Cameron Leslie misses Paralympic medal in world record swim final

Cameron Leslie misses Paralympic medal in world record swim final

By Iliana Biutu
Saturday 07/09/2024
Photo: Stuff.co

The three-time Paralympic gold medalist, Cameron Leslie finished fourth in a freestyle race won in world record time.

Stuff sports say Leslie has narrowly missed a medal in the pool at Paris - 16 years after his first Paralympic Games gold medal. They say the Kiwi swimmer finished fourth in the men’s 50m S4 freestyle at Paris this morning in a race won in world record time by Canada’s 19-year-old Sebastian Massabie in 35.61 seconds.

Stuff Sport says that Japan’s Takayuki Suzuki, 37, got silver in 36.85sec at his sixth Paralympics and Israel’s Ami Omer Dadaon secured bronze in 37.11 seconds.

They say Leslie finished .13sec off the bronze medal, in 37.24sec, faster than his qualifying time of 37.70.

Looking at the medal tally, China is leading with 83 gold, 64 silver and 41 bronze, Great Britain is in second place with 42 gold, 34 silver and 24 bronze, while the United States is in third with 31 gold, 36 silver and 19 bronze.

Source:Stuff.com

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