Golden Day for Canada at the Paralympics

Another big medal haul by Canadian athletes brings our total medal count to 12!!

The big star of the day was Lauren Woolstencroft, who picked up her 3rd Gold medal of the games in the Womens Standing Downhill. Here is a photo of some of her fans….

Lauren Woolstencroft Fans

She is closely followed by visually impaired cross country skier Brian McKeever who won his second gold medal of the games in the 10klm classic. Congratulations again.

Today was a fun day to be at Creekside watching the downhill events – it is amazing how courageous these athletes are. Not only that, but they are pretty darn quick! Check out the video below of two sit-skiers getting air on ‘Hot Air’ , the last rollover of the course. If that doesn’t impress you, especially the recovery by the second guy, then you are hard to impress.

Sam Danniels Fan Club

One more thing, local boy Sam Danniels had a huge support crew there today. Unfortunately he wasn’t able to reward them with a medal winning performance, but a big thumbs up to him and all the rest of the athletes (especially the Canadian and Aussies!) Speaking of whom, Australian Marty Mayberry and Cameron Rahles-Rahbula who won Silver and 4th place in the Mens Standing Downhill. I happened to meet Marty’s dad in the crowd and he was very proud of his son.

Andrea Dziewior

That is a picture of Andrea Dziewior (I think) as she crossed the finish line for a 9th place finish. She promptly crashed and had to be taken to the hospital – so hopefully she is okay.

There are plenty more athletes I should mention, but time is running out for me, so one last congrats to Viviane Forest for winning GOLD in the womens visually impaired downhill.

Another great day for Canada.

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