Aurélie Rivard claims bronze for Canada’s fifth medal at Para Pan Pacific Swimming Championships

Canada’s Aurélie Rivard swam to a bronze medal on Day 2 of the Para Pan Pacific Championships in Walnut, Calif., on Saturday.

The 13-time Paralympic medallist positioned third within the ladies’s 400-metre freestyle ultimate, which included athletes from the S6-11 and S13 classifications. Rivard is a three-time Paralympic champion within the S10 400 free.

The 30-year-old from Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Que., amassed 933 factors after touching the wall second in 4 minutes 37.04 seconds.

Australia’s Lakeisha Patterson, S9, captured gold with 986 factors after clocking 4:40.35, taking the highest spot from S10 American Ali Truwit, who touched the wall first in 4:31.52 however solely earned 971 factors.

Mary Jibb of Bracebridge, Ont., was eighth in 4:47.89 with 848 factors.

Points are awarded primarily based on how shut a swimmer’s time is to the designated world document customary for his or her particular class. In different phrases, the nearer the time is to the related document, the upper the factors.

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Montreal’s Aurélie Rivard swam to a 400-metre S10 freestyle bronze medal Saturday on the 2026 Para Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in Walnut, California.

Rivard lately returned to worldwide competitors after a 12 months away.

“It’s been the highest of the highs and the lowest of the lows with this race, but it’s my favourite,” Rivard informed CBC Sports’ Devin Heroux after reaching the rostrum. “I think it’s still the race that I’m the best at, and I still think I have something to show and something to prove to myself; I think I can still do something better than I already did.”

In different Canadian outcomes, Nicholas Bennett of Parksville, B.C., completed fourth within the males’s 100m breaststroke SB4-6, 8-9, 11, 13-14 ultimate, which noticed 2020 SB14 Paralympic champion Naohide Yamaguchi of Japan set a world document with a time of 1:02.38.

Reid Maxwell of St. Albert, Alta., was fifth within the males’s 400m freestyle S6-9, S11, S13.

Watch reside protection of the Para Pan Pacific Swimming Championships on CBCSports.ca and CBC Gem. The Day 3 prelims start Sunday at 12:30 p.m. ET, adopted by the final finals session of the meet at 8:30 p.m. ET.

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Aurélie Rivard of Montreal captured a 400-metre S10 freestyle bronze medal Saturday on the 2026 Para Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in Walnut, California.