Canada Thursday schedule: The Paris 2024 Paralympic Games began on Wednesday. Katarina Roxon and Patrick Anderson carried the Canadian Paralympic Team’s flag into the Opening Ceremony. Now it’s time for competition. On the first day of play in Paris, Canadians competed in nine sports. Take a look at what the Canadian Paralympic Team did on Day 1 of the Paris 2024 Games, Thursday, August 29:
Para Swimming
At 9:30 a.m. CEST (3:30 a.m. ET), the action will begin at the La Défense Arena pool, with seven Canadians racing in heats. Aurelie Rivard, who has won 10 Paralympic medals, is one of them. Arianna Hunsicker and Katie Cosgriffe, who are both new to the Paralympics, will be swimming with her in the women’s 50m freestyle S10. In the women’s 50m freestyle S6 event, Shelby Newkirk will race. This is the event she won bronze in at the 2023 World Championships.
In the women’s 200m freestyle S5, Clemence Pare and Hannah Ouellette will both be swimming for the first time. Fernando Lu will be swimming in the men’s 50m freestyle S10.
| Event | Time (CEST) | Time (ET) | Canada’s Achievement |
|---|---|---|---|
| Para Swimming Finals | 5:30 p.m. | 11:30 a.m. | Canada won eight medals in Para swimming at the Tokyo 2020 Games |
Para Cycling Track
Kate O’Brien and Keeley Shaw are the first para cyclists from Canada to race at the velodrome. Both will be in the 500-meter time trial for women in the C4-5 category. O’Brien got a silver award in Tokyo three years ago.
| Event | Time (CEST) | Time (ET) |
|---|---|---|
| Para Cycling Qualifying | 12:00 PM | 6:00 AM |
| Para Cycling Final | 3:45 PM | 9:45 AM |
Sitting Volleyball
The Canadian women won silver at the world championships in 2022 and came in fourth place at the Tokyo Paralympics, which was their best finish to date.
| Event | Time (CEST) | Time (ET) | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sitting Volleyball | 6 p.m. | 12 p.m. | Canada will start its podium campaign on Thursday with an opening game against Slovenia. |
Goalball
The host country, France, will be the first team the Canadian women’s goalball team plays. The Canadian team won gold at the 2023 Parapan Am Games.
| Event | Time (CEST) | Time (ET) |
|---|---|---|
| Goalball | 2:45 p.m | 8:45am |
Wheelchair Rugby
Canada, which came in fifth at the last Paralympics, will play their first game against foes USA.
| Event | Time (CEST) | Time (ET) |
|---|---|---|
| Wheelchair Rugby | 1:30 p.m. | 7:30 a.m. ET. |
Para Archery
He got to go to Paris because he won third place at the Santiago 2023 ParaPan Am Games in November.
| Player Name | Event | Time (CEST) | Time (ET) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kyle Tremblay | Para Archery Men’s Compound Open Qualification Round | 5:00pm | 11:00am |
Boccia
All four of Canada’s boccia players are in opening play on Thursday. Alison Levine, who won two gold medals at the Parapan Ams, has two matches.
| Match | Versus | Time (CEST) | Time (ET) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boccia First Match | A. Levine vs Hanna Elfar | 12:50 p.m | 6:50 a.m |
| Boccia Second Match | A. Levine vs Mat Salim | 7:20pm | 1:20 p.m |
Canucks will start with Danick Allard and Lance Criderman. In the men’s BC2 game, Allard will play against Takayuki Hirose of Japan. In the men’s BC1 game, Criderman will play against Andre Ramos of Portugal.
| Event | Time (CEST) | Time (ET) |
|---|---|---|
| Both Matches Begin | 11:40 a.m | 5:40 a.m |
At 5 p.m., Iulian Ciobanu will play against Artem Kolinko of Ukraine in the men’s BC4 event.
| Event | Time (CEST) | Time (ET) |
|---|---|---|
| BC4 tournament First Match | 11:00 a.m. | 11:00 a.m. |
Wheelchair Basketball
The Canadian women’s wheelchair basketball team came in fifth place at the 2023 World Championships. Their first game will be against China in Paris in 2024.
| Event | Time (CEST) | Time (ET) |
|---|---|---|
| Wheelchair Basketball | 6:15 pm | 12:15 pm |
Para-Badminton
Yuka Chokyu has been to three Paralympics in wheelchair tennis. On Thursday, she will play her first game of badminton at the Games. In the women’s singles WH1 group stage, she will play Hu Guang-Chiu of Chinese Taipei.
| Event | Earliest Time (CEST) | Earliest Time (ET) |
|---|---|---|
| Para-Badminton | 6:00 pm | 12:00 pm |
HOW TO WATCH
You can watch it live on these websites:-
CBC Gem, cbc.ca/paris2024, ICI TOU.TV , Radio-Canada.ca/jeux-paralympiques
