Team Canada made three trips to the podium on Day 9 at the 2024 Paris Paralympics. Our athletes picked up two gold medals and one silver Friday.
In his Paralympic Games debut, Jesse Zesseu won a silver medal Friday morning in the men’s discus F37 final. Sebastian Massabie came first in the para swimming 50m freestyle S4. In para athletics, Cody Fournie got the gold in the men’s T51 100m.
Canada also won three medals on the previous day, including two gold. In swimming, Aurelie Rivard won a gold medal in the women’s 400m freestyle S10 and Tess Routliffe won bronze in the Women’s 100m breaststroke SB7 on Day 8. Para athlete Brent Lakatos raced to first in the men’s T53 800m.
As of the end of Day 9, Canada had a total of 23 medals: eight gold, seven silver and eight bronze.
With six gold medals so far, the Canadian Paralympic Team has surpassed the five won at the Tokyo 2020 Games and is just one shy of its overall podium total from three years ago. Check out a recap of Day 8! Three competition days remain in Paris. 👏 🏆 https://t.co/ivwMp81tnS…
— Canadian Paralympic Team (@CDNParalympics) September 5, 2024
IT’S SILVER ON DEBUT FOR JESSE ZESSEU
The @athleticscanada star has thrown a massive 53.24m to take home the silver medal in the Men’s Discus throw F37 at @Paris2024!#GreatnessMovesUs #Paris2024 pic.twitter.com/U8GC9vydh3
— Canadian Paralympic Team (@CDNParalympics) September 6, 2024
This time it was no contest. Cody Fournie of Victoria is leaving Paris as the King of the T51 wheelchair sprints after a resounding victory Friday night in the 100-metre event. The 35-year-old set a Paralympic Games record 19.63 seconds. ⚡ 💨 https://t.co/n85qdZfUXl…
— Canadian Paralympic Team (@CDNParalympics) September 7, 2024
