Paris 2024: Sporting family cheer on Para triathlete Stefan Daniel

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Sport is a family affair for Canadian Para swimmer Stefan Daniel, who receives encouragement from his mother, who runs marathons, his father, who was formerly a professional football player, and his brother.  

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As he gets ready for the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games—the third Games in which paratriathlon will be contested—Daniel hopes to make his father proud.    

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Daniel tells the IPC, "We did train together for a long time." "I suppose ever since I completed my first six or seven years of swimming  

Due to the encouragement of his mother, who runs marathons, father, who was once a professional football player, and brother, Stefan Daniel, a Canadian para swimmer, sports is a family affair.

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Paris 2024 Paralympic Games, became the first Canadian to win a Para triathlon medal eight years ago in Rio, winning a silver in PT4.  

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Christian compete despite having cerebral palsy provided him the motivation and self-assurance to advance in his athletic career. Daniel, who will compete in PTS5  

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Yet for all the swimming Daniel enjoyed alongside his brother growing up, it is his least favourite triathlon discipline. 

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