Weekend recap: Canadian Para track stars finish strong at world championships

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Here's a look at some top Canadian performances from the past few days:

Para track and field: Canada ends world championships on a high note

Canadians captured four more medals, including two gold, over the final two days of competition at the World Para Athletics Championships in India.

After wheelchair racer Anthony Bouchard won gold in the men's 100m T52 event on Saturday, distance runner Nate Tucker (formerly known as Nate Riech) grabbedhis third career world title in the men's 1,500m T38 to lead a three-medal finish for Canada on Sunday. Sprinter Marissa Papaconstantinou and wheelchair racer Austin Smeenk both picked up their second medal of the championships as Papaconstantinou took silver in the women's T64 200m (she had a bronze in the 100m) while Smeenk earned bronze in the men's T34 800m (matching his result in the 400m).

Canada finished with nine medals, including three gold, good for 22nd in the standings. The other Canadian gold medallist was two-time Paralympic men's shot put champion Greg Stewart, who captured his first world title on Friday.

Weightlifting: Charron medals again at worlds

Canadian star Maude Charron captured silver in the women's 63-kilogram division at the world championships in Norway on Sunday for her fourth major medal in three different weight classes. Charron won Olympic gold in the 64kg class in 2021 before grabbing bronze at the 2022 worlds and silver at the 2024 Olympics at 59kg.

Charron, a 32-year-old from Rimouski, Que., lifted 103kg in the snatch and a personal-best 133kg in the clean and jerk for a total of 236kg. North