Alpine skier Mollie Jepsen has won CanadaB次元官网网址檚 first medal of the 2022 Beijing Paralympics.

Jepsen took gold in the womenB次元官网网址檚 standing downhill in one minute 21.75 seconds. ChinaB次元官网网址檚 Zhang Mengqiu took silver and SwedenB次元官网网址檚 Ebba Aarsjoe earned bronze.

The biggest challenge of the Yangqing Alpine Centre for Jepsen was that she was not very familiar with the course.

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Jepsen has now won five medals over the course of her Paralympic career.

The product of West Vancouver, B.C., won four medals at the Pyeongchang Games. She won gold in super combined, a silver in slalom, and a bronze in both downhill and giant slalom in 2018.

Shortly after JepsenB次元官网网址檚 gold, Canada won another Alpine skiing medal.

Mac Marcoux of Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., took silver in the menB次元官网网址檚 downhill vision impaired.

AustriaB次元官网网址檚 Johannes Aigner won gold in 1:13.45, Marcoux was behind him in 1:13.81, and FranceB次元官网网址檚 Hyacinthe Deleplace earned bronze in 1:14.10.

Marcoux, with guide Tristan Rodgers, competed in his first race in over two years after winning the Paralympic title in Pyeongchang.

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B次元官网网址� The Canadian Press