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.
Marcoux finishes fourth in men’s Paralympic slalom
PYEONGCHANG, KOR (March 16, 2018) — Mac Marcoux and guide Jack Leitch were fourth in men’s slalom at the 2018 Paralympic Winter Games in PyeongChang, South Korea, on a challenging track that eliminated more than a third of the field in the first of two runs. Marcoux and Alex Cairns were the only two Canadians to finish the race. Cairns posted a top-10 finish in what is only his second Paralympic race.
Canada captures bronze in wheelchair curling
After yesterday’s heartbreaking semifinal loss, a fourth consecutive gold medal was out of the question for Canada. But was was still on the table was the prospect of a podium finish and a Paralympic medal.
The Canadian wheelchair curling team won that bronze medal, defeating South Korea in a fairly one-sided match. Canada took two in the first, never looked back, and the Canadian team will stand on the podium for the fourth straight Paralympic games.
PyeongChang 2018: Looking ahead at Canadian Paralympic Team action on Day 8
PyeongChang 2018: Looking ahead at
Canadian Paralympic Team action on Day 8
- Male Para alpine skiers hit the hill for their last race of the Games
- Wheelchair curlers to play for bronze medal versus South Korea
- Cross-country skiing returns to Alpensia Biathlon Centre
Best-ever Winter Games on the horizon for Canada!
Canadian Paralympic Team on Day 7:
Canada reaches 19 medals at PyeongChang 2018
- Mark Arendz wins fourth medal in PyeongChang, his first Paralympic gold
- Collin Cameron captures second medal of these Games
- Brittany Hudak takes bronze in biathlon for first Paralympic medal
- Canada has now tied Vancouver 2010 for its most medals won at a Winter Games
Canada to play for bronze medal in wheelchair curling
Nobody likes to lose, especially elite athletes playing at world class competitions with medals on the line.
You could forgive Canadian skip Mark Ideson if he was angry, bitter, heartbroken or a bit crusty following a last rock loss to China in the semi-final of the Paralympic medal round in wheelchair curling. But, following the game that’s not the emotion he showed.
Banked slalom makes debut at Paralympic Games
Friday morning at the Jeongseon Alpine Centre, the snowboard discipline of Banked Slalom was contested for the first time in Paralympic history. Fresh off several top ten results in Monday’s Snowboardcross event, the Canadian team was looking forward to contesting their second event of the Paralympic Winter Games.