Canadian Para athletes not immune to hazards of travel, where damaged equipment can cost shot at a medal

Weekend recap: Para athletes lead the way for Canada

Devin Heroux

CBC reporter

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For the past nine days in the Chilean capital, 135 Canadian athletes put forward memorable performances, tallying 52 Parapan Am Games medals while gaining valuable experience for their sporting battles ahead.

Canadians, Chileans lean into Parapan Am Games pride

Canada's 135 athletes at the Parapan Am Games in Santiago earned 52 medals (nine gold, 15 silver and 28 bronze) over 10 days of action in the Chilean capital.

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Alison Levine will bring home two gold medals from her third Parapan Am Games, plus the honour of carrying the Canadian flag into the closing ceremony Sunday evening in Santiago, Chile.

Boccia double gold medallist Alison Levine carries Canadian flag into closing ceremony

William Roussy continued to make gains at his second Parapan Am Games, pushing defending badminton champion Pedro de Vinatea of Peru for 65 minutes and capturing a silver medal on the final day of competition in Santiago, Chile.

William Roussy silver leads Canada's 3-medal badminton effort to end Parapan Am Games

Para cyclists Alex Hayward and Mike Sametz picked up gold and bronze medals in the same road race for Canada at the Parapan Am Games on Sunday in Santiago, Chile. Later, teammates Nathan Clement and Charles Moreau earned gold and bronze, respectively.

Champions Hayward, Clement lead Canada's 4-medal haul in cycling at Parapan Am Games

Facing a must-win situation to keep their Paralympic dreams alive, the Canadian men's basketball team defeated Argentina 70-62 on Saturday at the Parapan American Games.

Canadian men's wheelchair basketball team wins Parapan Am bronze to keep Paralympic hopes alive

CBC Sports Senior Contributor Shireen Ahmed's weekly roundup of the things that struck her from the week that was.

Joy Drop: Awesome images, stories coming from Parapan Am Games

The United States defeated Canada 57-51 in the wheelchair rugby final at the Parapan Am Games in Santiago, Chile on Thursday night.

Canada settles for silver in hard-fought wheelchair rugby final against United States

Blaise Mutware has found what he calls his sanctuary – on the basketball court he's at peace. But how he got there, now with the Canadian men's wheelchair team, Mutware could have never imagined.

Canada's Mutware using injury as catalyst for change through wheelchair basketball

More Parapan Am Games coverage

Canadian boccia athlete Alison Levine was named Canada's flag-bearer for the closing ceremony of the Parapan American Games on Sunday at 7 p.m. ET in Santiago, Chile.

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Canadian boccia athletes racked up four medals on Wednesday at the Parapan Am Games in Santiago. It was two-time Parapan Am Games medallist Alison Levine leading the way, winning her first individual gold medal at the Games.

Alison Levine lands long-awaited boccia gold medal at Parapan Am Games

Alison Levine and Iulian Ciobanu of Montreal won bronze in BC4 pairs at the 2022 World Boccia Championships on Tuesday in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Canada's Alison Levine, Iulian Ciobanu claim pairs bronze at World Boccia Championships

Led by Team Canada flag-bearers, Para tennis athlete Rob Shaw and Para cyclist Shelley Gautier, a brilliant barrage of red and white Canadian athletes entered historic Estadio Nacional in Santiago during the 2023 Parapan American Games opening ceremony on a brisk Friday evening.

Shaw, Gautier lead 135 Canadian athletes at 2023 Parapan Am Games opening ceremony

The United States women’s wheelchair basketball team defeated Canada 62-56 to win Parapan Am Games gold and in the process earned a berth to the Paralympics next summer in Paris. Canada must now win a last-chance qualifier to secure its own spot.

Women's wheelchair basketball team remains optimistic despite gold-medal game loss to U.S.

Among Paralympic sports, boccia is one of a kind. Some have compared it to curling. Others have likened it to lawn bowling. But there is no true able-bodied equivalent to boccia, says two-time Canadian Paralympian Brock Richardson.

Canadian Paralympian wants to serve as 'beacon of light' for unique sport of boccia

William Roussy of Maria, Que., dropped a three-set decision to defending Para badminton champion Pedro de Vinatea of Peru in the men's singles SL3 gold-medal match on Sunday at the Parapan Am Games in Santiago, Chile.

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Patrick Anderson, right, was a focal point in the Canadian men's wheelchair basketball team's 70-62 bronze-medal win over Argentina on Saturday in Santiago, Chile.

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One of Canada's most decorated Paralympians is a rookie again and he says it's never felt so good. Twenty-five years after Billy Bridges made his first national team on the ice as a Para hockey player, he's poised to make his Parapan Am Games debut in shot put and javelin.

Veteran Para winter athlete Billy Bridges relishes new challenges of summer sports

The Canadian wheelchair rugby team dispatched its American rivals 46-41, securing first place in the preliminary round with an unblemished 5-0 record. Led by one of the most dominant players in the sport, Zak Madell scored 30 of Canada's 46 tries en route to a win over the No. 1 ranked Americans.

Zak Madell leads undefeated Canadian wheelchair rugby squad past United States

Andrew Parsons, president of the International Paralympic Committee, knows how much an experience like the Parapan Am Games can change the hearts and minds of a nation, and how people think and feel about people living with a disability. 

Paralympic president encouraged by Chilean reception of Parapan Am athletes

Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games - Boccia - Individual - BC4 Pool A - Ariake Gymnastics Centre, Tokyo, Japan - August 28, 2021. Alison Levine of Canada competes. 

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Kyle Tremblay has locked up a Paralympic quota spot for Canada in Para archery and will be vying for a bronze medal Wednesday in the men's compound open division at the Parapan Am Games in Santiago, Chile.

Canada's Kyle Tremblay secures Paralympic quota spot in archery for Paris 2024

Decorated para hockey player Billy Bridges is about to make his international debut in summer sport. Bridges will throw javelin and shot put in the Parapan American Games.

Canada's Bridges flips from ice to field, set to compete in throwing at Parapan Am Games

In the wake of strong performances by Canadian athletes at the Pan Am Games in Santiago, it's time for the country's top Para athletes to compete, with the seventh Parapan Am Games opening Friday in the Chilean capital.

135 athletes set to represent Canada at Parapan Am Games in Chile

Shireen Ahmed

Senior Contributor

Chile's Esteban Campos (C) celebrates after scoring during the blind football men's team preliminary match between Chile and Peru during the ParaPan American Games Santiago 2023, at the paralympic sports center in the National Stadium Sports Park in Santiago on November 20, 2023. (Photo by Javier TORRES / AFP) (Photo by JAVIER TORRES/AFP via Getty Images)

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