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Dorris Takes Silver, Jibb Adds Bronze as Canada Hits Five Medals at Para Swimming Worlds

The medals lift Canada to five total entering the final three days in Singapore.

Competitors dive from the starting blocks in the women's 100-meter freestyle S8 final at the World Para Swimming Championships in Mexico City, Sunday, Dec. 3, 2017. The World Para Swimming and Para Powerlifting championships are taking place in Mexico's capital through Dec. 8.

Overview

  • Danielle Dorris, 23, finished second in the women's 100-metre backstroke S7 in 1:22.11 behind Ukraine's Veronika Korzhova, with Mallory Weggemann third.
  • Mary Jibb, 18, claimed bronze in the women's 100-metre freestyle S9 in 1:02.71, with Australia's Alexa Leary winning and Brazil's Mariana Ribeiro second.
  • Jibb has set Canadian records in all three of her races in Singapore after winning the 200-metre individual medley earlier in the meet.
  • Other Canadian results Wednesday included a national-record fourth by Reid Maxwell in the men's 100-metre freestyle S8, a fourth by Nicolas-Guy Turbide in the men's 100-metre backstroke S13, and a seventh by Abi Tripp in the women's 100-metre freestyle S8.
  • Competition resumes Thursday with Dorris attempting to secure a third straight S7 world title in the 50-metre butterfly.