Canada’s Cody Fournie captures wheelchair racing Paralympic gold medal
By The Canadian Press on September 3, 2024.
PARIS – Canadian wheelchair racer Cody Fournie has won a Paralympic gold medal. The 35-year-old from Victoria won the men’s 200 metres in his classification. Fournie produced Canada’s second gold medal in Paris after Nicholas Bennett’s swimming gold. Fournie won the wheelchair sprint in a time of 37.64 seconds. Toni Piispanen of Finland took silver and Belgium’s Peter Genyn the bronze. Fournie previously played for Canada’s wheelchair rugby before switching to track and field. This report by The Canadian Press was first published Sept. 3, 2024. 8-7
