Aurelie Rivard didn’t have time to talk after she won her first gold medal at these Parapan Am Games.
Vancouver’s Stephanie Chan won gold in women’s single table tennis beating Giselle Munoz of Argentina 11-7, 11-7 11-8 in the best-of-five final for her first Parapan Am Games gold after earning silver in 2007 and 2011.
Chile’s Juan Garrido Acevedo was able to better his performance from the Guadalajara 2011 Parapan American Games where he earned bronze, lifting a Games record of 175 kilograms to secure the men’s up to 65kg title.
Rivard is ready for a busy night.
Dunkerley, who was born blind and began running in elementary school, added that he and Karanja felt they executed their race plan as well as they possibly could. “I am really proud of that”. Chris Sergeant-Tsonos, of Kingston, Ont., qualified second with a time of 28.90, while Zona was third with a personal best time of 30.22.
James Leroux, of Repentigny, Que., led another Canadian sweep in the S9 100 breaststroke. Montreal’s Issac Bouckley took silver while Alec Elliot, of Kitchener, Ont., claimed bronze. Earlier on Sunday, Bird won gold in the 400m freestyle S8 with a meet-record time of 5:19.33 seconds.
“I’m pleased to get a medal”, said Cassidy.
McAllister, who has bone tumours which restrict the growth and range of motion of his arms and legs, said his racing needs some tinkering.
“Ten years ago I was at Canada Games and I DQed four times out of six”, said Lavalliere, who has cerebral palsy. “We will try to fix that”. I’m happy that we’re getting a little bit closer to the Brazilians.
Sabrina Duchesne, of Quebec City, won bronze in the S8 400 freestyle while Montreal’s Sarah Girard was third in the SB9 100 breaststroke, just behind Rivard.
There was extra gold on the velodrome as visually impaired bike owner Daniel Chalifour of Mont-Laurier, Que., together with information Alexandre Cloutier, gained the combined particular person pursuit forward of Colombia and Brazil.
Their achievement was replicated in the men’s S13 backstroke event with Nicolas Turbide leading home team-mates Devin Gotell and Tyler Mrak in an Americas record time of 1:01.64.
Canada (2-0) concludes the preliminary round today against Argentina before commencing the playoff round on Wednesday.
Karen Van Nest of Wiarton, Ont., settled for silver in women’s archery, blaming jitters in front of the home crowd for partially costing her gold.
“And as much gold as possible”, she said, laughing. Canada’s women’s team fell to Brazil in straight sets 25-14, 25-12, 25-7.
The second day of powerlifting competitions at the Mississauga Sports Centre saw the gold medals spread across three different countries.
Brendan Gaulin of Laval, Que., scored the winning goal with two seconds remaining as the Canadians defeated the U.S. 5-4 in their opening goalball match.
At the recent world championships in Glasgow, she won the 50 and 400-metre freestyle events, and was second in the 200 individual medley and 100 freestyle. The men beat Venezuela 11-1 while the women cruised to a 10-0 victory over Nicaragua.
She made her Paralympic debut in 2012 in London, winning the silver medal in the 400 freestyle at just 16.
Regina’s Nik Goncin scored 14 factors within the first half for Canada and completed with a game-high 26 because the Canadian males’s wheelchair basketball staff improved to 2-Zero with a 74-55 win over Mexico.
