The Canadian women’s sitting volleyball team has earned a bronze medal at the Paralympic Games in Paris.
It’s the first Paralympic medal in a team sport for Canada since the men’s wheelchair basketball team won gold in London in 2012.
The Canadian women swept Brazil 3-0 to reach the podium and gained a measure of revenge from Tokyo’s Paralympics three years ago.
Canada lost the bronze-medal game to Brazil in Tokyo.
The Canadian women also lost 3-1 to the Brazilians in pool play in Paris.
Canada’s men’s wheelchair basketball team fell 75-62 to Germany in the bronze-medal game in Paris.
The Canadian Press
