PREVIEW: Tripp to swim first race at Tokyo, Roxon and Bird chase 2nd podium
On Tuesday there is a chance to increase the medal count with four promising swimmers, racing to qualify for the finals.
On Tuesday there is a chance to increase the medal count with four promising swimmers, racing to qualify for the finals.
The St-Augustin, Que. native broke her personal best not once, but twice in the same day as she sped to the end of the 100-metre freestyle S7 final on Tuesday.
With four days of swimming competition left, Canada has nine swimmers competing on Tuesday in Tokyo.
Danielle Dorris has captured silver in the women’s 100-meter backstroke S7 with a time of 1:21.91.
Canada’s efforts were rewarded with a bronze medal when the U.S. and Great Britain were disqualified from the Paralympic race for leaving their blocks before teammates touched the wall.
Aurélie Rivard broke her own world record twice in one day to secure Canada’s first gold medal of the Paralympic Games
Tammy Cunnington and Nikita Ens might have what it takes to win a medal. Both will race to qualify for the women’s 150-metre individual medley finals.
Nicholas Bennett beat his own Canadian record in the 200-m freestyle S14
Marina completed the race in a time of 2:15.43, bettering her sixth-place qualifying performance of 2:16.19.
Canadians Danielle Dorris and Camille Bérubé fell just short of the podium in the 200m individual medley SM7 finals on Friday in the pool at Tokyo Mallory Weggemann of the United States collected the gold…