Canada’s Mark Arendz struck gold for the third time in three occasions on the Para Biathlon World Championships in Prince George, B.C.
The Paralympic veteran from Hartsville, P.E.I., received the lads’s standing dash pursuit remaining on Saturday to stay undefeated in Para biathlon races this season. Arendz topped the rostrum with a time of 11 minutes 18.9 seconds on the Caledonia Nordic Ski Membership for Canada’s sixth medal of the inaugural competitors, taking pictures clear for the second straight occasion.
Ukraine’s Serhii Romaniuk (11:48.3) completed one spot behind Arendz for the second time this week, whereas three-time Paralympic gold medallist Benjamin Daviet of France took bronze in 12:05.8.
Brittany Hudak of Prince Albert, Sask., completed fourth within the ladies’s standing dash pursuit later Saturday, simply 8.1 seconds behind bronze medallist Oleksandra Kononova of Ukraine. The Ukrainians swept the rostrum, with Bohdana Konashuk (12:26.5) capturing gold forward of Liudmyla Liashenko (12:41.9).
The 30-year-old Hudak received bronze on the opening day within the ladies’s dash.
Smoky Lake, Alta., native Derek Zaplotinsky additionally completed one spot shy of the rostrum within the males’s sitting dash pursuit, his second fourth-place consequence in Prince George. Zaplotinsky’s time of 13:10.1 was narrowly overwhelmed by American Aaron Pike (13:03.7)
Ukraine’s Taras Rad received gold in 11:11.8 and Kazakhstan’s Yerbol Khamitov completed second (12:23.2).
The world championships conclude Sunday with the staff dash. Canada’s Para biathletes return to motion at Caledonia subsequent week for the World Cup finals, working March 13-17.
