10-time medallist Brian McKeever heads Canada’s Paralympic cross-country team
LAKE LOUISE, Alta. – Brian McKeever will once again lead Canada’s cross-country team at the Sochi Paralympics.
The 10-time medallist was among 14 cross-country skiers and biathletes named to the Canadian contingent on Tuesday.
McKeever, who competes in the visually impaired category, won three gold medals at the 2010 Vancouver Paralympics and the Cochrane, Alta., native will be counted on heavily again.
McKeever’s guides Erik Carleton, also of Canmore, and Whitehorse’s Graham Nishikawa, were also named to the Canadian team on Tuesday, along with eight-time Paralympic medallist Colette Bourgonje.
They will be joined by Mark Arendz of Hartsville, P.E.I., Chris Klebl of Canmore, Alta., Brittany Hudak of Prince Albert, Sask., Ottawa’s Caroline Bisson, Yves Bourque of Becancour, Que., Quebec City’s Sebastien Fortier, Louis Fortin of Shippagan, N.B., Ottawa’s Margarita Gorbounova, Robbi Weldon of Thunder Bay, Ont., and guide Andrea Bundon of Regina.
The Paralympics run from March 7 to 16.
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