The Canadian team went through an array of emotions on day three of the World Para Para Championship. La médaille d’or de Tess Routliffe et celle de bronze d’Alec Elliot ont procuré beaucoup de bonheur, mais l’abandon soudain d’Aurélie Rivard au 400 mètres libre (S10) a semé de l’au complexe quaétude , to Portugal.
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Rotliff, Calendon, Ont. , who is training in Montreal, crowned the 100m breaststroke (SB7). His time of 1 minute 31.91 seconds also allowed him to lower the Canadian record.
“I am speechless! I am really happy,” the new world champion released in a flurry of laughter while being interviewed by the Canadian Paralympic Committee.
The person who took the silver in this event at the 2019 worlds had to lose the Tokyo Olympics due to a spinal injury.
“I didn’t feel good this morning. My back hurts after the varied race. I went back with my trainer and told ourselves I would do everything to make it run better and it worked out very well! […] I wouldn’t have succeeded without the entire support team. I knew I could do good races, but I wasn’t expecting that. »
Early on in Rotliff’s corner, I watched New Zealander Nikita Howarth run into her dangerously at 25 metres, except that she held on to the finish.
The Canadian took silver in the 200-meter medley on Sunday.
In the 400 meters freestyle (S10), Alec Elliott climbed to the third class on the podium after a good fight with Dutchman Bas Taken (4 minutes 8.27 seconds), in second place behind Italian Stefano Raimondi (4 minutes 6 42 seconds).
“It was really tight from the last 300m and it was a lot of fun! My goal was to dominate the first 200m and then move on. It seemed to work well, and I was five seconds faster than I expected,” revealed the parachute swimmer who trains in Quebec City and cut the distance in Time of 4 minutes 9.88 seconds.
Sudden abandonment of O’Reilly Rivard
After winning the 50m freestyle (S10) two days ago, Aurélie Rivard made an excellent start to the race in the 400m freestyle S10 final. The athlete from Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu led the race until the middle of the road. After the 250-yard mark, I stopped to take a break on a cable pass and turned around to get out of the pool.
Rescuers rushed to her to cover her with a blanket and an oxygen mask. The multiple Paralympic medalist was seated and appeared conscious when receiving first aid, but it is unclear at this time why she suddenly ended her career.
Philippe Vachon (Trois Rivières) added a second fifth to his Portuguese residency. After that he won the 400-meter freestyle (S8), again winning the 100-meter butterfly (S8).
Broussard’s Felix Kwan and his colleagues lifted the Canadian mixed relay (under 20 points) to eighth with a Canadian record time of 3 minutes 40.02 seconds.
Also reaching the final of the evening, Justin Maurier (Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu) finished in the 100m breaststroke (S14) in eighth, stopping the clock in 1 minute 24.39 seconds.
In the morning, Clemence Barry (Boucherville) missed her spot in the S5 50m butterfly final after finishing sixth in her preliminary qualifying.
The World Para Swimming Championships in Madeira continues through Saturday.
