Winnipegger Leanne Taylor reflects on Paralympic bronze medal win [Video]

Winnipeg’s Leanne Taylor became the first Canadian woman to medal during the Paralympic triathlon, and she hopes she won’t be the last.

The 32-year-old won bronze Monday in Paris – just six years after an accident that left her paralyzed from the waist down.

“I’m really happy it turned out. It ended up being a beautiful, iconic course that had a lot of challenges, but I’m happy to be able to come home as a bronze medalist,” Taylor told CTV News Winnipeg.

Before her accident, Taylor loved sports and competing but was never at an elite level.

Afterwards, her goal was to make it to the world stage.

“Moving into para-triathlon, things happened really quickly, and I think it was a transition that was quick for me to have to learn about the high-performance environment and what it sort of took to perform at the elite level.”

When she first …