PARIS - Midale's Keely Shaw has won a bronze medal for the second consecutive Paralympic Games.
Shaw won the bronze in the women's C4 3,000-metre paracycling individual pursuit Friday in Paris. She also took third place at the same event three years ago in Tokyo.
Shaw beat Samantha Bosco of the U.S. by 1.6 seconds in the head-to-head race with a time of three minutes and 46.942 seconds. She had a lead of 2.099 seconds late in the race, and Bosco chipped into the advantage in the final laps.
On the Town of Midale's Facebook page, residents have been posting their congratulations for her.
In pursuit, each rider tries to both post the fastest time and attempt to overtake the other cyclist before the end of the race at the velodrome.
Shaw, who will also compete in the road race later in the Paralympics, was involved in a horse-riding accident in 2009 at age 15 that left her with partial paralysis on her left side. She became a paracyclist in 2016,
More to come.
