The 35-year-old from Victoria won the men’s T51 200 metres for Canada’s second gold medal in Paris after Nicholas Bennett’s swimming gold the previous evening
The former national wheelchair rugby team player captured wheelchair racing gold Tuesday at the Paralympic Games in Paris.
“During COVID I was in a transition period and not really knowing what I was going to do,” Fournie explained Tuesday. Silver medallist Toni Piispanen of Finland finished in 38.55 and bronze medallist Peter Genyn of Belgium in 38.65. “The transition from rugby to racing helps because I was putting so much time and effort into training,” he said. “What was the most difficult part about racing was getting this chair figured out.
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