Japan's Akira Kano on Friday captured the Alpine skiing super-G (sitting) gold at the Paralympics for his second medal of the 2010 Games.
The 24-year-old, who won the bronze in Thursday's downhill, won in a time of 1min 19.98sec with Germany's Martin Braxenthaler (1:20.63) taking silver and Japan's Taiki Morii (1:20.98) the bronze.
France's Nicolas Berejny won the super-G (visually impaired) in a time of 1min 21.5sec, his country's first gold of the Games.
Guided by Sophie Troc, 41-year-old Berejny finished ahead of Slovakian pair Jakub Krako (1:21.71) and Miroslav Haraus (1:22.75).
In the women's events, Canada's Lauren Woolstencroft won her fourth career gold when she captured the super-G (sitting).
The 28-year-old won in 1min 26.46sec with Italy's Melania Corradini (1:31.92) and Andrea Rothfuss of Germany (1:32.47) making up the podium.
Woolstencroft, a native of Calgary, has now won seven medals in her career.
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