Canadian wheelchair racer Austin Smeenk wins Paralympic gold in men's T34 800m
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Austin Smeenk rang the bell with gusto.
The Canadian wheelchair racer won the men's T51 800 metres Saturday at the Paralympic Games in Paris.
Track and field victors at both the Olympic and Paralympic Games rang a bell engraved with "Paris 2024" at Stade de France.
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Smeenk coveted the rite after watching other Canadian athletes grab the rope for a satisfying clang.
"Fantastic," the 27-year-old from Oakville, Ont., declared.
"I've been looking forward to doing that since Ethan Katzberg and Camryn Rogers did it about a month ago."
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Katzberg and Rogers won hammer throw gold at the Olympic Games.
Smeenk produced Canada's fifth Paralympic gold and eighth medal in track and field.
Victoria's Cody Fournie won a pair of sprint gold medals in T51 wheelchair racing and Brent Lakatos of Dorval., was a victor in the T53 800.
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Smeenk set world records in both the 400 (48.06) and 800 (1:35.59) earlier this year, and followed up with the first Paralympic gold of his career.
He's a double medallist in Paris with a bronze in the 100 metres. The 400 wasn't on the program.
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