“Billy gave me a pat on the back and said ‘You’ve got to go tomorrow and win that medal for us,’ meaning the whole team Canada,” said skip Mark Ideson, who led Canada to bronze. So (Saturday) we played for Canada.” The Canadian team of 55 athletes strong had set a cautious goal of 17 medals at the Pyeongchang Paralympics, one better than four years ago in Sochi. The athletes credited Canada’s performance to a strong sense of teamwork, and a solid group of young stars on the rise. Ranking by gold medals, Canada, with eight golds, was third behind the Americans (13), and the Neutral Paralympic Athletes from Russia, who had eight gold but more silver than Canada. ( JUNG YEON-JE/AFP/Getty Images )The Olympic team handed off the baton, and the Paralympic team took it and ran.

Source: thestar March 18, 2018 12:33 UTC