{"id":828327,"date":"2026-07-27T02:23:29","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T02:23:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/828327\/"},"modified":"2026-07-27T02:23:29","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T02:23:29","slug":"boy-10-who-nearly-lost-his-feet-to-lawnmower-finishes-toronto-triathlon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/828327\/","title":{"rendered":"Boy, 10, who nearly lost his feet to lawnmower finishes Toronto triathlon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1785119009_149_imageRedirect.jpeg\" class=\"object-fit-cover\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Austin Byers, centre right, and Canadian Olympic triathlete Tyler Mislawchuk, right, SickKids hospital staff, celebrate crossing finish line together at Supertri Toronto 2026 in Toronto on Sunday July 26, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS\/Sandra Ezekwesili<\/p>\n<p>By The Canadian Press<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\tJul 26, 2026 | 5:27 PM\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>TORONTO \u2014 Four years after a lawnmower accident nearly cost him both legs, 10-year-old Austin Byres crossed the finish line at Supertri Toronto on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Byres ran the final stretch of the annual triathlon alongside Canadian Olympic triathlete Tyler Mislawchuk and members of the team from Toronto\u2019s Hospital for Sick Children that helped save both his legs and feet after the accident.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt felt very good that I accomplished that,\u201d Austin said moments after finishing. \u201cI was looking forward to crossing the finish line with everyone else.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In 2021, Austin suffered severe injuries to both legs and feet in the accident. He was airlifted to SickKids Hospital, where he faced serious complications, including the possibility of amputation, but doctors were able to save both of his feet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Austin Byers, centre right, and Canadian Olympic triathlete Tyler Mislawchuk, right, SickKids hospital staff, celebrate crossing finish line&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":828328,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194291],"tags":[49,48,3302],"class_list":["post-828327","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-toronto","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-toronto"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/828327","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=828327"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/828327\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/828328"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=828327"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=828327"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=828327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}