Team of 20 Para athletics competitors nominated to Paris 2024 Canadian Paralympic Team

Zach Gingras earned his nomination to the Paralympic team with a silver medal in the men's T38 400 metres at the 2023 World Para Athletics Championships and a stellar performance at the 2024 Bell Track & Field Trials. DECORATED VETERANS AIM FOR PARALYMPIC BREAKTHROUGH Austin Smeenk has alre...

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Published inCanada NewsWire
Format Newsletter
LanguageEnglish
Published Ottawa PR Newswire Association LLC 25.07.2024
Subjects
Athletes with disabilities
Medals
Nominations
Paralympic Games
Track & field
Women
Canada
OTTAWA, ON
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Summary:Zach Gingras earned his nomination to the Paralympic team with a silver medal in the men's T38 400 metres at the 2023 World Para Athletics Championships and a stellar performance at the 2024 Bell Track & Field Trials. DECORATED VETERANS AIM FOR PARALYMPIC BREAKTHROUGH Austin Smeenk has already had a season for the record books, having set a world record in the men's T34 400 metres three separate times and a new world record in the men's T34 800 metres at World Para Athletics Grand Prix events this year. Charlotte Bolton claimed the bronze medal in the women's F41 discus at the 2023 Parapan American Games and captured her first international win in the event at the WPA Paris Grand Prix in June. Fifteen of the athletes nominated met the standard to qualify for the team competing in the Paralympic Games at the 2024 Bell Track & Field Trials in Montreal last month.