Jeux paralympiques de Paris: la Québécoise Aurélie Rivard décroche l’or, Tess Routliffe gets the bronze

It’s an indescribable sensation for Québécoise Aurélie Rivard.

The athlete, 28 years old and from St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, will run the 400 m style fairly feminine in the S10 category in four minutes and 29.20 seconds, during the Paris Paralympic Games.

Rivard is one of the Canadian premieres to have won three consecutive editions of the Jeux Paralympiques after Stephanie Dixon in the 100 m of the S9 category in 2000, 2004 and 2008.

« It is irrefutable at a time when I have chosen the plus most difficult that I have a hard time – I am preparing for this course, a statement Rivard. After the 2022 world champions, although you will not be able to complete part of the course, you will perhaps experience a difficult debut with two performances. »

“You will see my confidence again in the departure blocks that go home and live the merchandise. It is difficult and it is very bad. You are a heureuse d’être parvenue à surmonter me craintes “, to renchéri.

She won the third medal from Rivard at the Games of Paris, who set the Paralympic record in the 400m freestyle at the Games of Tokyo in 2021. She went to the 100m freestyle and the bronze in the 50m freestyle in the French capital.

However, after his 100 m libre dimanche style contre-performance, Rivard is considering leaving Paris. I sign a time of 1:00.82, pitiful during the passage that completes the premiere in a decade that lasts a minute longer.

She held a world record of 58.14 seconds, a chronological display from the 2021 Tokyo Paralympic Games.

« You are considering a rental in your house, 100 meters away from the house, in every exploration. Puis, je me suis couchée, and your own bathroom is a very nice discussion with my intermediaries and the best way. I can only become more rapid if I do this kind of thing in the fight. You focus on your moi-même. »

“Oublie où tu es, oublie les other girls, it’s hard to do this during your paralympic paralympic games. If it’s true, then it’s pouring.

L’Américaine Alexandra Truwit (4:31.39) and la Hongroise Bianka Pap (4:35.63) on the full stage, dans l’ordre.

Routliffe party is family and family

Minutes before Rivard’s exploit, Tess Routliffe also set the stage for Canada in paranation.

Routliffe takes the bronze medal in 100m copper women in the SB7 category, doubtful in Paris. La paranageuse de Caledon, in Ontario, takes advantage of more silver in 200m of individual women in the SM7 category.

Routliffe, who is already 25 years old, is a celebrity and a recent high school conquest with her father, Erin, who arrives temporarily in Paris after the Etats-unis international tennis event.

“You see the gradations and your health. My whole family is here. It’s amazing to see you here. You’re happy with what you say, and Tess Routliffe, who is her mother, Tara, an assistant assistant at her courses in Paris.

« Elle (Tara) is a toujours été là, but you do your lazy liver with your chapeau. More or less the world of Erin, you will always be able to enjoy it, with your own hands », at-elle ajouté en riant.

Erin Routliffe and her partner Gabriela Dabrowski, from Ottawa, have become champions in the women’s doubles title in the international university states. Elles got the better of Russian Veronika Kudermetova and Taiwan’s Hao-ching Chan in the quarterfinals.

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