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.
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