Vancouver (Canada) (AFP) - The Canadian founder Brian McKeever, already sacred in the 20km free and in the 10K classic, won Sunday at Whistler Paralympic his third title by winning the 1 km sprint cross country skiing in the category visually impaired of champions online resources .
The native of Calgary, led by his brother Robin, rushed in last position with the final 29 seconds behind the Swede Zebastian Modin, but he managed to bridge the gap to win the gold ahead of Russian Nikolay Polukhin and Modin of champions power leveling .
This is the tenth Paralympic medal won by McKeever and his seventh gold.
Achieved since 1998 of the Stargardt disease, a genetic degeneration of the retina, Brian McKeever had nearly make history at the Vancouver Olympics by becoming the first athlete to participate in the Olympic Winter Games and Paralympic Winter . But the Canadian guidelines do not ultimately was selected for the 50 km.
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