Weekend recap: Para athletes lead the way for Canada

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From the summer Parapan Am Games in Chile to various winter sports around the globe, here's a look at what Canadian athletes did over the weekend in Olympic and Paralympic sports:

Parapan Am Games: Canada finishes with 9 gold, 3 Paralympic spots earned

When the flame went out last night in Chile, the Canadian team walked away with 52 medals — nine gold, 15 silver and 28 bronze. That was good for eighth in the official standings, which are sorted by gold, and Canada finished sixth in total medals. Brazil ran away with first place with a whopping 156 gold medals (nearly tripling the second-place United States' haul) and 343 total.

Canadians also earned three entries in next summer's Paralympic Games in Paris. The women's goalball team got in by defeating the United States in their gold-medal game on Friday, boccia players Alison Levine and Iulian Ciobanu won a spot with their pairs title victory, and archer Kyle Tremblay landed one with a bronze in his event.

WATCH | Canada strikes goalball gold against United States:

Three Canadian teams fell short of the gold medal they needed to qualify for the Paralympics but still earned a spot in a last-chance qualifier next year. The wheelchair rugby and men's and women's wheelchair basketball squads will all get their shot in March or April.

Cyclist Alexandre Hayward was Canada's top medal winner with four. His two golds tied him for the Canadian lead with Levine, who won a singles title before her pairs victory on Saturday. The 33-year-old Levine, now the owner of four Parapan Am Games medals in three appearances,