Cody Fournie silver at Para athletics worlds earns Canada quota spot for Paris Paralympics
Victoria athlete clocked 21.17-second personal best in T51 100m race in Kobe, Japan
Cody Fournie accomplished much more than collecting his first world championship medal on Thursday night.
The Victoria resident set a personal-best time of 21.17 seconds over 100 metres for silver in the T51 (wheelchair) division at the Para athletics event to qualify Canada for the race this summer at the Paralympics in Paris.
"That race went fantastic. I felt good … like I could stay on top," he told Athletics Canada from Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium in Japan.
The first- and second-place finishers in individual medal events can earn Paralympic quota spots for their country.
Fournier placed fifth in the 100 at his first Para worlds last summer in Paris, where the Toronto native also recorded a PB
The reigning Canadian champion
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