Canadian skier Jepsen, biathlete Hudak secure 2nd medal each at Beijing Paralympics

Canada's Mollie Jepsen skied to women's standing Para alpine skiing giant slalom silver for her second medal at the Beijing Paralympics on Friday.

The 22-year-old West Vancouver, B.C., native posted a combined time of two minutes 0.95 seconds.

Jepsen was 5.83 seconds slower than Zhang Mengqiu of China, who struck gold. Andrea Rothfuss of Germany claimed bronze with a time of 2:01.91.

Medal hopeful Ebba Aarsjoe of Sweden, who had posted the second-best time in the first run, crashed out in her second go.

Mollie makes it HAPPEN