Canada’s para athletes work short runway to Paris
Three years between Paralympic Games instead of four has Paris 2024 coming at high speed for champion swimmer Aurélie Rivard.
One effect of a triennial instead of a quadrennial between Paralympics had Canada’s para swim team racing in a second world championship in as many years earlier this month in Manchester, England. The world championship is usually held every two years. Since the Paralympic Games were included in the bidding process for Olympic Games in 1996 – when Canada won 69 medals – more countries began participating and putting more money into para sport, which has made the competition stiffer and a medal much harder to obtain.
Canadians amassed 14 medals, including gold won by wheelchair racer Brent Lakatos and middle-distance runner Nate Riech, at July’s world para athletics championship held in Paris. “When we say best-prepared teams, we’ve said it means supporting optimal performance through a healthy culture of excellence.”
The IPC had intended to include them in Beijing as neutral athletes, but changed its position when other countries threatened to boycott.While the International Olympic Committee is exploring ways for athletes from Russia and Belarus to compete in Paris as neutrals without flag, anthem or country colours, the IPC has yet to open that door.
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