Canada’s Dorris defends 50m butterfly title at world para swimming championships

By Canadian Press on September 25, 2025.

SINGAPORE — Canada’s Danielle Dorris defended her gold medal in the S7 50-metre butterfly Thursday at the world para swimming championships.

The 23-year-old from Moncton, N.B., finished in a championship-record time of 33.93 seconds, 32-hundredths of a second ahead of Mallory Weggemann of the United States.

Colombia’s Sara Vargas was third in 35.21 seconds.

Dorris’s third straight 50 butterfly world title comes a day after she finished second in the 100-metre backstroke, relinquishing the title she won in that event at the 2023 world championships in Manchester, England.

The gold highlighted Canada’s first three-medal day of the championships. Katie Cosgriffe of Burlington, Ont., and Nicholas Bennett of Parksville, B.C., claimed bronze in the women’s 100 fly S10 and the men’s 200 individual medley SM14, respectively.

Canada has two gold, one silver and five bronze medals entering the final two days of competition.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Sept. 25, 2025.

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