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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…
Canadian canoeist Brianna Hennessy raced to a Paralympic silver medal in the women’s va’a single 200-metre VL2 final on Saturday. The 39-year-old from Ottawa finished behind defending champion Emma Wiggs of Great Britain with a time of one minute 00.12 seconds at Vaires-sur-Marne Nautical Stadium. It’s Canada’s first-ever Paralympic medal in the sport and Hennessy’s first career Paralympic medal….
A few days before she was set to compete at the Paris Paralympics, Canadian canoeist Brianna Hennessy said she was overwhelmed by emotion. In canoe, Para athletes are fully integrated with their able-bodied counterparts. The entire Team Canada comes together for training camps, and international competitions include both sides of the sport, too. Except at…
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 swimmer Aurélie Rivard captured her 12th career Paralympic medal with silver in the women’s S10 100-metre freestyle event on Sunday in Paris. The 28-year-old from Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Que., clocked a time of one minute 00.82 seconds at Paris La Défense Arena, finishing just 0.3 seconds behind gold medallist Emeline Pierre of France. Rivard, who holds the world record, was the…
Kevin Shaw has been around the game of boccia for forty-plus years. He’s been an athlete and currently serves on multiple boards within the sport. Now, he’s starting a new journey: becoming a boccia referee. However, seeing a referee with a physical disability is a rarity in much of Para sport. Shaw, who has cerebral palsy, said that within…
