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Veteran Para winter athlete Billy Bridges relishes new challenges of summer sports
One of Canada’s most decorated Paralympians is a rookie again and he says it’s never felt so good. Twenty-five years after Billy Bridges made his first national team on the ice as a Para hockey player, he’s poised to make his Parapan Am Games debut in shot put and javelin. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Canadian Para surfer Victoria Feige extends record with 5th straight world title
Canadian Para surfer Victoria Feige continued her reign of dominance by winning her fifth straight world title on Saturday in Huntington Beach, Calif., extending her record for most gold medals at the sport’s premier event. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Canada’s Aurélie Rivard breaks para swimming world record in 400-metre freestyle
Aurélie Rivard of Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Que., broke her second para swimming world record in as many days and Canada’s seventh of the weekend, clocking four minutes 26.69 seconds in the women’s 400-metre freestyle S10 on Sunday at the Neptune Invitational in Montreal. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Watch the World Para Athletics Championships
Watch live coverage of the 2019 World Para Athletics Championships in Dubai. CBC | Sports News
Read More »COC’s Game Plan program a lifesaver for Para ice hockey player
It’s been two years since the Canadian Olympic Committee launched its comprehensive athlete wellness program, Game Plan, and the results of its impact on Canadian athletes are starting to come to fruition. For one, it saved Canadian Paralympic sledge hockey athlete Kevin Rempel’s life. CBC | Sports News
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