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Paralympics Total Recap
With Day 12 of competition and the Closing Ceremony taking place on the same day, the Tokyo Paralympics have officially come to an end with Canada capturing 21 medals overall, including five gold, 10 silver and six bronze. Four of those silvers belonged to wheelchair racer Brent Lakatos, who was named Canada’s flag bearer for…
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Paralympics Day 9 Recap
Frotten finishes eighth in 400-metre With a time of one minute and 1.16 seconds, wheelchair racer Jessica Frotten finished eighth in the women’s T53 400-metre race on Day 9 of the Paralympic Games in Tokyo. The Regina resident qualified for the final with a race of 59.98 seconds in her heat. This was Frotten’s third…
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Paralympics Day 7 Recap
Shaw finishes fourth in time trial Midale Para cyclist Keely Shaw looked to claim her second medal of the Paralympics on Day 7 as she competed in the road cycling time trial. Shaw clocked a time of 42 minutes and 11.09 seconds in the event, which unfortunately put her just under a minute behind the…
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Paralympics Day 1 Recap
Shaw earns Canada’s first medal at the Tokyo Paralympics With a time of 3:48.342 seconds, Midale’s Keely Shaw set a personal best and defeated Australia’s Meg Lemon to capture bronze in the track Para cycling women’s C4 3,000-metre individual pursuit on Day 1 of the Tokyo Paralympic Games. “I’m really glad I was able to…
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Paralympics Opening Ceremonies
Paralympics.ca, August 24, 2021 The Tokyo Paralympic Games officially kicked off with Para judoka Priscilla Gagné carrying the flag for Canada at the Opening Ceremony. The focus now turns to competition with three Saskatchewan athletes set to compete on Day 1 in Tokyo. Five swimmers will be in the pool, including Saskatoon’s Shelby Newkirk making…
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Sask at Paralympics
Saskatchewan will send its largest contingent in history to the Paralympic Summer Games with 20 individuals from the province who will represent Canada in Tokyo Aug. 24 to Sept. 5. The Saskatchewan group includes eight athletes, four coaches, two support staff, four officials and two classifiers. Eight athletes is the third most in history for…
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Keely Shaw
Paralympic.ca, July 7, 2021Photo Credit: Canadian Paralympic Committee Midale’s Keely Shaw will be making her Paralympic debut in Tokyo after being named to the Canadian Para cycling team in the C4 class. Shaw has been competing with the Canadian team for four years and captured a silver medal at her first Track worlds in 2019. Read…
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Shaw looking to qualify
Last chance to qualify for the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics Canadian Paralympic Committee, January 16, 2020 Photo Credit: Canadian Paralympic Committee MILTON, Ont. – Tristen Chernove and veteran rider Marie-Claude Molnar headline Canada’s team for the UCI Para Cycling Track World Championships from January 30 to February 2 in Milton, Ont., at the Mattamy National Cycling…
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Shaw on route to 2020
Scott Stinson, National Post, March 20, 2019 Keely Shaw, from Midale, Sask., had top results in 2019 at the Para cycling world championships in the Netherlands. The results for the first step in earning a spot for the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. Read the full Scott Stinson story from the National Post