Canada brings home bronze in mixed cross-country relay at Paralympics

A strong Canadian cross-country team came together to earn bronze in the mixed relay on Sunday at the Beijing Paralympics.

Collin Cameron, Emily Young, Mark Arendz and Natalie Wilkie combined to cross the finish line in the 4x2.5-kilometre in 27 minutes 0.6 seconds to reach the podium.

"We threw everything down there today and we're on the podium, as a team, as a family, and it's freaking awesome," Cameron said.

The U.S. won gold in 25:59.3 while China took silver at 26:25.3. Ukraine, the reigning champions and pre-race favourites, placed 20 seconds behind Canada in fourth.

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