Andrew Kurka of the US competes during the Para Alpine Skiing Men’s Super-G Sitting competition at the 2026 Winter Paralympics, in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy, Monday March 9, 2026. (Jed Jacobsohn/OIS/IOC via AP)

Palmer’s Andrew Kurka added to his career medal count on Monday, taking the bronze in the super-G at the 2026 Winter Paralympics in Cortina, Italy.

With the bronze, Kurka has now earned one of each variety in his career: adding the bronze to his gold and silver from the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Games in South Koreaa.

“It was a close race,” Kurka said via U.S. Ski and Snowboard. “I had some major mistakes in the course, but I was able to keep my speed up and I feel pretty good about it.”

Silver medalist Jesper Pedersen, of Norway, from left, gold medalist Jeroen Kampschreur, of the Netherlands, and bronze medalist Andrew Kurka, of the United States, pose on the podium of the alpine skiing men’s super-G sitting at the 2026 Winter Paralympics, in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy, Monday, March 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti) Andrew Kurka, of the United States, competes in the alpine skiing men’s super-G sitting final at the 2026 Winter Paralympics, in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy, Monday, March 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka

“In the men’s sitting category, we’re basically racing motorcycles down an icy slope and off of jumps,” added Kurka. “Anything can go wrong at any moment on it and if you’re not anticipating it then you’re going into the fence.”

Kurka’s time of 1 minute, 13.95 seconds, just 87 hundredths of a second behind gold medalist Jeroen Kampschreur of the Netherlands, who finished in 1:13.08. The silver medalist was Norway’s Jesper Pedersen (1:13.80).

Kurka, 34, was hoping to add a medal in Saturday’s downhill event, but he missed a gate and was disqualified.