OTTAWA – Michelle Stilwell of Nanoose Bay, BC won her second gold medal at the Paralympic Games today by finishing first in the women’s 200-metres wheelchair T52 classification race. Stilwell finished the race in a new Paralympic record of 19.97 seconds, edging out Tomomi Yamaki of Japan who finished in 21.00. Also today Jason Dunkerley of Ottawa, ON and guide runner Greg Dailey from Toronto won bronze in the men’s 1500-metres visually impaired T11 in 4:12.53. Zhen Zhang of China won gold in the 1500-metres in 4:10.05. The two medals today bring the track and field team’s total at the Games to 18 (9 Gold, 1 Silver, 8 Bronze).
Ilana Duff of Saskatoon, SK placed 5th in the women’s 200-metres wheelchair T53 in a time of 31.47 seconds. Gold was won by Lisha Huang of China in a World Record time of 29.17.
Chantal Petitclerc’s quest for her fifth gold medal at these Games is still alive after she advanced to the women’s 1500-metres wheelchair T54 final. Petitclerc won Heat 1 in a seasonal best 3:29.87. Diane Roy of Hatley, QC also advanced to the final finishing 2nd in Heat 1 behind Petitclerc in a seasonal best of 3:30.07. Tracey Ferguson of Holland Landing, ON failed to advance placing 6th in Heat 2 in 3:36.40.
Josh Cassidy of Oakville, ON and Michel Filteau of St-Jean Baptiste, QC failed to advance to the final of the men’s 1500-metres wheelchair T54. Cassidy was 4th in Semifinal 1 in 3:09.72 and Filteau placed 9th in Semifinal 3 in 3:20.01.
Jon Dunkerley and guide runner Sean Young, both from Ottawa, ON, did not advance to the men’s 400-metres visually impaired T11 final. They finished 4th in Semifinal 2 in a time of 54.27 seconds.
Colin Mathieson of Winnipeg, MB didn’t make it out of the men’s 100-metres wheelchair T54 rounds. Mathieson was 5th in Heat 2 of Round 1 in a time of 15.15 seconds.
Canadian Track and Field Medal Winners as of today
- Gold – Dean Bergeron, St-Augustin-de-Desmautes, QC, Wheelchair 100m T52
- Gold – Dean Bergeron, St-Augustin-de-Desmautes, QC, Wheelchair 200m T52
- Gold - Earle Connor, Calgary, AB, Amputee 100m T42
- Gold – Chantal Petitclerc, Montreal, QC, Wheelchair 100m T54
- Gold – Chantal Petitclerc, Montreal, QC, Wheelchair 200m T54
- Gold – Chantal Petitclerc, Montreal, QC, Wheelchair 400m T54
- Gold – Chantal Petitclerc, Montreal, QC, Wheelchair 800m T54
- Gold – Michelle Stilwell, Nanoose Bay, BC, Wheelchair 100m T52
- Gold – Michelle Stilwell, Nanoose Bay, BC, Wheelchair 200m T52
- Silver – Diane Roy, Hatley, QC, Wheelchair 5000m T54
- Bronze – Jason Dunkerley, Ottawa, ON, Visually Impaired 1500m T11
- Bronze - Stefanie Reid, Windsor, ON, Amputee 200m T44
- Bronze – Diane Roy, Hatley, QC, Wheelchair 400m T54
- Bronze – Diane Roy, Hatley, QC, Wheelchair 800m T54
- Bronze – Kyle Pettey, Cerebral Palsy Shot Put F34
- Bronze – Ilana Duff, Saskatoon, SK, Wheelchair 100m T53
- Bronze – Dean Bergeron, St-Augustin-de-Desmautes, QC, Wheelchair 400m T52
- Bronze – André Beaudoin, Montreal, QC, Wheelchair 100m T52
Competition continues through to September 17th.
For full results, athlete biographies and other information please visit Athletics. ca.
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