Athletes from Gander and Carbonear have won medals in snowshoeing events at the Special Olympics World Winter Games in Austria. Floressa Harris celebrates her bronze medal win Monday with Justin Dodge, from the Burin Peninsula, who scored a fourth place finish (Twitter/TeamSONL)Sandra Smith won gold in the 200-metre F21 event Tuesday, with a time of 1:10:54. Smith, who is from Carbonear, competes again Wednesday in a 4x100 relay, on a Canadian team that includes fellow Newfoundlander Crystal Young. Gander's Floressa Harris picked up a silver medal in the 200-metre F13 snowshoeing division, her second medal of the games. Harris also won a bronze Monday in the 100-metre race.

Source: CBC News March 22, 2017 00:11 UTC