Mark Arendz has won a fifth medal at the Paralympics in South Korea taking a bronze in the 10 K cross country ski race.
Hartsville’s Arendz will lead the Canadian Paralympic Team into the Closing Ceremony as flag bearer at the Pyeongchang Paralympic Games, the Canadian Paralympic Committee announced today. With five medals, Arendz has the most podium performances of any Canadian in South Korea.
“This is an absoltute honour and a privilege to receive the flag from my teammate, mentor and hero Brian McKeever to lead a record-setting group of Canadian athletes into the closing ceremonies ,” Arendz said.
The 28 year old is one of a very few Canadian athletes that has ever won five medals in one set of Games.
Cindy Klassen won five medals in speed skating in the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy.
It’s also a first for any Island athlete on the world stage.
Arendz says the entire Canadian Nordic team has done very well this week. “It’s amazing and shows the program is on the right track.”
Arendz has won seven medals in total including two in Sochi in 2014.
This week he has won a gold, silver and three bronze.
Four of those medals in the biathlon.
Canada has 8 gold, a silver and 15 bronze for a total of 24 medals.
The USA leads with 35.