A student from Immanual Christian Secondary School can now call herself an Olympic silver medalist.
Grade 12 student Moriah Van't Land finished second in the Female Division 1 category in the figure skating competition. Her 2.92 points put her just behind the leader, Naledi Hlalele from South Africa, who finished with 3.26.
At only 18 years old, Van't Land was the youngest competitor in her category.
Van't Land was the only athlete from the Lethbridge region, and the only figure skater from Alberta that competed in the Special Olympics World Winter Games in Turin, Italy, which took place from March 8-15.
Van't Land competed on March 12.
