Canada adds bronze medals in Alpine super-G, cross country at Beijing Paralympics

BEIJING — Canada added a pair of bronze medals to kick off the second day at the Beijing Paralympics on Sunday.

Calgary's Alana Ramsay won bronze in the women's Alpine super-G standing, shortly before Collin Cameron of Canmore, Alta., finished third in the men's cross-country long distance sitting.

It was Canada's fourth and fifth medals of the Paralympics.

The 27-year-old Ramsay crossed the finish line in one minute 16.84 seconds – holding onto the bronze medal by 0.09 seconds. Zhang Mengqiu of China won gold while France's Marie Bochet took home silver.

Ramsay also won bronze at the 2018 Pyeongchang Paralympics.

Mollie Jepsen from West Vancouver, B.C., who won gold in the standing downhill Saturday for Canada's fist medal, was sixth in the super-G standing. Michaela Gosselin of Collingwood, Ont., was seventh.

In the long distance sitting at the Zhangjiakou National Biathlon Centre, Cameron's time of 47:36.6 earned him the fourth Paralympic bronze medal of his career. He was 4:27.4 behind gold-medal winner Zheng Peng of China.

Cameron was a triple bronze medallist in Pyeongchang.

Edmonton's Derek Zaplotinsky came in 13th while Ethan Hess of Pemberton, B.C., was 18th.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published March 5, 2022.