Brent Lakatos captures Canada’s first gold at World Para Athletics Championships

The long-awaited watch for Canada’s first gold on the 2023 World Para Athletics Championships in Paris is over. Brent Lakatos of Dorval, Que., dominated the lads’s T53 800m to seize gold and win his third medal of the Video games.

Lakatos led from gun to tape within the males’s T53 800-metre remaining on Saturday night, setting a championship document of 1:34.31 to edge out his rival Pongsakorn Paeyo of Thailand on the line. This medal was Lakato’s third of the 2023 Para Video games and the twelfth world championship gold medal of his profession, spanning seven world championships.

Positively memorable 2023 World Para Athletics Championships for Brent Lakatos 🥇🥈🥈🇨🇦

Championnats du monde de para-athlétisme 2023 définitivement mémorables pour Brent Lakatos 🥇🥈🥈🇨🇦

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This medal was important for Lakatos because it was the thirtieth world medal of his profession. He has gained 19 medals on the World Para Athletics Championships and 11 medals on the Paralympics. That is additionally his third gold medal within the T53 800m occasion. 

Athletes within the T53 classification have full use of their arms however don’t have any or restricted trunk operate. His two different medals at these championships got here within the T53 400m and T54 1,500m, the place he took silvers behind Paeyo.

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Staff Canada’s medal whole is now as much as 14, with two golds, seven silvers and 5 bronze, coming into the ultimate day of competitors.

Brent Lakatos wins Staff Canada’s first Gold Medal on the 2023 World Para Athletics Championships 🇨🇦

Brent Lakatos remporte la première médaille d’or d’Équipe Canada aux Championnats du monde de para-athlétisme 2023 🇨🇦

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