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Another Paralympics is in the books — but certainly one not soon to be forgotten. With an incredible 2.5 million tickets sold, the 17th Summer Paralympic Games in Paris brought back the kind of energetic and unparalleled atmosphere that was glaringly absent during the COVID-held Tokyo Games in 2021. Paralympians who felt they didn’t get…
What looked like a bounce back for Canada at the Paralympic Games was more of a return to form. Canada’s 10 gold medals in Paris were the most since 19 in Beijing in 2008, and also doubled the output at the Tokyo Games three years ago. The 29 medals overall matched Rio in 2016 and…
This is a web version of CBC Sports’ daily newsletter, The Buzzer. Sign up here to get it delivered to your inbox. After collecting eight medals over the first four days of competition without reaching the top of the podium, Canada finally struck gold today in Paris. Swimmer Nicholas Bennett, who has autism, won the men’s…
Canadian Para swimmer Katarina Roxon advanced to the women’s 100-metre breaststroke SB8 final on Friday at the Paris Paralympics, becoming the first woman to compete in the sport at five Games. The Kippens, N.L., native finished third in the first of two qualifying heats, touching the wall in one minute 26.70 seconds for the sixth-fastest time among the eight…
