What a day for Canada at the Paralympic Games! 🇨🇦💪⁣ •⁣ Brianna Hennessy won Canada's first-ever Paralympic medal in Para Canoe in the women's va'a single 200-metre VL2 final Saturday in Paris. 👏⁣ •⁣ The design on Hennessy's paddle includes a cardinal in remembrance of her late mother Norma, the letter "W' for Wonder Woman and a cat. 🦸‍♀️🐈⁣ •⁣ "My mother passed away last year, so I said I'd be racing down the course with her," Hennessy said Saturday at the Vaires-sur-Marne Nautical Stadium. 🫶⁣ •⁣ Hennessy's neck was broken when she was struck by a speeding taxi driver in Toronto in 2014 when she was 30. She has tetraplegia, which is paralysis in her arms and legs. ⁣ •⁣ You are an inspiration Brianna. 🥹 #thegist⁣ •⁣ #paris2024 #paralympics #paracanoe #womenssports⁣