PARIS — Canadian swimmer Nicholas Bennett has won a silver medal at the Paralympic Games in Paris.
The 21-year-old from Parksville, B.C., was second in men’s 200-metre freestyle to claim the first Paralympic medal of his career.
Britain’s William Ellard set a world record of one minute 51.30 seconds to take gold at La Defense Arena.
Bennett finished in 1:53.61 ahead of bronze medallist Jack Ireland of Australia.
Bennett, who is autistic, races the S14 classification for athletes with an intellectual impairment.
His sister Haley Bennett is his coach.