Canada wins bronze in re-race of men's 4x400

Canada's men's 4x400-metre relay team won bronze after successfully appealing for a re-race of the final.

The Canadian quartet of Brent Lakatos, Curtis Thom, Tristan Smyth and Alex Dupont finished fourth in the original final, but an appeal from Athletics Canada provided them with another opportunity.

"The track referee set up the Canadians next exchange in the outside lane. This cost Canada as they would lose their position to finish fourth," Athletics Canada posted on their website Saturday evening. "Team Canada staff appealed the decision and a re-race was ordered at the end of the session."

Brent Lakatos with relay team: 'We deserved to be a medalist'

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Brent Lakatos, Curtis Thom, Tristan Smyth and Alex Dupont spoke to the CBC's Rob Snoek after winning bronze in the 4x400m relay T53/54.

Stilwell's 2nd gold

Canadian wheelchair racer Michelle Stilwell claimed her second gold medal at the Rio Paralympics on Saturday, winning the women's 100-metre event.

The 42-year-old from Parksville, B.C., beat American Kelly Morgan and Belgium's Marieke Vervoort to take top spot in 19.42 seconds, which is a new Paralympic record.

Stilwell, who also holds the world record in the 100, now has six career Paralympic gold medals. She won her first race of the Games a week ago in the 400. 

Stilwell is only the second female Paralympian to have won gold in two separate summer sports, having been part of Canada's gold-medal winning wheelchair basketball team in Sydney. Complications to her spinal cord injury forced her to switch to track after the Games in 2000. 

Stilwell isn't sure what her immediate racing future holds, but she's learned to approach every race like it's her last.

"I do that every time, because you never know," Stilwell said. "And I think that's really what it's about for everyone. No matter if you're Paralympian or able-bodied, you can have a life-changing injury.

"In an instant your life changes. And so I think I try and enjoy every moment. And have fun."

Turbide claims bronze in pool

Canada's Nicolas-Guy Turbide rallied in the final lap to win bronze in the men's 100 backstroke S13. Fellow Canadian Devin Gotell finished eighth.

Canada adds sailing silver, bronze

Canadians sailed to the Paralympic podium in the three-person Keelboat Sonar and the two-person Keelboat SKUD18. 

Paul Tingley, Scott Lutes and Logan Campbell started things off with bronze for the country's first medal in the discipline in Rio. 

"I think it has been a long week and there have been a lot of ups and downs," Tingley said. "Our team has definitely gone through some hardships, it wasn't planned, and we were able to not get on each other and be negative. We were able to rally back quickly and get ready for the next race, so the way to be resilient and come back fighting for the next race has been the key to this success."

With Canada and New Zealand tied with 51 cumulative points to end the eleven-race regatta, any slip in position throughout the week could have cost the Canadians their spot on the podium, but two precious seconds made all the difference on the final day. Australia took the top prize ahead of the Americans. 

"It was a little stressful but I think we relaxed," said Campbell, who added that the team was fully aware of the jockeying that needed to be done in the final moments. "We got into a groove and went fast."

John McRoberts and Jackie Gay added a silver later in the day, behind Australia, while Great Britain was third.