FOG BLOG BEIJING WINTER PARALYMPICS LOG: CANADA ENDS AT G-8, S-6, B-11, TOTAL: 25 , CLOSING CEREMONY

Canada overcomes pandemic challenges to capture 25 medals at Beijing Paralympics......25 medals and 3rd place overall!.......The cauldron was extinguished on one of the most formidable Winter Paralympics in history Sunday, with “hopes of peace,” and two years into the COVID-19 global pandemic that made just getting to the Games a herculean effort. Canada produced its second-best performance in history — remarkable considering the huge hurdles posed by the pandemic. International Paralympic Committee president Andrew Parsons delivered a speech about unity with war raging in Ukraine, saying “Differences here did not divide us. “Through this unity we have hope,” he said. “Hopes for inclusion, hopes for harmony and importantly hopes for peace. Humankind hopes to live in a world where dialogue prevails.”