HAMILTON, Ontario — With the Olympics over, it was time to focus on the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo.

On Sept. 5, the Paralympic Games came to a close and Brent Lakatos, who won four silver medals including fourth in the marathon, was the flag bearer representing 128 Canadian athletes. Lakotas who is from Dorval, Quebec and Aurélie Rivard, a swimmer from Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, won an impressive 9 medals between them.

In total, Canada earned 21 medals: 5 gold; 10 silver and 6 bronze which placed us 19th in the standings. Some medal highlights include Nate Riech winning gold in the T38 1,500m final. The Victoria, BC native is a world record holder and won the 1,500m at a time of 3:58.92.

Marissa Papaconstantinou of Toronto also set a personal best in the T64 100m final earning a bronze medal and Danielle Dorris from Moncton, NB, won gold with her world-record performance in the S7 50m Butterfly event.

Here’s a look at the medal standings:

Gold Medals

• Aurélie Rivard, Para-Swimming, Women’s 100m freestyle
• Greg Stewart, Para-Athletics, Men’s F46 Shot Put
• Aurélie Rivard, Para-Swimming, Women’s 400m freestyle
• Danielle Dorris, Para-Swimming, Women’s 50m butterfly
• Nate Riech, Para-Athletics, Men’s T38 1500m

Silver Medals

• Tristen Chernove, Para-Cycling (Track), Men’s C1 3000m Individual Pursuit
• Nicolas-Guy Turbide, Para-Swimming, Men’s 100m backstroke
• Kate O’Brien, Para-Cycling (Track), Women’s C4-5 500m Time Trial
• Priscilla Gagné, Para Judo, Women’s 52kg
• Brent Lakatos, Para-Athletics, Men’s T54 5000m
• Brent Lakatos, Para-Athletics, Men’s T53 400m
• Danielle Dorris, Para-Swimming, Women’s 100m backstroke
• Brent Lakatos, Para-Athletics, Men’s T53 100m
• Aurélie Rivard, Para-Swimming, Women’s 100m backstroke
• Brent Lakatos, Para-Athletics, Men’s T53 800m

Bronze Medals

• Keely Shaw, Para-Cycling (Track), Women’s C4 3000m Individual Pursuit
• Aurélie Rivard,  Para-Swimming, Women’s 50m freestyle
• Stefan Daniel, Para-Triathlon, Men’s PTS5
• Morgan Bird, Sabrina Duchesne, Aurélie Rivard, Katarina Roxon, Para Swimming, Women’s 4x100m freestyle relay
• Zachary Gingras, Para-Athletics, Men’s T38 400m
• Marissa Papaconstantinou, Para-Athletics, Women’s T64 100m

Source: The CBC

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