Canadian swimmer Nicholas Bennett wins 200m IM, claiming his 2nd gold of Paris Paralympics

Canadian swimmer Nicholas Bennett won his second gold medal of the Paris Paralympics on Wednesday in the men's SM14 200-metre individual medley.

The 20-year-old from Parksville, B.C., won the race in a Paralympic-record time of two minutes 6.05 seconds at Paris La Défense Arena. The Canadian also holds the world record in the event, setting it at 2:05.97 at national-team trials in May.

It's Bennett's third medal in Paris after winning gold in the men's SB14 100m breaststroke and silver in the S14 200m freestyle.

"Seven one-hundredths off my world record, it's successful to say the least," Bennett said. "I was certainly a lot more comfortable racing today. I knew there was definitely a chance being so close to my world record. Having a sense of serenity definitely calms the emotions."

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Bennett is the first Canadian male swimmer to win multiple gold medals at a single Paralympic Games since Benoît Huot at the 2004 Games in Athens.

And his latest victory wasn't even close. Bennett touched over 2.5 seconds ahead of silver medallist Rhys Darbey of Great Britain (2:08.61) and bronze medallist Australian Ricky Betar (2:08.69), who set an Oceania record.

Still, the Canadian described his final length as "painful."

Competing in his second Paralympics, Bennett has credited the experience he's gained since Tokyo for preparing him for Paris.

"I just gained the feeling of how the call room works or how everybody kind of prepares for it and also how everybody races at that really, really high level just for that really short period of time," he told CBC Sports in March.

In Tokyo, Bennett was the youngest athlete on Team Canada.

Later Wednesday, Canada's