Canada added three bronze medals to its tally on the second day of competition at the Paralympic Games in Beijing.
Quebecer Alexis Guimond, of Gatineau, won the bronze medal in alpine skiing in the standing super-G for men. He followed in the footsteps of compatriot Alana Ramsay of Calgary, who also won bronze in the women’s standing super-G earlier on Sunday.
In cross-country skiing, another Alberta athlete, Collin Cameron, finished third in the seated long distance event. He thus made sure to return home with a bronze souvenir around his neck.
These three new medals bring the count to six for the Canadian delegation at the Paralympic Winter Games in Beijing, including four in alpine skiing.
Guimond finished third in the competition with a time of 1:10.02. He was beaten by China’s Liang Jingyi, who won gold, and Austria’s Markus Salcher, who won silver.
On the women’s side, 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 trailed gold medalist Zheng Peng by 4:27.4.
Cameron had won three bronze medals in Pyeongchang.
Derek Zaplotinsky of Edmonton took the 13and rank as Ethan Hess, of Pemberton, British Columbia, finished 18and.