BEIJING 鈥� Canadian Tyler Turner earned a bronze medal in the men's banked slalom SB-LL1 event at the 2022 Beijing Paralympic Winter Games.
Turner, of Campbell River, sa国际传媒, turned in a time of one minute 12.84 seconds.
China's Wu Zhongwei and Dutch rider Chris Vos won gold and silver, respectively.
The SB-LL1 category is for snowboarders with moderately affected movement in the knees or legs, the absence of one leg above the knee or two legs below the knee.
The 33-year-old Turner earlier won gold in the men's snowboard cross event at the Beijing Games.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published March 11, 2022.
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Note to readers: This is a corrected version of an earlier story. Tyler Turner won bronze, not silver, as written in a previous headline.
