“Everything worked well for us” – Brian McKeever on producing yet another special performance at Beijing Paralympics

Canada’s legendary Paralympian Brian McKeever is set for his final outing at the Games on March 13 (Sunday) in Beijing 2022. He would be going all out in the Cross-Country relay chasing a record 17th Paralympic title to add more glory to his mesmerizing medal cabinet.

On the penultimate day of the 2022 Beijing Winter Paralympics, McKeever teamed up with long time guide Graham Nishikawa and wearing bib No 16, to complete a hat-trick of gold medals winning the Men’s Middle Distance Free Technique Vision Impaired with a time of 33:06.6.

On the other hand, Sweden’s Zebastian Modin settled for silver while Ukraine’s Dmytro Suiarko claimed bronze.

“I think it was because they gave me the right bib today. Nishi (guide) did a fantastic job today of setting the pace and I think we had a lot of talk about how we would race it. Last two days, we were working on the pace and knew if we started with the right pace then we can adapt to anybody else’s pace and in the end everything worked well for us,” McKeever reckoned on producing a special run on Chinese soil.

“Doesn’t mean a damn thing” – Brian on equaling record of Germany legend Gerd Schoenfelder 

With his third gold medal in three events, McKeever is now tied with Germany’s most decorated Alpine skier Gerd Schoenfelder – 16 gold medals. 

He added: “To be perfectly honest, it doesn’t mean a damn thing (laughs). It’s never been about any of it. It has always been about enjoying the process and I love representing the country. We love getting lost in the mountains then to come home after 10 hours slogging and suffering… then look at the picture later and say, that was fun. If records happen to come it will come. Trying to do what you know to do best is what mattered to me all through my career.”

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