Canada’s Bennett wins second Paralympic swim gold, Reid earns silver

PARIS — Canadian swimmer Nicholas Bennett is a double gold medallist at the Paralympic Games.

The 20-year-old from Parksville, B.C., won the men’s 200-metre individual medley in Paralympic record time two days after taking the 100-metre breaststroke in Paris.

Bennett is the first Canadian man to win multiple gold medals in Paralympic swimming since Benoit Huot won five in Athens, Greece, in 2004.

Bennett has collected three medals in total in Paris with a silver medal in the 200-metre freestyle.