Rivard seizes 3rd gold in Rio, Huot wins 20th career medal

Canadian para-swimmer Benoit Huot won his 20th career Paralympic medal in Rio on Thursday, claiming bronze in the men's 400-metre freestyle S10.

Huot's parents were overjoyed with their son's incredible accomplishment.

Shortly after, Aurélie Rivard smashed the world record in the women's 400 free S10 to win her third gold of the Games.

Rivard now has four medals from these Paralympics. Thursday's event is the same one in which she won the silver medal in at the London Paralympics in 2012.

Lakatos narrowly wins 3rd medal

Brent Lakatos edged out American Brian Siemann by 2-100ths of a second to win bronze in the men's 800 T53 final. The bronze is his third medal of these Games, having previously won gold in the 100 and silver in the 400 in Rio.

Brent Lakatos wins bronze in the 800m

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The Canadian racer finished third in the 800m T53 final on Thursday.

Moreau claims another road cycling medal for Canada

Charles Moreau raced to Canada's sixth road cycling medal, earning his second bronze of the Rio Paralympics in the men's H3 road race Thursday afternoon. 

The 34-year-old from Victoriaville, Que., came in behind Italian Paolo Cecchetto and Germany's Maximilian Weber in the 60-kilometre race. 

Moreau won his first medal of the Games Wednesday in the men's time trial. 

Madell, Hirschfield cap OT thriller

Zak Madell and Trevor Hirschfield combined to help Canada clinch its second wheelchair rugby victory at the Paralympics with less than a second remaining in overtime to defeat Great Britain 50-49. 

With the clock winding down, the Edmonton native passed off to Hirschfield, who crossed the line to seal the win with 0.7 seconds remaining on the clock. 

Canada wins OT thriller in wheelchair rugby

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Canada beat Great Britain 50-49 in the preliminary round at the Paralympics.

Madell, 22, who led the team with a 30-point effort as Canada remained atop Pool A, forced extra time with a huge tackle on Ayaz Bhuta to preserve the tie at the end of regulation.

On Wednesday, Canada easily defeated host nation Brazil 62-48, but will have another tough challenge when preliminary play ends Friday against defending Paralympic champion Australia. ​

​Canadians make waves in canoe debut

A pair of Canadians reached the finals as para-canoe competition made its highly anticipated debut in Rio.

Veteran paddler Christine Gauthier was the first of two Canadians to compete, coming in fourth in the women's KL2 final. The 46-year-old from Montreal has seen the sport evolve steadily since she won her first of five world championships in 2009. She was the class of the sport for half a decade, winning consecutive world titles through to 2013.

Now heading toward the tail end of her career, Gauthier hopes the exposure generated from these Games will help get more Canadians with a disability into paddling competitions.

"For myself, I discovered other sports through the Paralympics we had in Vancouver [2010], like sledge hockey and other disciplines," Gauthier said. "So I'm hoping at least for this portion, it will bring more people out, especially in Canada, to come out and paddle."

In the finals of the KL3 200-metre race, Erica Scarff finished in seventh place. She was disappointed, but at the same time believes that her time will come.

"It all happened so fast," Scarff, of Mississauga, Ont., said after her race. "I guess I did have a good start, even yesterday I had my best start ever, but in that second half I just seem to fall behind. Hopefully over the next few years I'll work on maintaining my speed throughout the race."

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