by Jenn Vieira | Sep 27, 2017 | Competition Highlight-EN, News Release-EN |
One of the many memorable moments of the 2017 Invictus Games unfolded at the indoor rowing competition at Ryerson’s Mattamy Athletic Centre when UK competitor Mark Ormrod won two silver medals. Mark, the first British triple amputee to survive the Afghanistan...
by Jenn Vieira | Sep 27, 2017 | Competition Highlight-EN, News Release-EN |
Natacha Dupuis is making the most of her journey at the Invictus Games. Starting in athletics, the Team Canada co-captain captured three gold in front of a roaring crowd at York Lions Stadium in Toronto. Overcoming extreme heat and humidity that blanketed the city,...
by Jenn Vieira | Sep 27, 2017 | News Release-EN |
A little boy flying home from the Invictus Games Orlando 2016 held his father’s hand as they sat together on the plane. The next day the boy asked his mother why people like poppa have service dogs, and she explained to him that war can injure people in their minds...
by Jenn Vieira | Sep 27, 2017 | Competition Highlight-EN, News Release-EN |
Canadian Bruce Matthews won a silver medal in the men’s IF4 shot put event on the first day of athletics competition at York Lions Stadium. On Toronto’s hottest day of the year, the first-time Invictus Games competitor raised his arms in celebration after achieving a...
by Jenn Vieira | Sep 27, 2017 | News Release-EN |
Luke Sinnott of Team United Kingdom competed in four track events in athletics, winning medals in three. Competing in the back-to-back events, he won silver in the 100-metre sprint, gold in the 200-metre sprint and 400-metre sprint. These are not Luke’s first Invictus...
by Jenn Vieira | Sep 27, 2017 | Competition Highlight-EN, News Release-EN |
The United Kingdom’s Martin Tye won gold in the powerlifting heavyweight division at Ryerson’s Mattamy Athletic Centre on Tuesday, while Ukraine’s Vasyl Pashkevych took gold in the middleweight class. Martin not only won gold, he pushed past his personal best of 185...
