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Midale’s Keely Shaw wins a bronze medal at the Paralympic Games

The first athlete to win a medal for Canada at the Paralympic Games in Tokyo
Keely Shaw Medal
Shaw, who now resides in Saskatoon, will also compete in the time trial and the road race while at the Paralympics.

TOKYO - The first athlete to win a medal for Canada at the Paralympic Games in Tokyo was born and raised in southeast Saskatchewan.

Keely Shaw, who hails from Midale, won the bronze in the paracycling C4 3,000-metre individual pursuit.

She recorded a time of three minutes, 48.342 seconds in her Paralympic debut, beating Australia’s Meg Lemon in the bronze race at a velodrome.

Shaw, who now resides in Saskatoon, will also compete in the time trial and the road race while at the Paralympics.