Le cahier du parasport : Danielle Dorris bat trois records du monde à l’approche des Championnats du monde

SHERBROOKE, Que. – Two-time Paralympic Games champion Danielle Dorris of Moncton, N.B., broke two world records this past week at the Canadian short course swimming championships.

In short course swimming, the racers turn every 25 metres rather than every 50 metres as at the Paralympic Games.

On Thursday, Dorris from Codiac Vikings Aquatic Club lowered the world record twice in the S7 50-m butterfly. The 22-year-old born with underdeveloped arms, swam the event in 33.11 in the finals, .27 seconds faster than her preliminaries time.

On Friday, Dorris lowered the S7 50-m backstroke world record to 35.20 and on Saturday night, clocked 1:22.57 for the SM7 100-m individual medley world mark.

“Coming into this meet, I was expecting to break a few records, but tonight (Saturday) was a bit of a surprise,’’ said Dorris, tuning up for Para swimming world championships this fall. ‘’I didn’t know exactly what the previous record was, so I didn’t know if I could lower it.

‘’I’m definitely very happy that it worked, and it’s a nice confidence boost before going into Worlds in Singapore next month,” 

Other Canadian and Americas records were set as well at the event including by Paralympians Nicolas-Guy Turbide of Quebec City, Allison Gobeil of Alma, Que., Shelby Newkirk of Saskatoon, Abi Tripp of Kingston, Ont., and Clémence Paré of St-Hyacinthe, Que.

Here’s a list of records broken at the meet:

Canadian women earn first win at Americas Cup wheelchair basketball tournament

Arinn Young poured in a game-high 41 points to lead the Senior Women’s National Team to a 93–10 win over El Salvador, securing their first victory at the 2025 IWBF Americas Cup on Sunday in Bogotá, Colombia.

“I feel like we all went back to our fundamentals, which is something we struggled with in our first game,” said Mercy Nyakundi, one of five athletes making their Senior Women’s National Team (SWNT) debut in Bogotá. “We had the energy, we had great communication, and everyone got the ball to the basket.”

Elise Froese contributed 18 points, five assists, and three rebounds, while Nyakundi added 12 points, five assists, and two rebounds in the victory.

The Canadian women opened with a 70-62 loss to Brazil. Team Canada wraps up group play on Monday against the host, Colombia, at 6:30 p.m. EDT/3:30 p.m. PDT.

The Americas Cup is a qualification tournament for the 2026 IWBF Wheelchair Basketball World Championships, which will take place in Ottawa, Ont., from Sept. 9–19, 2026. Canada is pre-qualified as host.

The women’s tournament runs until August 14. The men’s tournament runs from August 15-20, also in Bogota.

All games are streamed live on the IWBF YouTube channel.

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Katarina Roxon lights cauldron at Canada Games Opening Ceremony

Five-time Paralympian, Katarina Roxon lit the Canada Games cauldron to officially open the Canada Games on Saturday in St. John’s N.L., 20 years after she hit the competitive stage at the very same Games.

Back in 2005, Roxon was a 12-year-old Para swimmer with Team Newfoundland and Labrador. She won a silver medal in the women’s 100-m breaststroke for Para swimmers and a year later she made her Paralympic Games debut with Team Canada in Beijing.

“I loved being part of that Team Newfoundland and Labrador,” said Roxon, the Paralympic Games champion in the SB8 100-m breaststroke in 2016. “Up until that point, I was just a quiet little swimmer, doing my own thing in the pool. That was my breakout into becoming the athlete I am now.”

Roxon was also Canada’s co-flag bearer at the 2024 Paralympic Games Opening Ceremony with wheelchair basketball legend Patrick Anderson.

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With files from Swimming Canada, Wheelchair Basketball Canada, Canada Games Council

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