Canadian skier Mark Arendz set for another packed Paralympic Games after 2018 success

Six medals in six Paralympic starts in endurance sport takes ironclad discipline.

Canada's Mark Arendz has it.

The skier from Hartsville, P.E.I., went 6-for-6, including a biathlon gold medal, for the most medals won by a Canadian in a single Winter Paralympic Games in 2018. He was chosen Canada's flag-bearer for the closing ceremonies in Pyeongchang, South Korea.

Arendz set a high bar for himself four years ago.

"I don't want to look at it as topping it," Arendz told The Canadian Press. "Those results, I want to evolve from them.

"For me, my goal going into Beijing is every time I go to the start line, I'm the best prepared I am and ready to race and when I cross that finish line, I've done everything I can.

"Essentially, I put my cards on the table and see who can beat that."

"The recovery piece between those races was huge, just making sure I got what I need, and staying smart," he said. "Getting my nutrition back, getting some downtime, and changing that as I saw fit."

Arendz will log post-race notes before writing down goals for the next day. Every minute is meticulously managed.

"If he has a press conference that goes 10 minutes longer, that's 10 minutes he's not in his room recovering," said his brother Menno. "It takes a very disciplined person to say 'no, I can't do this right now.'

"With para racing, both biathlon and cross-country very frequently, and with the condensed schedule that the Paralympics has, all those athletes are under extreme pressure."

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Menno took up biathlon via cadets at age 12 and Mark quickly followed him into the sport at a Prince Edward Island park that now bears Mark's name.

The brothers now live in Alberta