Canuck swimmers claim more medals  Friday, September 12, 2008  Vancouver's Donovan Tildesley claims bronze- Paralympics - Stephanie Dixon of Victoria smashed her Canadian record for silver and Donovan Tildesley of Vancouver and Benoit Huot of Montreal each added a bronze medal in swimming action Thursday in Beijing.
In the women's 200-metre individual medley in the S9 disability category, Natalie Du Toit of South Africa won in a world record 2:27.83. Dixon bettered her Canadian record by three seconds for the silver in 2:37.54.
In the men's 400-metre freestyle for visually impaired, Tildesley was third in 4:49.45. In the men's 200-metre individual medley in the S10 disability class, Huot won his second bronze of the competition, finishing in 2:15.22.
Brianna Nelson of Calgary was eighth in the women's S7 400 freestyle.Donovan's Dad Hugh Tildesley's webblog on Donovan in Beijinghttp://hughtildesleyinbeijing.blogspot.com/http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/sports/story.html?id=6dc14c21-3c6a-4d56-a9c2-4e766d4650ac. |
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