Parksville’s Nicholas Bennett wins Canada’s first Paralympic gold medal in Paris
PARIS — 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.