Alpine skiing and cross-country skiing | Canada collects two more bronze medals

(Beijing) Canada added a pair of bronze medals to its roster on the second day of competition at the Paralympic Games in Beijing.

Alana Ramsay of Calgary took bronze in the women’s alpine standing super-G.

Then, shortly after, another Alberta athlete, Collin Cameron, finished third in the long-distance cross-country skiing event in a seated position. He thus made sure to return home with a bronze souvenir around his neck.

These two new medals bring the count to five for the Canadian delegation at the Paralympic Winter Games in Beijing.

Ramsay, 27, crossed the finish line in 1:16.84, 0.09 seconds ahead of her closest pursuer. China’s Zhang Mengqiu won gold ahead of France’s Marie Bochet.

Ramsay also won bronze in the same event at the PyeongChang Paralympic Games in 2018.

Mollie Jepsen, who won gold Saturday in the downhill, finished sixth in the super-G. Michaela Gosselin of Collingwood, Ont., was seventh.

In the seated long-distance cross-country event at the Zhangjiakou National Biathlon Center, Cameron stopped the clock at 47:36.6 to win his fourth career bronze medal at the Games. He was 4:27.4 behind gold medalist Zheng Peng of China.

Cameron had won three bronze medals in PyeongChang.

Derek Zaplotinsky of Edmonton took the 13^and rank as Ethan Hess, of Pemberton, British Columbia, finished 18^and.