Mark Arendz triumphs at Paralympic Games
PYEONGCHANG, Kor.—Mark Arendz from Hartsville, P.E.I. captured his first Paralympic title. Brittany Hudak from Prince Albert, Sask., and Sudbury’s Collin Cameron battled to bronze in the long-distance biathlon races at the Paralympic Winter Games.
It was a small town Canadian beat down at the Alpensia Biathlon Centre in PyeongChang, Korea on Friday, and the most successful day ever in the history of the program.
Mark Arendz claimed the first Paralympic biathlon gold of his career by winning the men's 15-kilometre standing race with a time of 42:52.2.
PyeongChang 2018: Looking ahead at Canadian Paralympic Team action on Day 7
- Para snowboarding banked slalom event makes Paralympic debut
- Biathlon wraps up with 15KM and 12.5KM races
- Canada to duel for spot in wheelchair curling gold-medal game
PyeongChang, March 15, 2018 – Medal events will be back on the schedule for the Canadian Paralympic Team on Friday, as the PyeongChang 2018 Paralympic Winter Games starts to reach its final days.
Canadian Paralympic Team on Day 6: stage is set for Canada-USA showdown in Para ice hockey
Canadian Paralympic Team on Day 6:
Canada reaches gold-medal game in Para ice hockey
- Canadians oust South Korea in semifinals
- Wheelchair curling team secures berth in medal rounds
Canadian wheelchair curlers qualify for playoffs at Paralympics
Canada’s wheelchair curling team knew that defending a gold medal for the third time wasn’t going to be easy; nor was it going to be quick.
The team constantly referred to the 11-game round robin as a marathon, and they were going to take it one mile at a time.
With a 6-2 win over Germany, the Paralympians must feel that they’ve passed a major milestone by officially qualifying for the medal round.
Canada to play for gold medal in Para ice hockey
Canada’s Para Hockey Team is off to the gold-medal game after its fourth consecutive shutout of the 2018 Paralympic Winter Games, a 7-0 semifinal victory over Korea at the Gangneung Hockey Centre Thursday afternoon.
PyeongChang 2018: Looking ahead at Canadian Paralympic Team action on Day 6
- Canada faces host South Korea in Para ice hockey semifinals
- Wheelchair curling team aims for semifinal berth as round-robin play concludes
PyeongChang, March 14, 2018 – The Canadian Paralympic Team will be focused on the indoor sports at the PyeongChang 2018 Paralympic Winter Games on Thursday, with Para ice hockey and wheelchair curling reaching critical days in Gangneung.
Canada earns six podium finishes in a medal bonanza
- Brian McKeever wins 12th Paralympic gold medal
- Mark Arendz and Mollie Jepsen each win their third medals of these Games
-Three more bronze medals won in Para nordic and Para alpine skiing
- Canada matches Sochi medal count with 16
Canadian curlers now 7-2 with one day to go in round-robin
58 year-old Jamie Anseeuw has spent every game this week watching from the bench, while his teammates battled it out on the Paralympic ice.
He’d take times, watch rocks, and take notes on every shot as part of his role as alternate; and he has to be ready to play with a moment’s notice if a player goes down with illness or injury.
Since entire tournaments can go by without that happening, it’s standard practice to get your alternate into the game if the scoreboard becomes lopsided one way or the other.
Triple bronze medal haul for Marcoux, Guimond, Jepsen
PYEONGCHANG, KOR (March 14, 2018) — On the fourth day of para alpine competition at the PyeongChang Paralympic Winter Games, the Canadian team capped the giant slalom event with three bronze medals: one apiece for Mac Marcoux, Alexis Guimond and Mollie Jepsen. The trio’s podium achievement brings the Canadian para alpine team’s medal count to nine, including three gold. This trumps the eight para-alpine medals won by Canadians at the 2014 Sochi Paralympics, with two more days of competition still to come.