Beijing 2022 Day 4 Preview: Canada aims for more medals in Para biathlon

Liam Hickey and the Para ice hockey team returns as Canada takes on South Korea. PHOTO: Canadian Paralympic Committee (CNW Group/Canadian Paralympic Committee (Sponsorships))

BEIJINGMarch 7, 2022 /CNW/ – Canadian medal hopes on Day 4 at the Beijing 2022 Paralympic Winter Games will zoom in on the Para nordic skiers in the middle-distance biathlon races. Action on Tuesday at the Games will also see Canada’s Para ice hockey team look for its first win of the tournament and the first-place wheelchair curlers play two more games.

Para Nordic Skiing – Biathlon
Para biathlon returns to the trails with the middle-distance events. Mark Arendz and Brittany Hudak, both already bronze medallists in Beijing, hunt for their second podiums of the Games in the men’s and women’s standing categories which start at 12 p.m. local / 11 p.m. ET Monday. Joining Hudak in the women’s race is teammate Emily Young. Also in action for Canada is Christina Picton in the women’s sitting and Derek Zaplotinsky in the men’s sitting, kicking off the day’s competition at 10 a.m. local / 9 p.m. ET Monday.

Para Ice Hockey
Canada looks to get a notch on the win column as it faces South Korea at 1:05 p.m. local / 12:05 a.m. ET. The Canadians lost their opening match 5-0 to the USA and following a couple days off would like to head into the playoffs on a winning note. Four years ago, Canada won the silver in PyeongChang while South Korea was the bronze medallist.

Wheelchair Curling
First place Canada (4-1) won’t need to linger on its first loss of the tournament Monday night. Two more games are scheduled for Tuesday as round-robin play continues: versus South Korea (1-3) at 9:35 a.m. local / 8:35 p.m. ET Monday, followed by Slovakia (2-2) at 7:35 p.m. local / 6:35 a.m. ET.

CLICK HERE for the complete Canadian Paralympic Team schedule on March 8.

HOW TO WATCH

All Canadian competition can be live streamed as it happens. Live streams can be found on Paralympic.ca, CPC’s YouTube channel, cbc.ca/beijing2022 and Radio-Canada.ca/jeux-paralympiques, the free CBC Gem streaming service, the Radio-Canada Sports app, and CBC Sports app for iOS and Android devices. Anyone wishing to catch up on the action afterwards can also watch events on-demand on these platforms, as well as Amazon Prime Video.

March 8 Canadian TV Broadcasts:

Sportsnet One – 10 a.m. ET / 7 a.m. PT

CBC Daytime – 3 p.m. local
CBC Late Night – 12:30 a.m. local
Radio-Canada – 1 p.m. ET
Radio-Canada – 11:05 p.m. ET
*please check local listings*

Click here for the complete broadcast schedule.

SOURCE Canadian Paralympic Committee (Sponsorships)

About Alwin Marshall-Squire 15820 Articles
Alwin Marshall-Squire is the Editor-in-Chief of S-Q Publications Inc., overseeing editorial strategy for GTA Weekly, GTA Today, and Vision Newspaper. He leads the publications’ mission to deliver bold, original journalism focused on the people and communities of the Greater Toronto Area, Canada, and the global Caribbean diaspora. Also writes for GTA Weekly and GTA Today.

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