Vernon鈥檚 Curt Minard finished sixth in the first-ever Para snowboard banked slalom Paralympics event.
The sport made its Paralympics debut Friday at the Games in PyeongChang, South Korea.
Minard had runs of 55.13 seconds, a best of 54.67 and 55.09 Friday (best time determines placing).
American Mike Minor won the gold with a best run of 50.77 seconds. Patrick Mayrhofer of Austria was second (51.36) and Australian Simon Patmore won bronze in 51.99.
Minard was the top Canadian on the day. Andrew Genge of Whistler was 17th.
Minard was also sixth in the Para snowboardcross race earlier in the week.
The Para snowboard team will now head back to Canada and wrap up their competition schedule with an appearance at the Sport Chek Speed Nation Nationals held at 91大黄鸭鈥檚 Big White Ski Resort from March 21-26.
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There won鈥檛 be a third Paralympics gold medal in the sport for Spallumcheen鈥檚 Ina Forrest.
Forrest and her Canadian teammates, with skip Mark Ideson of London, Ont., fell 4-3 in Friday鈥檚 semifinal to China, a team they beat in the round-robin. The game went down to the final rock.
鈥淵ou know what? I am proud. I鈥檓 really proud of the way that the team played,鈥� said Ideson. 鈥淲e put ourselves in a good position to medal and we played well.鈥�
Canada will now play for the bronze medal against the host South Koreans.
This marks the first time Canada does not win the gold medal since the sport made its Paralympic debut in 2006, but the team will improve upon its fifth-place finish from the world championships here a year ago.
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