Canada's most decorated para swimmer the last decade heads into her fourth Paralympic Games owning world records in three events.
Canada's most decorated para swimmer the last decade heads into her fourth Paralympic Games owning world records in three events. Canadian Para-Swimmer Aurelie Rivard poses for a photograph in Toronto, on Thursday, Feb 29, 2024. Canada's most decorated para swimmer the last decade heads into her fourth Paralympic Games owning world records in three events.
Swimming kicks off Thursday at La Defense Arena, where Canada's Summer McIntosh was a triple gold medallist and winner of four medals overall at the Olympic Games. "To stay focused and on top of your game for 10 days straight is extremely hard," Rivard said. "I work on that. I try to race three weekends in a row during the year.
Fredericton's Danielle Dorris, who was born with underdeveloped arms, is the defending champion in the women's S7 50-metre butterfly. Nicholas Bennett of Parksville, B.C., who is autistic, is the reigning men's world champion in the S14 200-metre freestyle and medley.Rivard's first Paralympic medal was a silver in London in 2012 when she was 16. Tokyo's Summer Games were postponed a year from 2020 to 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
"People got to see really what we do, who we are," she said. "I never had to explain what the Paralympics were afterwards, which is something I had to do so much before. Alberta’s premier and several cabinet ministers issued a statement Sunday morning in support of a move to implement binding arbitration to help resolve the rail workers’ strike, while the Teamsters union said on social media that they would comply with the order.
A 44-year-old Toronto man has been arrested and charged with attempted murder after allegedly assaulting another individual with a hammer in Toronto’s west end earlier this month.The City of Calgary will provide an update on the rehabilitation and impacts of the Bearspaw feeder main shutdown on Monday morning as Calgarians are once again under strict water use rules.
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