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Mark is one of Canada's most decorated Paralympians. The list goes on and on, he is a 4x Paralympian in Biathlon and cross country, 2x Paralympic champion, an award winner, multi medalist and 3x World Champion. On this episode we hear about his 4 Paralympic experiences. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mark is one of Canada's most decorated Paralympians. The list goes on and on, he is a 4x Paralympian in Biathlon and cross country, 2x Paralympic champion, an award winner, multi medalist and 3x World Champion. On this episode we hear about his 4 Paralympic experiences. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

Paralympic Stories with Mark Arendz, PLY

Mark Arendz delivered performance after performance at the 2018 Pyeongchang Paralympic games.  He skied and shot his way into uncharted territory, nailing an incredible six medals in six events. Which left Canada’s undisputed star of the games in something of a motivational bind.  It’s relatively easy to train with a goal of doing ‘better next time’.  But how to focus on improving after an outing like that? Heading into the Beijing games, as Arendz explains to Anastasia Bucsis, means evolving as an athlete.  ‘More’ is not the answer, but ‘different’ might be.  Arendz' relentless pursuit of technique and fitness has led him to a place where he can still find flaws in his own gold medal races. He can still see ways to hit more bullseyes, more quickly. He can still bring more of his phenomenal talent and drive to bear on all the notoriously difficult Nordic disciplines. In conversation on the edge of ‘Frozen Thunder’,  the shoulder season cross country training track at Canmore,  Alberta, Arendz slowed down long  enough to describe how his passion for technical excellence in sport likely evolved from his early need to solve the daily challenges of living minus an arm lost to a childhood  accident on his family farm in P.E.I.  24 years of overcoming physical problems, as it turns out, is excellent preparation for an unparalleled athletic career.  It should come as a surprise to no one that Arendz is already visualizing precisely where he’ll be at noon on March 5th, 2022…the minute, hour and day that his next Paralympic Nordic race gets underway.

Mark Arendz delivered performance after performance at the 2018 Pyeongchang Paralympic games. He skied and shot his way into uncharted territory, nailing an incredible six medals in six events. Which left Canada’s undisputed star of the games in something of a motivational bind. It’s relatively easy to train with a goal of doing ‘better next time’. But how to focus on improving after an outing like that? Heading into the Beijing games, as Arendz explains to Anastasia Bucsis, means evolving as an athlete. ‘More’ is not the answer, but ‘different’ might be. Arendz' relentless pursuit of technique and fitness has led him to a place where he can still find flaws in his own gold medal races. He can still see ways to hit more bullseyes, more quickly. He can still bring more of his phenomenal talent and drive to bear on all the notoriously difficult Nordic disciplines. In conversation on the edge of ‘Frozen Thunder’, the shoulder season cross country training track at Canmore, Alberta, Arendz slowed down long enough to describe how his passion for technical excellence in sport likely evolved from his early need to solve the daily challenges of living minus an arm lost to a childhood accident on his family farm in P.E.I. 24 years of overcoming physical problems, as it turns out, is excellent preparation for an unparalleled athletic career. It should come as a surprise to no one that Arendz is already visualizing precisely where he’ll be at noon on March 5th, 2022…the minute, hour and day that his next Paralympic Nordic race gets underway.

The relentless evolution of Mark Arendz

Mark Arendz, biathlon and para-Nordic skier from P.E.I., on his success at the 2018 Winter Paralympics in Pyeongchang and how losing a race by .7 of a second became a powerful motivator for him.

Episode 16: Mark Arendz

Para-Olympic athlete, Mark Arendz, speaks about his silver medal winning performance in biathlon at the Para-Olympics in South Korea.

Para-Olympic athlete, Mark Arendz, speaks about his silver medal winning performance in biathlon at the Para-Olympics in South Korea.