Canada's Para nordic team wins 4 more medals at World Cup finals in Utah

Canada's Para nordic team combined to win four more medals on Thursday at the World Cup finals in Midway, Utah, bringing its total to nine through two days of competition.

Sit-skier Collin Cameron, who won men's sprint gold on Wednesday, continued his remarkable season with silver in the men's five-kilometre event.

The 34-year-old from Bracebridge, Ont., clocked 14:23.8 to reach his second straight podium at the Soldier Hollow Nordic Center.

Italy's Giuseppe Romele won gold in 13:46.9, while Ukraine's Taras Rad took home bronze (14:23.8).

Pemberton, B.C., native Ethan Hess finished 11th (16:01.5).

Fellow Canadian Mark Arendz, who recently lit the cauldron to open the 2023 Canada Winter Games in his native P.E.I., won silver in the men's 5km skate-ski race with a time of 12:11.2.

The 32-year-old from Hartsville finished behind Japan's Taiki Kawayoke (12:07.2), while France's Benjamin Daviet claimed bronze by finishing .1 seconds behind Arendz.

"I was very happy with my performance. I knew going in that today was going to hurt. After spending time at sea level, travelling to altitude was not going to make the race easy," Arendz said.

"I focused on pushing and controlling my race over the first lap, then progressing through the second lap. It was an exciting, tight race from start to finish."

In the women's 5km sit-ski event, Christina Picton picked up her second bronze medal for Canada in as many days.

The 29-year-old finished in 18:34.5, two spots ahead of fellow Canadian Lyne-Marie Bilodeau of Magog, Que. (19:58.3).

"The conditions were a lot better so racing was a lot nicer, but not any easier," Picton said. "This course is a tough one, with heavy climbs off the start.

Picton, a former Para hockey player from Fonthill,