Paralympic newsletter: Canada adds 2 golds, plus what to watch on the final weekend

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Teenage swimmer Sebastian Massabie won his first-ever gold and wheelchair racer Cody Fournie sprinted to his second title of the Paris Games today as Canada surpassed its medal count from the previous Summer Paralympics.

Massabie, 19, captured his first Paralympic medal of any colour in style, smashing the world record to win the men's 50-metre freestyle S4 event. Fournie, a former member of the national wheelchair rugby team, completed a track sprint double by adding the men's 100m T51 title to his gold in the 200m. He set a new Paralympic record.

Those victories combined with discus thrower Jesse Zesseu's silver in his Paralympic debut brought Canada's tally to 23 medals — eight gold, seven silver and eight bronze. That's two more medals (and three more gold) than Canadians won in 2021 in Tokyo, with two days of competition still remaining before the closing ceremony on Sunday at 2 p.m. ET.

Here's the full medal table and here's a roundup of top Canadian performances on Day 9.

WATCH | Massabie breaks world record:

Here are some top contenders, in chronological order:

Track and field: Austin Smeenk in the men's 800m T34 final Saturday at 4:11 a.m. ET. The world record holder goes for his second medal of the Games after taking bronze in the 100m. Smeenk will once again battle Thailand's Chaiwat Rattana, who beat him for the 100m gold and had the 800m world record before Smeenk broke it in June. 

Canoe/kayak: Brianna Hennessy and Erica Scarff in the women's va'a single 200m events on Saturday. A va'a is a canoe-like boat with an outrigger for stability. Hennessy, who has won three straight silver