RIO PARALYMPICS RECAP: Two medals in the pool for Canada on Day 6
After winning no medals on Day 5, Canada was back on the podium Tuesday capturing a gold and a silver in the pool. Para-swimmer Aurélie Rivard wins her third medal of this year’s Paralympic Games and her teammate Tess Routliffe wins her first.
AURÉLIE RIVARD — GOLD (Swimming)
Aurélie Rivard captured her third medal — gold — of the Games on Tuesday after touching the wall first in the women’s 100-metre freestyle S10. This was the 20-year-old’s second gold medal.
Rivard finished first breaking her Paralympic record in a time of 59.31 seconds. She set a new world record time on Friday to win her first gold medal of the Games. Rivard’s Paralympics is not over yet as she still has three races to go.
“I really just want to focus as much as I can on my races and after that, I’m going to think about the medals and what I accomplished,” Rivard told the Canadian Press. “Once my meet is over, this is when I’m going to start to realize this happened.”
TESS ROUTLIFFE — SILVER (Swimming)
Rivard’s roommate Tess Routliffe captured her first Paralympic medal — silver — in the women’s 200-metre individual medley SM7. She finished behind New Zealand’s Nikita Howard with a time of 3:02.05.
MEDAL STANDING (as off Tuesday)
