Paralympic newsletter: Canada wins another gold, plus Wednesday's medal chances
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Canada captured two more medals today in Paris, including a gold by wheelchair racer Cody Fournie in the men's T51 200 metres. Swimmer Katie Cosgriffe added a bronze in the women's S10 100m butterfly.
The 35-year-old Fournie, a quadriplegic since the age of 11, played for the national wheelchair rugby team before switching to the track a few years ago. Today's 200m final was his first Paralympic medal race.
Fournie won a silver in the 100m at this year's world championships in Japan and will return for that event on Friday in Paris.
"The 200 has always been the most difficult for me, so it's something [my coach and I] have worked on the hardest," Fournie said. "I executed [the race] perfectly."
Canada had a handful of other medal hopes on the track today, but none of them panned out. Marissa Papaconstantinou finished fourth in the women's T64 200m final, Sheriauna Haase was also fourth in the women's T47 100m, Zach Gingras placed fifth in the men's T38 400m, and Bianca Borgella went down with an apparent hamstring injury in the women's T13 100m but still managed to get up and finish the race.
Through six days of competition, Canada's tally is up to 13 medals — two gold, four silver and seven bronze. Here's the full medal table.
Other key Canadian results:
* The Canadian men's wheelchair basketball team earned the chance to play for a medal by defeating the Netherlands 79-67 in the quarterfinals. Co-flagbearer Pat Anderson had a monster game, scoring 20 points while grabbing 20 rebounds and dishing out five assists. Canada will face the reigning Paralympic and world champion United States in the