PARIS — Canada enjoyed its strongest single day so far at the Paralympics on Wednesday. There were four podium finishes, with two golds and two silvers on Day 7 to bump Canada's medal count to 17 and double the gold-medal number to four.
There were four podium finishes, with two golds and two silvers on Day 7 to bump Canada's medal count to 17 and double the gold-medal number to four. Swimmer Nicholas Bennett and shot putter Greg Stewart earned gold, while road cyclist Nathan Clement and swimmer Reid Maxwell each took silver.
"Seven one-hundredths off my world record, it's successful to say the least," said Bennett who set a Paralympic record of two minutes 6.05 seconds."I was certainly a lot more comfortable racing today. I knew there was definitely a chance being so close to my world record.Maxwell, meanwhile, became the youngest Canadian swimmer to win a Paralympic medal since Aurelie Rivard's silver in 2012 when she was 16.
"It's all I ever dreamed of just to come here," Maxwell said."Being able to medal here is a whole other thing. Honestly, that fight for the last 50m definitely made it worth it."
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