Wheelchair racer Austin Smeenk, of Oakville, Ont., waves to the gallery as parliamentarians recognize athletes who competed for Canada at the 2024 Paris Olympics and Paralympic Games at a ceremony in the House of Commons, in Ottawa, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
By The Canadian Press
Oct 5, 2025 | 8:28 PM
NEW DELHI — Victoria’s Nate Tucker won gold as Canada finished the World Para Athletics Championships with three medals on Sunday.
Tucker set a new championship record of three minutes 57.98 seconds in the men’s T38 1,500 metre middle-distance race as he finished atop the podium.
Liam Stanley, also from Victoria, was ninth in the race, crossing the line in a time of 4:07.31.
Sprinter Marissa Papaconstantinou of Toronto earned Canada’s first silver medal of the World Para Athletics Championships.