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from
Marley Cameron:
What
a great ending to a whirlwind of a week!
My incredible husband, Collin Cameron,
took home Canada's first ever medal in
mens sitting-biathlon and I couldn't be
prouder!
It was such an amazing race to watch...my
cheeks hurt from smiling and literally
thought I as going to pass out! Can't
wait to see what else he has up his sleeves
for the 2018 Paralympic Games
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Canada's
Collin Cameron (Sudbury, Ont.) made
Canadian history in his Paralympic
Games debut. The 29-year-old is
the first Canadian man to ever win
a medal in Para nordic sit skiing
taking bronze in the 7.5-kilometre
men’s sitting biathlon on
Saturday, March 10, 2018 in Pyeongchang,
South Korea. Courtesy of Canadian
Paralympic Commitee
The
29-year-old Cameron sent a shot
of adrenalin through the entire
Canadian Para-Nordic team ranks
in the morning when he captured
the first biathlon medal in his
three-year career.
The former sledge
hockey player from Sudbury etched
his name into the history books
as the first Canadian male ever
to reach the Paralympic biathlon
podium in the sit-ski classification
with a thrilling bronze-medal finish
in his 7.5-kilometre race, posting
a time of 23:59.0.
“This is crazy.
I didn’t expect this today,”
laughed Cameron. “I felt really
great getting down on the matt (shooting)
and was in position every time.
It got me on the podium today, and
it is absolutely crazy.”
Cameron was flirting
with the leaders in a nail-biter
of a race while heading into the
range for the final time.
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“When
I was coming into the range for the second
time, I heard on John’s [Jaques,
coach] radio when he bent down to give
me my rifle that I was in third, and I
missed that shot. I took a breadth and
got the rest – then I just went
for it. Coming up that final hill, the
whole team was just screaming at me and
I went as hard as I could.”
Cameron finished just
9.3 seconds behind the golden pace set
by American Daniel Cnossen who clocked-in
at 23:49.7 (0+1). He was just 2.4 seconds
behind the silver-medallist from Belarus
– Dzmitry Loban who finished at
23:57.0 (1+0).
“Everything came
together today, and I don’t know
why. I think just the build up through
the season. I was progressively getting
snappier and faster, and all the work
John spent with me in Sudbury. We focused
on race procedure and that paid dividends
today. It is such a fun course here.”
He certainly has had his
share of fun in Korea.
The first of his two podium
finishes on the IPC World Cup also came
in PyeongChang one year ago when he won
a cross-country skiing sprint race. His
only other international podium came earlier
this year – also in a cross-country
skiing sprint race – when he claimed
the bronze in Germany.
“I always considered
cross country skiing my priority, but
biathlon is a lot of fun too. I love the
aspect of having two different races.
It is a lot of fun and I like the challenge,”
added Cameron, who is one of the most
respected athletes on the international
race scene. “I just hope the entire
team can take some of this awesome momentum
we are building for the rest of the week.”
The cross-country sit-skiing
races are slated for Sunday.
Supplied by the Canadian
Paralympic Committee
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