Canada's Ruth Sylvie Morel, right, said she's competed in her final Paralympics at age 68, but hopes to remain involved in the sport moving forward.
Canada's "grande dame" of wheelchair fencing wants more for her sport. Ruth Sylvie Morel may have fenced her last Paralympic bout Tuesday in Paris, but the 68-year-old from Pincourt, Que., isn't done agitating to increase her sport's visibility.Canada's Ruth Sylvie Morel, right, said she's competed in her final Paralympics at age 68, but hopes to remain involved in the sport moving forward.
"Nothing is happening. Nobody is doing anything to develop wheelchair fencing and that kind of upsets me because that's my baby," she stated.Morel's teammate Trinity Lowthian of Ottawa was eliminated 15-14 by Brazil's Monica Santos in a first-round repechage match Tuesday. "The path that she's paved ahead of me, even though it's been so hard with wheelchair fencing in Canada, because of her it's been that much easier. She's just really taught me to stand up for myself."
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