Wheelchair racer Brent Lakatos earns gold in men’s T53 800 metres for 13th career Paralympic Games medal
Canada earned three medals, with two golds courtesy of two of its biggest names at the Paralympic Games on Day 8.
“It’s a really great feeling,” said Lakatos, who is competing in his fifth Paralympics. “This has taken a lot of planning. The Canadian support staff have been great. We had a great strategy, taking control of the race. We executed the plan and it worked out really well.”“My training has been modified due to a broken rib,” he said. “But I was able to get back for here and I’m obviously in great shape. I had a stress fracture.
“Oh my gosh, its been eight long years and so many silver medals,” Lakatos said after his race. “It’s so good to finally be back. We’re going to sing“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’s 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.
He’s married to Britain’s Stefanie Reid, who won Paralympic long-jump silver in London in 2012. The couple live in Loughborough, England.
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