Canadian sit-skier Brian Rowland secures 1st career World Cup podium with downhill bronze

Canada's Para alpine skiing team picked up three more medals at the World Cup finals on Sunday in Sella Nevea, Italy.

Coming off a three-medal showing in the opening downhill events on Saturday, the Canadians continued to shine with three downhill bronze medals.

Canadian sit-skier Brian Rowland reached the first World Cup podium of his career, finishing third in 52.67 seconds.

The 36-year-old Paralympian from Merrickville, Ont., shared the podium with five-time Paralympic gold medallist Jesper Pedersen of Norway, who finished first in 51.52.

Niels de Langen of the Netherlands finished just ahead of Rowland for silver (52.20).

Rowland was riding momentum entering the race after earning a then career-best sixth-place finish on Saturday in 54.28.

"It's almost unbelievable," Rowland said in a release. "It was super fast out there and it wasn't pretty but I just gave it my best and held on. People were cheering at the finish and when I saw my time, I was a couple of seconds faster than yesterday so I knew I had a shot at a podium. It's pretty awesome!" 

“It’s unbelievable.” - Brian Rowland<br><br>