Katarina Roxon of Kippens wins second silver medal at Parapan Am Games
A paralympic athlete from western Newfoundland came up big at the Parapan American Games in Toronto on Monday.
Katarina Roxon of Kippens won her second silver medal in two days at the games.
.<a href="https://twitter.com/Katarina_Roxon">@Katarina_Roxon</a> wins her second SILVER in women's 50m Freestyle S9 <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PARATOUGH?src=hash">#PARATOUGH</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TeamCanada?src=hash">#TeamCanada</a> <a href="http://t.co/BuTSS3DbN2">pic.twitter.com/BuTSS3DbN2</a>
—@CDNParalympicsThe 22-year-old, who was born with her left arm missing below her elbow, placed second in the 50-metre freestyle.
She earlier won silver in the 400-metre Freestyle, and placed 5th in the 100-metre butterfly.
<a href="https://twitter.com/Katarina_Roxon">@Katarina_Roxon</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/sportnl">@sportnl</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/telyrobinshort">@telyrobinshort</a> <a href="http://t.co/Ps0rU3gMzB">pic.twitter.com/Ps0rU3gMzB</a>
—@SwimmingNL