Okotoks wheelchair rugby player prepares for Paralympics: ‘Really an honour’

A hardworking jock from nan Calgary region is getting fresh to spell for nan golden successful Paris.

Zak Madell of Okotoks is getting fresh to time off soon arsenic portion of nan Team Canada wheelchair rugby squad astatine nan 2024 Paralympics.

It will beryllium Madell’s 4th clip representing Canada astatine nan Paralympics.

Recognized arsenic 1 of apical wheelchair rugby players successful nan world, Madell was portion of nan squad that won nan metallic badge astatine nan 2012 Paralympics successful London.

He past went connected to compete astatine nan 2016 Paralympics successful Rio and nan 2020 Paralympics successful Tokyo.

“It’s really an honour and each clip we spell retired there, I deliberation we person to punctual ourselves that we’re doing it for much than ourselves,” Madell said.

“We’ve sewage a full state that we’re representing, we’ve sewage our family, friends, loved ones backmost location supporting us, truthful we conscionable want to spell retired and make them arsenic proud arsenic imaginable and put connected a bully show for Canada.”

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“It’s been 13 years that I’ve been connected nan nationalist squad now,” Madell said.

The Olympics tally from Friday, July 26 to Sunday, Aug. 11. The Paralympic Games return spot from Wednesday, Aug. 28 to Sunday, Sept. 8.