After winning the territory’s first medal at the 2015 Canada Winter Games Sunday, Nadia Moser has done it again.

The 17-year-old captured bronze in the 7.5-kilometre junior women’s biathlon sprint in Prince George, B.C., to earn the Yukon its second medal.

Competing against 39 rival racers, Moser finished ranked third with a final time of 26:19.4. She hit six of her 10 targets with her rifle. Joining her on the podium once again were Ontario’s Leilani Tam von Burg who took gold, and B.C.’s Emily Dickson, who one-upped Moser for silver this time around.

Moser’s Yukon teammate, Maria Peters, finished 23rd in the sprint race.

On Sunday, Moser earned a silver in the 12.5-km junior women’s event.

“I’m almost happier today, because I was 100 per cent sure I had not won a medal,” Moser said in a news release. “My focus now is on tomorrow’s pursuit race.”

Moser’s final competition will take place early this afternoon at the Otway Nordic Centre.

While Chris Moser, a bush pilot, is with his daughter in Prince George this week, Sue Moser and Nadia’s younger sister, Christine Moser, are cheering from Whitehorse.

Reached at home yesterday afternoon, Moser’s mother said she was overjoyed and thrilled at her daughter’s early results.

“She called me today and she was so happy,” Sue Moser told the Star. “I could feel the joy through the phone.

“She’s almost too humble and doesn’t believe that she belongs there a lot of times,” she added. “I keep trying to tell her: ‘Yes, this is where you belong now.’”

Four years ago, the Moser family moved to Whitehorse from Atlin, B.C., so their oldest daughter could attend high school in Porter Creek. It was at that time when Nadia Moser began training with the local biathlon squad.

While Christine Moser, now 16, picked soccer, her older sister focused on biathlon.

“For selfish reasons, I wanted her to keep skiing, because she’s just a lovely skier,” her mother explained. “She never had lessons, it’s just what we did as a family in Atlin.”

Fearing she was too far behind to join the Yukon’s high-powered ski squad, Nadia Moser went the biathlon route, leaning on her experience shooting with the Canadian Rangers program in small-town Atlin.

“She was a pretty good shot right off the bat, and she really liked it,” Sue Moser said. “She’s just built for it. I think she’s just gifted naturally and she’s got the mental capability, which not too many girls at that age have.

“She’s so driven. She wants to make everybody happy, but she loves what she’s doing. That’s the bottom line.”

Other Yukoners in action yesterday included men’s curling, women’s hockey, archery and gymnastics.

As of press time, Quebec is leading the medal standings with 25 medals, while Ontario isn’t far behind with 21.

Thanks to Moser, the Yukon is tied for eighth place with Manitoba, which has also secured two medals.

Team Yukon consists of 100 athletes. The 2015 Canada Winter Games will run until March 1.

The event – held every two years and alternating between winter and summer games – represents the highest level of national competition for up-and-coming athletes.

The multi-sport event has been hosted in every province since its inception in Quebec City in 1967.

The current tournament in Prince George features 2,400 athletes.

TSN will provide 40 hours of live coverage on its television network, including the gold medal games in both men’s and women’s hockey, as

well as the closing ceremonies March 1.