Paralympic newsletter: Canada wins 2 more bronze, plus who to watch this weekend

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After Canadians captured a pair of bronze medals on Day 1 in Paris, track cyclists Keely Shaw and Alexandre Hayward each added a bronze on Friday. Shaw's came in the women's C4 3,000m individual pursuit — the same event she took bronze in at the 2021 Games in Tokyo — while Hayward reached the podium in the men's C3 3,000m individual pursuit in his Paralympic debut.

Other key Canadian results:

* After swimmer Aurélie Rivard won her 11th Paralympic medal on Thursday, no Canadians reached the podium in the pool today. Co-flag-bearer Katarina Roxon finished eighth in the women's 100m breaststroke SB8 while Sebastian Massabie was fifth in the men's 100m freestyle S4.

* Humboldt bus crash survivor Jacob Wassermann made his Paralympic debut in rowing. The 24-year-old, who took up the sport less than two years ago after he was paralyzed from the waist down in the horrific 2018 collision that killed many of his junior-hockey teammates, finished last in his heat. He'll return Saturday at 4:10 a.m. ET for the repechage round. For more on Wassermann's story, watch this video.

* The Canadian wheelchair rugby team improved to 1-1 in group play by defeating Germany 54-47. Canadian star Zak Madell scored a game-high 28 tries after notching 31 in Thursday's three-point loss to the second-ranked United States. Canada, ranked fifth, closes out the group stage Saturday at 11:30 a.m. ET against No. 3 Japan, which beat the U.S. today to improve to 2-0. The top two teams in each group advance to Sunday's semifinals. The medal games are on Monday.

* The Canadian men's wheelchair basketball team opened with a 83-68 victory