Canadian swimmer Aurelie Rivard can win her 11th Paralympic medal on Thursday.
CBC Sports' daily newsletter previews the top Canadians in action on the first day of competition at the Paralympic Games in Paris.festive opening ceremony
Canada's flag was carried by wheelchair basketball player Pat Anderson and swimmer Katarina Roxon, who have a combined 11 Paralympic appearances between them. They were selected from a team of 126 Canadian athletes who will compete in 18 of the 22 sports taking place over the next 11 days.Here are the leading candidates on Thursday, in chronological order:Assuming she gets through the qualifying round at 6 a.m. ET, O'Brien will have a shot at winning gold in the final.
Rivard, 28, owns 10 Paralympic medals — one behind 44-year-old wheelchair track star Brent Lakatos for tops among Canadians in Paris. There's a good chance she matches Lakatos right away, as Rivard has won the last two world titles in the 50m freestyle S10. She took gold in this event at the 2016 Paralympics and bronze in 2021 in Tokyo, where she racked up five medals — two gold, a silver and two bronze.
In Paris, Canada will face the U.S., Japan and Germany in the group stage, with the top two advancing to the semifinals. The Americans took silver at the 2021 Paralympics and at the most recent world championship, losing to Great Britain and Australia in the respective finals. The Japanese won bronze at both events.
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