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Canada’s Marcoux wins second gold at World Para-Alpine Skiing Championships

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Mac Marcoux of Canada, right, and his guide Robin Femy race to win 3rd place in the men\'s downhill, visually impaired event at the 2014 Winter Paralympic, Saturday, March 8, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. Marcoux earned his second gold medal of the World Para-Alpine Skiing Championships, teaming with guide Jack Leitch to win Thursday\'s super-G race in the men\'s visually impaired category.THE CANADIAN PRESS/ AP/Dmitry Lovetsky

TARVISIO, Italy – Canada’s Mac Marcoux earned his second gold medal of the World Para-Alpine Skiing Championships, teaming with guide Jack Leitch to win Thursday’s super-G race in the men’s visually impaired category.

Marcoux, a 19-year-old from Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., also won gold in Wednesday’s downhill.

“It was nice and fast for super-G and pretty straight,”Marcoux said. “I want to give a huge shout out to Jack for his dedication and perseverance as my guide. I’m so pumped to have him on my team.”

Also Thursday, Calgary’s Alana Ramsay took silver in the super-G in the women’s standing category to give Canada five medals so far at the world championships.

Kirk Schornstein of Spruce Grove, Alta., who finished with a silver medal in Wednesday’s men’s standing downhill, finished fourth in the men’s super-G.

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