Canada is on the medal board at the Winter Olympics in Milano-Cortina.

Valérie Maltais earned bronze in the women’s 3,000-metre speed skating event, securing the country’s first podium finish of the Games.

The La Baie, Quebec native finished behind Italy’s Francesca Lollobrigida, who claimed gold with an Olympic-record performance, and Norway’s Ragne Wiklund, who took silver.

Fellow Canadians Isabelle Weidemann and Laura Hall also competed, placing fifth and 13th, respectively.