Thessalon’s Shiloh Rousseau did Canada proud by successful three medals in biathlon on the 2023 FISU World University Games, held in January in Lake Placid, New York.
Rousseau’s gold medal within the girls’s 12.5-kilometre brief particular person biathlon was the primary biathlon gold medal ever received by Canada within the historical past of the Games. It was additionally the primary gold medal Canada received at this 12 months’s 11-day occasion. Canadian rivals received 13 medals in all.
Rousseau adopted up her gold with a silver medal within the girls’s 7.5 dash race kilometre on Jan. 18 and one other gold medal within the girls’s 10-kilometre pursuit race on Jan. 19. Her spectacular efficiency earned her the honour of being the crew’s flag bearer on the recreation’s closing.
The 24-year-old athlete is a biology scholar on the University of Ottawa. She expressed gratitude to a number of sponsors within the Thessalon space, together with the Thessalon and Area Rod & Gun Club.
“Their support has been incredible,” she stated.
Rousseau has competed in biathlon occasions since age 12, beginning with air rifles. She was additionally on Canada’s World Youth Junior Championship crew previous to this occasion.
Asked what it felt wish to carry out so properly as such a excessive degree, she replied, “I always had a goal to win a high-level event, but I didn’t know what to expect going into these games. I went there for the experience. Walking away with these medals was amazing.”