Canada’s top S7 swimmers, Tess Routliffe and Sarah Mehain, don’t just keep each other on track inside the pool, but help to keep each other afloat outside of it. The two friends will swim against each other with a Paralympic medal on the line in Rio.
Going into Day 1, the goal for coach Craig McCord was making it past prelims and giving the cohort of youthful team members a clear message and goal – qualify for the finals.
Canada’s Olympic swim team won six medals in the pool. The Paralympic team is looking to write its own success story.
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TORONTO — When Gordie Michie touched the wall at the end of his race, he had no idea how fast he just swam. The para-swimmer, racing in the S14 classification, set a new Canadian record and…
TORONTO – Canadian para-swimmer Abi Tripp broke a 14-year old record earlier Thursday night – and then broke it again hours later. The Kingston Ont., native participated in the SM8 classification heats for the 200m…
UPDATE: Roxon will represent Canada at the 2016 Paralympics in Rio this September. TORONTO – For Canadian Paralympian Katarina Roxon it’s time to take the next step. The 23-year old, who won gold in the…
With the 2015 Pan American Games in the past, the pool at the Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre in Scarborough has turned its focus to the future of swimming in Canada. Coming off the most successful summer muti-sport event in the country’s history, the goal is to continue to grow the sport not only for the 2016 Olympics, but for the next few cycles. However, the first step is Rio, and improving on the two medals won at London 2012.
Victoria Poon’s dedication as a Canadian was influenced by her mother’s move. Poon, 30, was born in Hong Kong and moved to Canada with her parents and sister when she was 11 years old. The…