Canada’s Aurelie Rivard golden again at Paralympics with 100-metre freestyle win
RIO DI JANIERO, Brazil — Canadian swimmer Aurelie Rivard added another gold to the collection of Paralympic medals she’s carefully stashing out of sight in her suitcase.
The 20-year-old from Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Que., won the 100-metre freestyle on Tuesday, her third medal of the Rio Paralympics, and second gold. Then she planned to tuck it away to savour later.
“Because even if I win, my meet is not done, I still have three races to go,” Rivard said. “So I really just want to focus as much as I can on my races and after that, I’m going to think about the medals and what I accomplished.
“Once my meet is over, this is when I’m going to start to realize this happened.”