Fog Blog PyeongChang Paralympics Log:

CANADA IS 1-1-2 AT THE PARALYMPIC GAMES! SAULT ON NATIVE MAC MARCOUX CAPTURES GOLD! CANADA HAS 4 MEDALS! CANADA BEATS SWEDEN 17-0 IN MEN'S ICE HOCKEY! GOOD GOING CANADA!Canada captured its first gold medal on the opening day of competition at the 2018 Paralympic Games on Saturday in Pyeongchang, South Korea.Mac Marcoux of Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., won his first Paralympic visually impaired downhill race in a blistering one minute, 23.93 seconds. The 20-year-old topped the podium alongside his guide Jack Leitch.Dynamic duo of 'Mac and Jack' start strongMark Arendz's mother proud of son's determinationMarcoux is competing in his second Games. He earned gold in visually impaired giant slalom and took bronze in both the downhill and super-G in Sochi four years ago.Canadian para nordic veteran Mark Arendz of Hartsville, P.E.I., had a silver finish in the men's biathlon 7.5-kilometre standing sprint behind France's Benjamin Daviet. The 28-year-old is competing in his third Paralympics and collected a silver and bronze in Sochi.The Canadian para ice hockey team routed Sweden 17-0 to open its Paralympic tournament. Tyler McGregor scored four times and Bryan Sholomicki netted a hat trick, while Rob Armstrong and Liam Hickey both scored twice in the offensive onslaught.