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P.E.I.'s Mark Arendz earns 3 medals at para-nordic worlds

P.E.I.'s Mark Arendz has earned three medals a gold, a silver and a bronze at the Para-nordic Ski World Championships held this week in Finsterau, Germany.

'The set is complete!' Arendz tweeted after winning 3rd medal

Canada's Mark Arendz, pictured above at the 2014 Winter Paralympics, has earned three medals at the 2017 para-nordic world championships this week. (Dmitry Lovetsky/The Associated Press)

P.E.I.'s Mark Arendz has earned three medals a gold, a silver and a bronze at the World Para Nordic Skiing Championships held this week in Finsterau, Germany.

Arendz, 26, a two-time Paralympic medallist of Hartsville, P.E.I., placed third in the open relay Wednesday.

Earlier this week, he won a silver medal in the men's 15-kilometre individual biathlon event.

On Saturday, he won gold in the men's 7.5-kilometre standing biathlon race.

The 2017 World Para Nordic Skiing Championships are being held from Feb. 10 to 19.