B.C. swimmer wins Canada's first Paralympic gold medal in Paris
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Nicholas Bennett won Canada's first gold medal of the Paralympic Games on Monday.
Nicholas Bennett won Canada's first gold medal of the Paralympic Games on Monday.
The 20-year-old swimmer from Parksville, B.C., was first in the men's 100-metre breaststroke and collected his second medal in Paris.
He was a silver medallist in the 200-metre freestyle.
The Canadian was the only swimmer to go under one minute four seconds in the race with a time of 1:03.98.
Jake Michel of Australia took silver in 1:04.27. Naohide Yamaguchi of Japan was the bronze medallist in 1:04.94
Yamaguchi, the world-record holder, had beaten Bennett for a world title last year in Manchester, England.
Bennett, who was diagnosed at the age of three with autism spectrum disorder, is coached by his sister Haley Bennett.
