Canadian swimmer Nicholas Bennett won his second gold medal of the Paris Paralympics on Wednesday in the men’s SM14 200-metre individual medley.
The 20-year-old from Parksville, B.C., won the race in a Paralympic-record time of 2:06.05 at Paris La Défense Arena.
It’s Bennett’s third medal in Paris after winning gold in the men’s SB14 100m breaststroke and silver in the S14 200m freestyle.
Bennett is the first Canadian male swimmer to win multiple gold medals at a single Paralympic Games since Benoît Huot at the 2004 Games in Athens.
Canadian teenager Reid Maxwell followed up Bennett’s golden swim with a silver medal in the men’s S8 400m freestyle final.
The first-time Paralympian broke the Americas record for the second time in one day, touching the wall in 4:23.90.
It’s the first career Paralympic medal for the St. Albert, Alta., native.
Maxwell, who turned 17 on Monday, is Canada’s youngest Paralympian at the Paris Games.
More to come.