# @thegistca on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/C_oLOo8vEcC
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/23026667-thegistca-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2024-09-07T19:31:05.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** The GIST Canada (@thegistca) — https://gondola.cc/thegistca

## Caption

What a day for Canada at the Paralympic Games! 🇨🇦💪⁣
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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. 👏⁣
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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. 🦸‍♀️🐈⁣
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"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. 🫶⁣
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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. ⁣
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You are an inspiration Brianna. 🥹 #thegist⁣
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#paris2024 #paralympics #paracanoe #womenssports⁣

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## Credits

| Name | Username | Profile | Role |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| The GIST Canada | @thegistca | https://gondola.cc/thegistca | Sports Media Outlet |

## Tags

paris2024, womenssports, paracanoe, paralympics, thegist

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