Canada's Nicholas Bennett, pictured at the 2023 world championships, earned Canada's fifth medal and first silver of the Paris Paralympics in the men's 200-metre freestyle final on Saturday at Paris La Défense Arena.
Canadian swimmer Nicholas Bennett captured the country's first silver medal of the Paris Paralympics on Saturday in the men's 200-metre freestyle S14 final.Canada's Nicholas Bennett, pictured at the 2023 world championships, earned Canada's fifth medal and first silver of the Paris Paralympics in the men's 200-metre freestyle final on Saturday at Paris La Défense Arena.
The 24-year-old from Victoria clocked a factored time of 38.610 seconds in the six-rider final at the National Velodrome in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France. Pemble, a former Paralympic alpine skier, broke the mark of 39.093 set by Australia's Aniek van den Aarssen on the same track at the 2022 world championships.Mel Pemble of Victoria clocked a time of 38.512 seconds in the qualifying stage, to break the world record for the women's C3 500-metre time trial at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games. Pemble would go on to finish fourth in the final.
The 20-year-old from Parksville, B.C., will go for gold at 11:44 a.m. ET, with live coverage available on CBC Gem, theTess Routliffe and Danielle Dorris both booked spots in the women's 200m individual medley SM7 final, finishing first and second in the final heat with times of 2:59.06 and 3:02.55, respectively. The final is set for 2:10 p.m. ET.The 25-year-old Routliffe, who originally hails from Auckland, New Zealand, claimed silver in the event at the 2016 Games in Rio.
Canada, which lost 70-65 to China on Thursday, plays its final group-stage game against Spain on Sunday at 3:30 p.m. ET. All eight teams in the women's and men's tournaments advance to the quarterfinals.Brian Hnatiw is joined by John Loeppky to talk about arguably the two most popular sports at the Paralympics: wheelchair rugby and basketball.
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