On Tuesday morning on the Stade de France in Paris, Cody Fournie of Victoria clinched Canada’s 2d gold medal of the 2024 Paralympic Video games within the males’s T51 200m match.
GOLD FOR CANADA! 🇨🇦
Cody Fournie has raced to victory within the males’s 200m T51, crossing the end line in a fantastic 37.64 seconds! 🥇🔥 What a wonderful efficiency at #Paris2024 – Canada is celebrating with you, Cody!#GreatnessMovesUs percent.twitter.com/P5nfj9WvsD
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Fournie delivered the quickest 200m time of his occupation, crossing the end line in 37.64 seconds. He completed just about a 2d forward of Finland’s Toni Piispanen, who took silver, and Belgium’s Peter Genyn, who rounded out the rostrum for bronze with a time of 38.65 seconds. This victory marks Fournie’s first Paralympic medal.
The 35-year-old is a former Canadian nationwide para rugby staff participant, who switched to wheelchair racing all through the pandemic.
Previous this yr, Fournie received a silver medal within the T51 100m on the Global Para Athletics Championships in Kobe, Japan. The T51 magnificence comprises athletes with a number of various kinds of disabilities together with spinal twine accidents and cerebral palsy.
4 years in the past, Fournie had reached a turning level in his rugby occupation, and was once unsure about his long run within the game. A chum hooked up him with former Canadian Olympian Geoff Harris, who performed a pivotal position in serving to Fournie transition to para athletics.
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Fournie, who was a quadriplegic after an twist of fate at age 11, provides his first Paralympic gold to his resume. His victory is Canada’s 2d gold medal of the 2024 Paralympic Video games, following Nicholas Bennett’s triumph in para-swimming on Monday night. Up to now, Canada has a gold, silver and bronze in athletics. The Paralympics run till Sunday, Sept. 8.