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Weekend round-up: Wheelchair fencers Pierre Mainville and Ryan Rousel win World Cup gold

MONTREAL – Pierre Mainville of St-Colomban, Que., and Ryan Rousel of Saskatoon each won a gold medal in sabre on Sunday at a World Cup wheelchair fencing event held at the Claude-Robillard Centre.

It was a first career World Cup win for both combatants.

Mainville, a three-time Paralympic Games team member, defeated Maxime Valet of France in the gold medal B Class final 15-9. He was 4-2 in pool play then advanced to the championship match with quarter-final and semifinal wins.

Paralympian Chelsey Gotell among 12 members of Federal Government’s new Working Group on Gender Equity

 

The Honourable Kirsty Duncan, Minister of Science and Minister of Sport and Persons with Disabilities announced Tuesday a Working Group on Gender Equity in Sport to address the lack of gender equity in sport participation and sport leadership in Canada.  

The 12 members of the group, who are well-respected leaders with years of relevant experience and expertise, will share their insights with Minister Duncan on how to achieve gender equity in sport by 2035, a goal the Government of Canada announced in the 2018 Budget. 

Canadian bids farewell to Australian star with 1500m wheelchair victory at Commonwealth Games

 

GOLD COAST, Australia – The competition was billed as the final track race for Australian star Kurt Fearnley. 

Canada’s Alexandre Dupont said farewell by winning the gold medal in the men’s T54 1500m wheelchair race ahead of Fearnley to highlight a four-medal day for Canada’s Para athletes at the Commonwealth Games.

Dupont, a triple gold medallist at the 2015 Parapan Am Games, clocked three minutes and 11.75 seconds upsetting highly-favored Fearnley second in 3:11.92. Jake Lappin of Australia won the bronze in 3:12.60.

Para swimmer Sarah Mehain wins silver at Commonwealth Games

Canada’s Para swimming contingent has contributed to the nation’s medal count early at the Commonwealth Games with Sarah Mehain earning a silver on the first day of competition at Gold Coast, Australia. 

Mehain finished in second in the women’s S7 50m butterfly race, behind England’s Eleanor Robinson, with a time of 37.69 seconds. The 23-year-old was a gold medallist in the same discipline at the Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games, and fourth at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. It is her first Commonwealth Games medal. 

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Canadian Paralympic Committee statement on government support of Calgary 2026 bid

 

Ottawa, March 29, 2018 – The Government of Canada, the Province of Alberta and the City of Calgary are pleased to announce their support for the establishment of a bid corporation that will continue the development of hosting plans and a fully costed event budget that will inform a bid to host the 2026 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games in Calgary.

Statement from Marc-André Fabien, President, Canadian Paralympic Committee: 

Record number of Canadian Para athletes at Commonwealth Games

GOLD COAST, Australia – Aurélie Rivard, Kyle Whitehouse and Stephanie Chan are among the record number of 22 Canadian Para athletes who will compete in three sports at the Commonwealth Games set for April 4-15 in Gold Coast, Australia.

The Para swimming group includes eight members of the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games team. Quadruple world-record holder Rivard, of St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Que., won four medals in Rio and was Canada’s flag bearer for the Closing Ceremony. 

Chernove wins three of Canada’s four medals at Para cycling track worlds


RIO – Tristen Chernove of Cranbrook, B.C. reached the podium three times in a four-medal performance for Canada this past weekend at the Para cycling world track championships.
As he did on the same track at the Paralympic Games in 2016, Chernove collected one gold, one silver and one bronze. 

He opened the championships with a victory in the C2 3000-m individual pursuit, successfully defending his world title in that event. The next day he took the silver in the 1000-m time trial and concluded the event with bronze in the scratch race.

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