Caroline Viau back on the Paralympic saddle
For the first time in 26 years, Caroline Viau participated at the Paralympic Winter Games last month in PyeongChang. However this time it was not as one of Canada’s top Para alpine skiers but as a member of the mission staff in athlete services.
Viau won one gold and two bronze medals during the 1992 Albertville Paralympic Winter Games, in France.
Canadian Paralympic Committee statement on government support of Calgary 2026 bid
Ottawa, March 29, 2018 – The Government of Canada, the Province of Alberta and the City of Calgary are pleased to announce their support for the establishment of a bid corporation that will continue the development of hosting plans and a fully costed event budget that will inform a bid to host the 2026 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games in Calgary.
Statement from Marc-André Fabien, President, Canadian Paralympic Committee:
Record number of Canadian Para athletes at Commonwealth Games
GOLD COAST, Australia – Aurélie Rivard, Kyle Whitehouse and Stephanie Chan are among the record number of 22 Canadian Para athletes who will compete in three sports at the Commonwealth Games set for April 4-15 in Gold Coast, Australia.
The Para swimming group includes eight members of the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games team. Quadruple world-record holder Rivard, of St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Que., won four medals in Rio and was Canada’s flag bearer for the Closing Ceremony.
Chernove wins three of Canada’s four medals at Para cycling track worlds
RIO – Tristen Chernove of Cranbrook, B.C. reached the podium three times in a four-medal performance for Canada this past weekend at the Para cycling world track championships.
As he did on the same track at the Paralympic Games in 2016, Chernove collected one gold, one silver and one bronze.
He opened the championships with a victory in the C2 3000-m individual pursuit, successfully defending his world title in that event. The next day he took the silver in the 1000-m time trial and concluded the event with bronze in the scratch race.
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TORONTO - Canada’s Dream Team – the 2018 Paralympic Winter Games squad – has landed in airports across the country the past two days to wild cheers from its fans who witnessed a team record 28-medal performance and second spot in the nation standings in PyeongChang this month.
PyeongChang 2018: A record-breaking Winter Games for Canadian Paralympic Team
- Canada finishes with 28 medals, its most ever at a Paralympic Winter Games
- Canadians close out PyeongChang 2018 with four medals on Day 9
PyeongChang 2018: Looking ahead at Canadian Paralympic Team action on Day 9
- Para ice hockey team to play for gold versus USA at 11 p.m. Saturday night ET
- Para alpine skiing finishes with women’s slalom
- Relays take over cross-country
- PyeongChang 2018 wraps up with Closing Ceremony at 8 p.m. local time/7 a.m. Sunday morning ET
PyeongChang, March 17, 2018 – The Canadian Paralympic Team will wrap up its most successful Winter Games ever at PyeongChang 2018 on Sunday, with more opportunities to increase its 24-medal count.
Canadian Paralympic Team on Day 8: Canadian medal total hits record-breaking 24 with five-medal day
- Brian McKeever wins third gold medal in PyeongChang
- Natalie Wilkie claims gold and Emily Young bronze in 7.5KM cross-country
- Mark Arendz captures fifth medal of these Games, will be flag bearer for Closing Ceremony
- Wheelchair curling team takes home bronze medal
- Canada now has claimed its most medals ever at a Paralympic Winter Games
Mark Arendz named Closing Ceremony flag bearer for Canadian Paralympic Team in PyeongChang
- Arendz has won five medals in PyeongChang, medaling in each event he competed
- Holds one gold, one silver, and three bronze in biathlon and cross-country
- Closing Ceremony is March 18 at 8 p.m. local time / 7 a.m. ET airing live
on CBC/Radio-Canada across Canada
Brian McKeever and Natalie Wilkie ski to gold, Mark Arendz and Emily Young win bronze
PYEONGCHANG, Kor.—A Paralympic legend and a teenage rookie propelled Canada’s cross-country ski team to four trips to the podium in the final day of individual competition in PyeongChang, Korea.