Port Coquitlam swimmer Nathan Stein has had a busy week in the pool for Team Canada during the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio.
The 24-year-old athlete started off in the 50 m freestyle event, where he came in second during the qualifying round with a time of 24.34, behind Ukraine’s Denys Dubrov’s 24.01.
But despite improving on his qualifying time in the finals with a 24.00, Stein missed the podium by 0.25 seconds, finishing in fifth place behind Brazil’s Andre Brasil, who came in fourth with 23.78. Dubrov ended up taking home the bronze with a time of 23.75, while gold medallist Maksym Krypak finished in 23.33.
On Monday, Stein had another stellar showing during the qualification round of the 100 m butterfly event, finishing in third with a time of 59.06.
But he missed the podium again, coming in fifth in the finals with a time of 58.64. Dubrov took gold (54.71), while Krypak took silver (54.90) and Brasil took bronze (56.50).
Stein was expected to compete in the men’s 100 m freestyle on Tuesday after The Tri-City News’ deadline. He is also expected to compete in the men’s 4x100 m freestyle event today (Wednesday).
In the shooting event, PoCo’s Doug Blessin finished sixth overall in the finals of the mixed 10 m air rifle prone competition during the 2016 Paralympics in Rio this week.
The 43-year-old athlete came in fifth during the qualification round with a score of 634.7, a result that allowed him to move on to the finals. But he came up short in the medal round, finishing with a result of 124.9, good enough for sixth place overall in the competition.
Gold went to Ukraine’s Vasyl Kovalchuk who shot a score of 211.7, while Korea’s Geunsoo Kim took silver (211.2) and the American Dahl McKenna won bronze (189.5).
Blessin missed the medal round in the 10 m air rifle standing competition, where he finished the qualification round with a 621.0 result.
Meanwhile, Team Canada’s goalball squad, which features Coquitlam’s Ahmad Zeividavi, has qualified for the playoff round and will take on Sweden today (Wednesday).
