Canada's Ramsay scores another medal with bronze in women's super combined event
6-time Paralympic medallist Mac Marcoux of Canada out of Beijing Games with injury
Canada's Alana Ramsay collected her second medal of the Beijing Paralympics on Monday, winning bronze in the women's standing super combined alpine event.
The Calgary native finished with the fourth best time in both the super-G portion of the event and the slalom for a combined time of 2:06.33, to repeat as a bronze medallist in the event.
Sweden's Ebba Aarsjoe claimed gold with a combined time of 1:56.51, while China's Zhang Mengqiu grabbed silver with a time of 1:58.02.
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The 27-year-old Ramsay had also made the podium just a day earlier in the super-G race, where she also repeated as a bronze medallist. She now has four career Paralympic medals, having also won two at Pyeongchang 2018.
"Today feels really good. I fell going across the finish line in the super-G and was a little sore then, but I'm really happy that I got up and was able to do the slalom," Ramsay said.
"To repeat what I did four years ago twice now, it's insane."
Fellow Canadian Mollie Jepsen, winner of Canada's first gold medal of the Games, finished the super-G portion in 1:18.95 but did not finish the slalom race, leaving her out without a rank in the event.
Mac Marcoux out of Beijing Games with injury
Canada's Mac Marcoux, a six-time Paralympic medallist, will miss the rest of the Beijing Games.
Alpine Canada said Marcoux, who already scored silver in the men's visually impaired downhill, suffered a lower-body injury following a crash in the super-G on Sunday.
The Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., native, 24, missed the world championships in January as he recovered from a back injury in time to make it to the Paralympics.
"It's super unfortunate how the super-G went down, crashing is one thing, but to be laid up again for the next little while is upsetting. It's not the best case, but that's all a part of ski racing. I'll be excited to get after it and come back stronger," Marcoux said
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Even still, the Canadian said he was grateful for his time in China and the silver medal.
Canada's Chef de Mission Josh Dueck called Marcoux "a true champion."
"It's so devastating that he's down for the rest for the Games, and we wish him all the best in his recovery. It was an absolute thrill to see Mac and Tristan race the downhill on day one and put down such a phenomenal run, and I look forward to watching them do the same in the future," Dueck said.
Arendz misses podium for 1st time in 8 years
Mark Arendz's medal streak is over.
The Hartsville, P.E.I., native placed fourth in the standing 20-kilometre classical technique cross-country event on Monday at the Beijing Paralympics.
He grabbed medals — one gold, two silver, three bronze — in all six of his events at the 2018 Pyeongchang Paralympics and added another bronze in his first event, the standing biathlon sprint, of Beijing 2022.
It was the first time the Canadian walked away from a Paralympic event without a medal since the 10km cross-country event at Sochi 2014.
Japan's Taiki Kawayoke won gold at 52 minutes 52.8 seconds, while Chinese duo Cai Jaiyun (54:27.7) and Qiu Mingyang (54:29.7) took silver and bronze, respectively.
Arendz will be right back on his skis on Tuesday for the middle-distance biathlon event.
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Canada leads in wheelchair curling despite 1st loss
Canada's four-game winning streak to start wheelchair curling round-robin play in Beijing ended with a 6-3 defeat to Sweden.
Canadian co-flag-bearer Ina Forrest, Mark Ideson, Dennis Thiessen and Jon Thurston still remain in first place after earlier wins over the U.S., Latvia, Switzerland, and defending Paralympic champions China in the opening draw.
The Canadians, led by skip Ideson, secured a 7-4 victory over the Americans earlier to start the day.
"We're picking up on the rocks and the ice, it's really nice to get the fourth win against a really strong team," Ideson said after the victory. "The U.S. got us twice at the world championships, so it was nice to put on a strong performance today.
"I feel like we're still learning, still growing. The theme is patience. We've got a long way to go, it's a long round robin, so we'll take it slowly."
Canada will next play South Korea on Monday at 8.30 p.m. ET and Slovakia on Tuesday at 6:30 a.m. ET.
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Leach places 6th in men's super combined
Canada's Logan Leach finished in sixth place in the men's visually impaired super combined alpine event.
The 19-year-old Lumby, B.C., native finished with a time of 2:06.27 between both the super-G and slalom races.
His time was 16.47 seconds out from gold medallist Giacomo Bertagnolli, of Italy.
