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Canada's cross-country legend McKeever makes history with 16th Paralympic gold medal

It was a happy coincidence that Brian McKeever wore bib No. 16 on Saturday.

Canada's cross-country skiing legend captured his 16th Paralympic gold medal, to tie German alpine skier Gord Schoefelder for the most victories by a male winter Paralympian.

McKeever wrote a golden closing chapter to his remarkable career, cruising to victory in his final individual event at the Beijing Paralympics with guide and longtime friend Graham Nishikawa. The 42-year-old from Canmore, Alta., has swept the podium in all three individual cross-country events for four consecutive Paralympics.

But it's never been about making history for McKeever, rather, taking it one race at a time and enjoying the journey.

"I've never thought about (the record)," McKeever said. "And, to be perfectly honest, that wasn't the goal. It was just about trying to have a good day, and that's what we've always done, we've tried to have our best day on the day. Performance on demand is very, very difficult to achieve. And with the fact that we've done it for years ... I'm proud of what we've done here. Especially as a bunch of aging veterans."

Canada's Natalie Wilkie captured her third medal of the Games, a silver in the women's 10K cross-country race.

The Canadian team has 23 medals -- eight gold, five silver and 10 bronze -- and will finish third behind China and Ukraine. Canada will add at least one more to that total, a guaranteed gold or silver in Para hockey on Sunday morning. The cross-country relay also has a solid medal chance. Canada's medals will mark the second best winter Paralympics in history, after the 28 medals captured four years ago in Pyeongchang.

McKeever, who started to lose his eyesight at age 19 due to Stargardt's disease, an inherited

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