Canada's Aurélie Rivard, right, poses with her bronze medal in the women's S10 50-metre freestyle alongside gold medallist Yi Shen of China, centre, and silver medallist American Christie Raleigh-Crossley, left.
Canada's wheelchair rugby team fell 51-48 to the United States in their opening group-stage match of the Paris Paralympics on Thursday, despite a dominant performance from team veteran Zak Madell.Canada's Aurélie Rivard, right, poses with her bronze medal in the women's S10 50-metre freestyle alongside gold medallist Yi Shen of China, centre, and silver medallist American Christie Raleigh-Crossley, left. The Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Que.
American Christie Raleigh-Crossley snared silver at 27.38 seconds, while Rivard touched the wall in 27.62 seconds. Canada beat Slovenia in straight sets 3-0 on Thursday at North Paris Arena in its first match of pool play. The Canadians return to the court to face Brazil, who beat them for bronze in Tokyo, on Saturday at 2 p.m. ET.
Chuck Aoki led the U.S. with 21 tries, while Josh Wheeler also reached double digits in the opening Group A match with 11. Madell averaged a try per minute over the first three quarters and helped keep the game within reach down the stretch. He made it a three-point game at 50-47 with less than 40 seconds left to go, but Symons responded with another try."It feels great. Canada's a really strong side, and we knew they were gonna bring everything today, and they certainly did, but we knew we really wanted to get a pull on the top of this one," Aoki said. "So I feel great about it.
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