FOG BLOG PARALYMPIC GAMES LOG: CANADA WINS A PAIR OF BRONZE MEDALS, CYCLING AND SWIMMING!

Paralympic wake-up call: Canadians win double bronze for 1st medals at Tokyo Games.....Here's what you may have missed on Day 1 of the Tokyo Paralympic Games......t's the first day of competition at the Tokyo Paralympic Games, and Canada's wasting no time clinching spots on the podium.

Racing in the velodrome and in the pool, two Canadian athletes secured the country's first medals of the Games on Wednesday.

It was track cyclist Keely Shaw who earned the first one, a bronze in the women's C4 3,000-metre individual pursuit. The 27-year-old athlete — originally from Midale, Sask., now in Saskatoon — was making her Paralympic debut and won her race in three minutes 48.342 seconds.......Then, decorated swimmer Aurélie Rivard won a bronze of her own in the S10 50-metre freestyle final. The Saint-Jean-Sur-Richelieu, Que., native entered the race as the defending champion, having earned gold — plus three other medals — in Rio 2016.

Her race time of 28.11 seconds added a sixth Paralympic medal to her growing list of accomplishments..