Canada's Aurelie Rivard sets world record, wins 3rd gold medal at Paralympics
Canada’s Aurelie Rivard has won another gold medal at the Rio Paralympic Games, winning the 400-metre freestyle S10 race in a world record time. This is Rivard’s third gold medal at these Games, and the second time she has set a new world record.
And this ends my individual competition in Rio…. 3rd Gold & a World Record…. Is this real life? #lastonefastone🏅 pic.twitter.com/EwJCDRb8qo
— Aurelie Rivard (@AurelieRivard) September 16, 2016
The 20-year-old from St-Jean-sur-Richelieu swam the race in a time of 4:29.96, smashing the previous world record of 4:32.79. She finished a remarkable 5.13 seconds ahead of Monique Murphy of Australia and 5.53 ahead of Elodie Lorandi of France, who captured silver and bronze respectively.
MEDAL ALERT | Canada’s Aurelie Rivard sets new world record in women’s 400 free S10 to claim 3rd #gold at #Rio2016 https://t.co/gpE29rkAWd
— CBC Olympics (@CBCOlympics) September 15, 2016
Canada now has 24 medals in Rio (7 gold, 9 silver, 8 bronze), placing our country 12th on the medal table.
That’s three golds now for Aurelie Rivard who’s had a spectacular #Paralympics https://t.co/fvXy1Np3XL
— CBC Olympics (@CBCOlympics) September 15, 2016