BEIJING — Mollie Jepsen of West Vancouver, B.C., captured a silver medal in the women’s giant slalom standing event at the 2022 Beijing Paralympics.
Jepsen won second place in a time of two minutes 0.95 seconds.
China’s Zhang Mengqiu won gold in the event, earning her nation’s first-ever para alpine skiing gold.
Germany’s Andrea Rothfuss won bronze.
This is the 22-year-old Jepsen’s sixth career Paralympic medal and second of the Beijing Games.
She previously won a gold in Beijing in the women’s downhill standing event.
Canadians Mark Arendz, Brittany Hudak capture biathlon silvers at Beijing Paralympics
Mark Arendz of Hartsville, P.E.I., captured a silver medal in the men’s 12-kilometre individual standing event at the 2022 Beijing Winter Paralympics.
Arendz finished behind Frances Benjamin Daviet of France in a time of 40 minutes 13 seconds. Grygorii Vovchynskyi of Ukraine won bronze.
It’s the 11th Paralympic medal Arendz has collected during his decorated career.
On the women’s side, Brittany Hudak of Prince Albert, Sask., won a bronze medal in the women’s event. She finished in a time of 49 minutes 3.4 seconds.
Liudmyla Liashenko of the Ukraine captured gold in the event while China’s Zhao Zhiqing won silver.
Hudak, 28, now has won three Paralympic medals in her career.
This was the first medal she’s won at the 2022 Beijing Games.
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