thousands of cheering fans in her hometown. The 25-year-old's journey from a life-changing accident to 11 Paralympic medals continues inspiring a nation.
Canadian Para Nordic skier Natalie Wilkie wore gold glitter to manifest victory at the 2026 Winter Paralympics, then delivered a flawless performance to win her fourth career gold medal. The superstitious strategy paid off as she dominated the women's individual standing biathlon in Tesero, Italy.
A small-town athlete who lost four fingers in high school turned tragedy into triumph, collecting 11 Paralympic medals across three games. This weekend, her hometown of Salmon Arm celebrates their golden champion with a community party.
Before becoming a Hollywood A-lister and Marvel star, Natalie Portman co-authored a groundbreaking scientific paper as a teenager. The future Oscar winner discovered a new way to produce hydrogen from sugar while still in high school.
Hockey captain Tyler McGregor and triple Paralympic champion Natalie Wilkie will carry Canada's flag at the Milano-Cortina 2026 Winter Paralympics opening ceremony. The duo brings 10 combined Paralympic medals and represents a new generation of Canadian athletic excellence.
Canadian nordic skier Mark Arendz, already a 13-time Paralympic medalist, competes Wednesday for his 14th career medal while teammate Natalie Wilkie strategically rests after winning three medals in three events. Canada's athletes are proving that persistence and preparation create Paralympic excellence.
Former hockey player Bob Wilkie, who survived the Swift Current Broncos bus crash, just launched a podcast helping others heal from trauma. The first episode features fellow bus crash survivor Ryan Straschnitzki in a powerful conversation about resilience and recovery.
Colombian reggaeton singer Nataly Galan walked away from music stardom to become one of her country's most influential chemists. She now holds 13 patents and inspires young women to pursue science careers.
NBA referee Natalie Sago thought she was in trouble when her boss called Saturday. Instead, she got the news that she'd made playoff history as just the third woman ever selected for postseason officiating.
Adam Wilkie, 33, left his marketing career to pursue his father's legendary 1976 Olympic gold medal time in the 200-meter breaststroke. The tribute challenge honors British swimming icon David Wilkie, who passed away in 2024, while raising money for young athletes.
Mark Arendz and Natalie Wilkie are leading Canada's 15-member Para nordic ski team to the Milan Cortina Paralympic Games in March. The powerhouse squad has won 30 medals combined at the last two Winter Games.
A marketing manager quit his job to spend a year matching his late father's Olympic gold medal time. Adam Wilkie is honoring swimming legend David Wilkie by attempting the seemingly impossible.
A marketing manager is giving himself one year to match his late father's Olympic gold medal swimming time. Adam Wilkie is honoring David Wilkie, who won 200m breaststroke gold in 1976, by training full-time to achieve the same feat 50 years later.
Natalie beat T-cell lymphoma as a middle schooler and just graduated college. Now she's moving to New York City to pursue her law degree, proving that surviving cancer made her unstoppable.
A 61-year-old math teacher just became the top female Scrabble champion in the UK, beating a grandmaster by over 1,000 points. Natalie Zolty reveals her surprisingly simple secret to success starts with mastering just two-letter words.
A 33-year-old marketing manager left his career to spend a year attempting his late father's Olympic gold medal swimming time. David Wilkie's son Adam is honoring the British legend who died from cancer in 2024.
Nataly Alvarez balanced raising her 8-year-old brother and 3-year-old sister while earning her cosmetology license and top grades at Bryan High School. She'll be the first in her family to attend college when she starts at Texas A&M this fall.
A London marketing manager has quit his job to spend a year training full-time to match his late father's 1976 Olympic gold medal time. Adam Wilkie is honoring his dad David, a British swimming legend who died from cancer in 2024.
A childhood bully showed up to Natalie Jane's concert with roses and an apology for putting gum in her hair in second grade. The moment turned into an unexpected reconciliation that had the entire audience cheering.
Australian journalist Natalie Jones quit drinking four years ago and discovered something unexpected: a braver, more authentic version of herself. Her experiment in saying no to alcohol taught her to say no to anything that doesn't serve her.
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