Canada’s Tess Routliffe earns Paralympic swim silver in Paris

PARIS – Canadian swimmer Tess Routliffe has won a silver medal at the Paralympic Games in Paris.

The 25-year-old from Caledon, Ont., was second in the women’s 200-metre individual medley for the second medal of her career.

Routliffe, who was born with shortened limbs, was a silver medallist in Rio de Janeiro in 2016.

She wasn’t able to compete in Tokyo three years ago because of a broken back. A bar bell fell on her back during a weight-training session.

Routliffe produced Canada’s second swimming medal of the night.

Nicholas Bennett of Parksville, B.C., was a silver medallist in the men’s 200-metre freestyle.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Aug. 31, 2024.

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