Brian McKeever won Canada's second gold medal of the Beijing Paralympics, easily defending his title in the men's 20-kilometre cross-country vision-impaired race Sunday.
McKeever, in his sixth and final Paralympics, was the three-time defending champion in the event and a clear favourite heading into the long-distance race.
He crossed the finish line in 55 minutes and 36.7 seconds — more than three minutes ahead of Jake Adicoff of the United States in second. Zebastian Modin of Sweden took home the bronze.The last time McKeever failed to top the podium in the 20km cross-country event was in 2006 when he won silver. Alpine skier Mollie Jepsen won Canada's first gold medal in Beijing in the women's standing downhill., and avoid posting profanity, personal attacks or harassment. Should you violate our submissions guidelines, we reserve the right to remove your comments and block your account. Sportsnet reserves the right to close a story’s comment section at any time.
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