In past due July, Athletics Canada named 20 Canadian para athletes to the Paralympic athletics staff–a roster that comes with 5 returning Paralympic medallists. Now, the 2024 Paralympic Video games are simply in the future away, starting on Wednesday, Aug. 28 in Paris, with athletics occasions starting on Friday, Aug. 30. Reasonably a couple of athletes have plans to take house extra than simply recollections–check out Canada’s medal favourites.
Nate Riech (T38 1,500m)
The reigning Paralympic champion and two-time international champion within the males’s T38 1,500m, Nate Riech, is returning to the sector level to protect his identify. The ASICS athlete holds a private best possible and T38 international report of three:47.49, whilst his time of three:58.92 ran at Tokyo 2020 bested the previous Paralympic report.
Elite athletics runs within the Victoria local’s blood–his mom, Ardin Tucker, was once a Canadian champion within the pole vault, and his father, Todd Riech, competed for Group USA within the javelin throw on the 1996 Olympic Video games. (Riech could also be the duvet fashion for the September/October 2024 print factor of Canadian Operating, on newsstands now.)
Athletics Canada nominates 20 athletes for 2024 Paralympic Video games
Bianca Borgella (T13 100m)
After best beginning to compete in 2021, Bianca Borgella of Ottawa shall be making her Paralympic debut in Paris, with very giant objectives, after taking house silver within the T13 200m and bronze within the 100m on the 2023 International Para Athletics championships. This 21-year-old is the latest rising famous person in Canadian para athletics.
Noah Vucsics (T20 lengthy bounce)
Any other breakout performer is Calgary’s Noah Vucsics, who earned a silver medal within the males’s T20 lengthy bounce with a 7.35m jump and a Canadian report on the 2023 international championships in Paris. He earned bronze within the tournament on the Parapan American Video games a couple of weeks later. The 24-year-old could have eyes at the gold as he makes his Paralympic debut.
Marissa Papaconstantinou (T64 100m, 200m)
Toronto’s Marissa Papaconstantinou shall be taking a look to improve her Paralympic bronze medal as she makes an look at her 3rd Paralympic Video games. The sprinter gained bronze within the ladies’s T64 100 metres in Tokyo and in each the 100m and 200m on the 2023 International Para Athletics Championships closing 12 months.
Brent Lakatos (T53 400m, 800m, 1,500m and 5,000m)
Paris 2024 will mark 11-time Paralympic medallist Brent Lakatos’s 6th Paralympic Video games. The wheelchair racer from Dorval, Que., is looking for redemption after falling in need of his objectives at Tokyo 2020, the place he was once runner-up is every of his 4 occasions. Extra lately, Lakatos gained gold within the 800m and silver within the 1,500m and 400m on the 2023 International Championships in Paris.
The 2024 Paralympic Video games start on August 28 and are available to a detailed on September 8. Reside occasions can also be streamed on CBC Gem, and effects can also be discovered right here.