athletes representing the maple leaf picked up a total of 28 medals (8 gold, 4 silver, 16 bronze). This blows away Canada’s most successful Winter Games set in Vancouver in 2010 where 19 total medals were won, 10 of which were gold.
Many athletes were able to accomplish what
they set out to do. Mark Arendz was the clear choice as Canada’s flag bearer
after his impressive medal count. After years of heartbreak, he finally won the
biathlon gold he was missing. Arendz won a total of five individual medals and a
cross-country mixed relay silver to bring his total to six.
Brian McKeever became Canada’s most decorated
Paralympic athlete and won triple gold in PyeongChang. He now has 16 Paralympic
medals, 13 of them being gold. The Canadian men’s sledge hockey team took home
the silver medal after a heartbreaking overtime loss to the United States.
Mollie Jepsen won four medals in South Korea,
including gold in the women’s standing super-combined slalom. This 18-year-old can only walk away with her
head held high and medals of every colour around her neck.
These athletes were unstoppable as soon as the Games started. With the amount of talent Canadian athletes have
shown over the last two weeks, it’s only fitting to be even more excited for
the next Paralympic Winter Games in 2022.
