PARIS — Brent Lakatos got the gold. The veteran wheelchair racer from Dorval, Que., owns fistfuls of Paralympic medals, but not quite enough gold for his liking kept the 44-year-old racing to Paris.
The veteran wheelchair racer from Dorval, Que., owns fistfuls of Paralympic medals, but not quite enough gold for his liking kept the 44-year-old racing to Paris.
"Tokyo, I had so many silvers. I wasn't happy with that. Not really," Lakatos stated."If I was going to retire, I wanted to try once more for the golds and that's why I'm back here."Lakatos' tactics in the 800 kept the Thai racer behind him. The Canadian was in control in the final sprint to win by just under a second.
"It was really bad timing," he said."I had seven weeks really to get back. I was able to get back to where I was before the injury." The T53 classification is for athletes that can use their arms, but have little or no trunk movement. Lakatos sustained paralysis from a blood clot in his spine at the age of six when he slid into boards while skating.
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