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Jacob Wassermann’s lifelong dream of representing his country at the highest level in sport, to wear the maple leaf on a global athletic stage, has finally become a reality. Rowing Canada made it official on Thursday as Wassermann is part of Team Canada going to the Paralympics. CBC | Sports News
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‘The time was crap’: Paralympic champion Nate Riech falls short of world record, sets forth to Paris
Nate Riech lined up to try to break his men’s T38 1,500 metre world record at Alumni Stadium in Guelph, Ont., on Tuesday, stopping the clock at three minutes 57.89 seconds, exactly 10 seconds shy of the world record he set in 2021. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Canadian Paralympic gold medallist Nate Riech chases world record as tuneup for Paris
Canadian Paralympic gold medallist Nate Riech is looking to break his own T38 1,500-metre world record when he competes Tuesday at Alumni Stadium in Guelph, Ont. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Katarina Roxon selected for 5th Paralympic Games, breaking Canadian female record
Katarina Roxon, the pride of Kippens, N.L., is heading to Paris for the 2024 Paralympic Games. The 31-year-old swimmer is still smashing expectations 16 years after her Paralympic debut. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Canada crushes Japan to open women’s wheelchair basketball Paralympic qualifier
The Canadian women’s wheelchair basketball team is off to a strong start at its Paralympic qualifying tournament in Osaka, Japan. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Paris Games come with promise of a French renaissance for the Olympic, Paralympic movement
Following the difficulty of the pandemic-altered Tokyo Games, fans will once again pack venues and create electric atmospheres for athletes when the Games begin this summer in Paris. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Determined Canadian basketball men secure Paris Paralympic berth
Canada’s men’s wheelchair basketball team will return to France in August to continue its run of Paralympic appearances from 1968 following a 72-60 victory over Italy in a crossover game Monday at a last-chance qualifying tournament in Antibes. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Men’s Wheelchair Basketball Paralympic Qualifier: Final 3 – Italy vs Canada
Watch as Italy and Canada clash in the final number 3 of the Men’s Wheelchair Basketball Paralympic Qualifier from Azur Arena Antibes in France. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Canada suffers narrow men’s basketball loss before must-win game for Paralympic berth
With veteran Patrick Anderson on the bench, the Canadian men exchanged points with Iran late in the fourth quarter Sunday before falling 75-74 on a buzzer-beater in their final group game at a Paralympic basketball qualifier in Antibes, France. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Canada suffers narrow men’s basketball loss before must-win game for Paralympic berth
With veteran Patrick Anderson on the bench, the Canadian men exchanged points with Iran late in the fourth quarter Sunday before falling 75-74 on a buzzer-beater in their final group game at a Paralympic basketball qualifier in Antibes, France. CBC | Sports News
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