Canadian swimmers sweep all 3 medals!
This is IMPRESSIVE!!!! They deserve our highest respect for so successfully overcoming so much more difficulty in life. Go Canada Go!
Canada has been a strong contender in Paralympic Games. In 2004 Athens, Team Canada won 28 gold, 19 silver, and 25 bronze medals. We were placed third in the medal rankings, behind China and Great Britain.
Vancouver Sun - Canada’s Paralympic swim team got off to a terrific start on opening night at the Water Cube as visually impaired Valerie Grand’Maison of Montreal led a sweep of the medal podium in the women’s-100 metre butterfly in the S13 class.
The 19-year-old Grand’Maison, a Paralympic rookie, bettered her personal-best time by two seconds by finishing first in one minute, 6.49 seconds, half a second off the world-record time.
Kirby Cote of Winnipeg, the gold medallist in Athens four years ago, took silver Sunday in 1:06.49, with Chelsey Gotell of Antigonish, N.S., earning the bronze in 1:06.93.
“Wow! Can you think of anything more fantastic (than a sweep),” said Grand’Maison.
“We all three wanted to win. To all be on the podium is telling the world how Canada is ready and we are going to fight.”
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