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CBC Sports’ daily newsletter previews the top Canadians in action on the first day of competition at the Paralympic Games in Paris. CBC | Sports News
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Canadians seek podium in Paris amid tougher Paralympic competition
Paralympic Games medals have become harder for Canadians to win, which makes them precious in Paris. Canada’s 126-member team is among 4,400 athletes from 168 countries competing in 22 sports that get underway Thursday. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Watch the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games opening ceremony
Watch live coverage of the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games opening ceremony, featuring a parade of around 4,400 athletes from 182 delegations. CBC | Sports News
Read More »What to know for the Paralympic Games
CBC Sports’ daily newsletter presents a quick primer on the Paris Paralympics, including some fun facts about the Canadian team. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Canadian Paralympic teams traveling a redemptive arc into Paris Games
Each of the five teams representing Canada at the Paralympics head to Paris at different points in their evolution, with different meanings ascribed to potential podium performances. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Federal government to deliver budget money to 2024 Olympic, Paralympic athletes
The federal government fulfilled a budget promise to Canada’s athletes preparing for the Olympic and Paralympic Games with Monday’s announcement of $ 55-million infusion into the sport system. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Humboldt Broncos bus crash survivor Wassermann named to Paralympic rowing team
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
Read More »‘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
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