Canadian Paralympic roundup: Mark Arendz captures 1st biathlon gold

Canada's Mark Arendz claimed the first Paralympic biathlon gold of his career by winning the men's 15-kilometre standing race at the Winter Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea.

The medal was the fourth of the Games for the 28-year-old from Hartsville, P.E.I., after earning silver and bronze in earlier biathlon events and a cross-country sprint bronze. Arendznow owns six career Paralympic medals.

Mark Arendz on gold-medal race: 'This is the one I've been waiting for'

7 years ago

Duration 1:29

CBC Sports' Lauren Woolstencroft spoke with an excited Mark Arendz (who was briefly joined by his ski coach Robin McKeever) after Arendz won gold in the men's biathlon 15 km standing race.

Arendzcrossed the finish line in a time of 42 minutes, 52.2 seconds after shooting cleanly at all four intervals. France's Benjamin Daviet who won the previous two biathlon golds in Pyeongchang earned silver, while Norway's Nils-Erik Ulsettook bronze.

Arendz's medal, combined with Collin Cameron and Brittany Hudakboth winning bronze, brought Canada's total to 19 at these Games, tying a national record set in Vancouver in 2010. Canada will surpass that total by virtue of the para ice hockey team reaching the gold-medal game; the team is guaranteed either agold or silverin that game, which willbring the total to 20.

Mark Arendz receives long-awaited Paralympic biathlon gold medal

7 years ago

Duration 6:58

28-year-old Hartsville, P.E.I. native Mark Arendz was awarded his gold medal in the men's biathlon 15 km standing race. It's his first Paralympic gold medal, and sixth Paralympic medal overall.

Cameron added to his Paralympic biathlon medal total with a bronzein the men's 15-km sitting race. The 29-year-old from Sudbury, Ont., crossed the line in a time of 50:59.1 while incurring only a single shooting penalty to finish just behind Germany's Martin Fleig and American Daniel Cnossen.

Collin Cameron grabs 2nd biathlon medal of Paralympics

7 years ago

Duration 0:24

Cameron sped to a bronze medal in the men's 15km sitting biathlon event, matching the bronze he captured in the 7.5km race.

Cameron claimed his first-ever Paralympic medal on the opening day of competition, racing to bronze in the 7.5-km event.

He also hadfourth- and fifth-place results in cross-country.

Hudak of Prince Albert, Sask., earned another bronze for Canada with a time of 41:20.7 in the women's 12.5-km standing race.

Brittany Hudak wins bronze in women's biathlon

7 years ago

Duration 1:09

Hudak raced to a time of 41:20.7 seconds to capture the bronze medal in the women's standing 12.5km biathlon

It was the 24-year-old's first Paralympic medal, having finished fifth and eighth in two earlier races.

Emily Young of Kelowna, B.C., finished seventh.

China deals Canada historic loss

Chinese skip Wang Haitao needed to be perfect on his last shot of the game, and he delivered with the hammer to give China a 4-3 win and deny Canada a shot at a fourth-consecutive wheelchair curling gold.

China defeats Canada to advance to wheelchair curling gold-medal game

7 years ago

Duration 2:44

China scored a single in the eighth and final end to beat Canada 4-3. It marks the first time a Canadian rink won't win Paralympic wheelchair curling gold.

It was a back-and-forth affair between Canada and China, but the match drew to a halt in the seventh end after a stone hit Canadian skip Mark Ideson's chair. As a result of the burned rock, China decided to place the stone in the rings where it hit Ideson's wheel, which led to protests from the Canadian rink. It appeared the rock was on its way out when it was burned.

Ultimately, the officials placed the stone at the back of the rings and the end was eventually blanked to set up a decisive eighth.

Burned stone leads to controversy in Canada-China wheelchair curling semifinal

7 years ago

Duration 7:43

Controversy erupted in the seventh end of the Canada-China wheelchair curling semifinal. After Canada burned a Chinese stone, Chinese skip Wang Haitao opted to keep the stone in the house.

Canada comes up short in snowboarding

Canada's seven competitors were unable to medal in the Paralympic debut of snowboardingbanked slalom. Michelle Salt, who placed fourth in LLI snowboard cross, finished fifth in her banked slalom event; Sandrine Hamel also placed fifth in the LL2 banked slalom.

Curt Minard(UL) and John Leslie (LL2) both finished eighth in their respective events. Andrew Genge placed 17th in the UL banked slalom, while Alex Massie and Colton Liddle finished 10th and 12th, respectively, in the LL2 event.