PARIS – At age 43, Brent Lakatos cranked it up another notch at the 2023 World Para Athletics Championships. wheelchair racer won the silver medal on Tuesday in the men’s T53 400m in record time. He broke both his continental and Canadian marks in the event and it took a world record performance to beat him. proved to be a model of perseverance as he earned his first career medal in five appearances at worlds. In the women’s T47 100m final, Sheriauna Haase of Toronto was fifth breaking her Canadian record clocking 12.42.

Source: CBC News July 11, 2023 19:34 UTC