The 2022 World Para Swimming Championships get under way Sunday in Madeira, Portugal, and a larger-than-usual Canadian contingent is ready to get going. The seven-day competition runs until Saturday, June 18 at the Penteada Olympic Swimming Complex, with preliminaries set for 9 a.m. local time (4 a.m. Other world championships veterans heading to Portugal include fellow 2019 medallists Alec Elliot, James Leroux, Shelby Newkirk, Tess Routliffe, Katarina Roxon, Abi Tripp, Nicolas-Guy Turbide and Aly Van Wyck-Smart. Bennett once again shattered his national S14 marks in the 100-m breaststroke, 200 freestyle, 100 butterfly and 200 individual medley at Canadian Swimming Trials in April to qualify for Madeira 2022. The WPS moved to mixed gender relays only at these world championships, and Canada will take part in six of eight available events.

Source: CBC News June 10, 2022 18:27 UTC