Some of Canada's best Paralympians made a big statement to begin the second day of qualifying races as two para-cyclists guaranteed themselves medals, while a swimmer and wheelchair racer set Paralympic records.
Here are Friday's early highlights:
Para-cyclists secure Canadian medals
Ross Wilson, of Sherwood Park, Alta., will race later today for a gold medal in the men's C1 3000-metre individual pursuit final after qualifying second.
Canadian Ross Wilson sets a Paralympic record in his heat (later broken by China) to guarantee himself a medal https://t.co/eMFx2aMfeR
— @CBCOlympics
The Canadian para-cyclist will battle with China's Li Zhangyu, who broke his own world record to secure his spot in the final, at 4:41 p.m. ET. Wilson initially broke the Paralympic record before Zhangyu bested his time.
Another Canadian cycling medal has been guaranteed by Tristen Chernove, who will race for gold later today https://t.co/jDDgOfoplU
— @CBCOlympics
Later, Tristen Chernove, of Cranbrook, B.C., matched Wilson in qualifying for the men's C2 3000 individual pursuit gold-medal final. Chernove will get a rematch against Chinese world record holder Guihua Liang, who qualified in the top spot with Paralympic record time.
Calgary's Michael Sametz just barely missed making the gold-medal final in the men's C3 3000 individual pursuit after finishing the qualifying round in third. The 20-year-old will compete for bronze against Ireland's Eoghan Clifford.
Canadians set the bar
Canada's Brent Lakatos and Aurelie Rivard set new Paralympic records in their morning events to easily advance to tonight's finals.
Veteran wheelchair racer Lakatos, who also holds the world record in the men's 100-metre T53, was the third and fastest athlete to shatter the 14.75-second mark set by Great Britain's Mickey Bushell in London.
3 heats, 3 times the Paralympic record was broken this morning! Canada's Brent Lakatos is the last and the fastest https://t.co/yZaPWCN6eV
— @CBCOlympics
Lakatos, of Montreal, took the top spot in the heats in a time of 14.43, and will attempt to reach the Paralympic podium for the first time at this distance at 6:22 p.m. ET.
In the pool, Rivard entered her first race as the swimmer to beat and proved it with a dominating performance to secure her spot in tonight's women's 50 freestyle S10 final (5:51 p.m. ET) in a Paralympic record of 27.83.
Canada's @AurelieRivard sets a new Paralympic record in the 50m freestyle S10 and finishes first in her heat https://t.co/dPqY77D6nH
— @CBCOlympics
Success continues in the water
Rivard is one of several Canadian swimmers that booked a spot in the finals.
In her second day of competition, Tess Routliffe finished sixth in the morning heats to advance to the final in the women's 50 freestyle S7, while Sarah Mehain posted a personal best time of 34.91 to move on in eighth.
Nathan Clement also set a new personal best marker of 34.04 to grab the final qualifying spot in the men's 50 butterfly S6. Alex Elliot kept the milestones coming with his own personal best of 25.04 to move on to the men's 50 freestyle S10 final in seventh, and Nathan Stein also moved on in fourth position.
Canadian para-cyclists Wilson, Chernove secure Paralympic medals
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