The Island teen took the gold medal in the men’s 200-metre freestyle Para-14 final on Wednesday.
BIRMINGHAM, England – Swimmer Nicholas Bennett of Parksville marveled at being on top of the podium Wednesday at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.Bennett, 18, continued establishing himself as a rising star internationally as well as in Canada, by furiously churning to the gold medal in the men’s 200-metre freestyle Para-14 final.
Bennett sent a shout out to his swimming mates from the Ravensong Aquatic Club in Qualicum Beach: “So many people have supported me back home and that means the world to me.” “The Para and able-bodied Canadian athletes have joined to together perfectly here at these Games and bonded together in and out of competition.”
This one was for Paris in two years, said the Canadian team, which includes Island players Maddie Secco, Anna Mollenhauer and Lexi De Armond of Victoria and Sara Goodman from Duncan.
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