Canada's Aurélie Rivard breaks record with gold-medal swim at Para worlds

Aurélie Rivard can't be stopped.

The Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Que., native won gold in the women's S10 100-metre freestyle at the Para swimming world championships on Friday in Madeira, Portugal.

Rivard touched in a championship-record time of 59.43 seconds and was the only competitor to crack the one-minute mark.

But hasn't all been easy for the superstar swimming at worlds though. She was forced to pull out of the 400m freestyle just 48 hours earlier.

"I really pushed through to be able to be here. I really used all my tools and I'm really happy that I did and that it worked out in the end," Rivard said poolside.