Brent Lakatos got the gold.
The veteran wheelchair racer from Dorval, Que., owns fistfuls of Paralympic medals, but not quite enough gold for his liking kept the 44-year-old racing to Paris.
Lakatos won the men’s T53 800 metres Thursday for a 13th medal in his sixth Paralympic Games, and second gold after his first in 2016.
“Oh my gosh, its been eight long years and so many silver medals,” Lakatos said after his race. “It’s so good to finally be back. We’re going to sing O Canada and it’s a really great feeling.”
Lakatos collected his second medal at Stade de France after a silver in the 400 metres.
He was a four-time silver medallist in Tokyo, where he finished behind Thailand’s Pongsakorn Paeyo in the 100, 400 and 800 metres.
“Tokyo, I had so many silvers. I wasn’t happy with that. Not really,” Lakatos stated. “If I was going to retire, I wanted to …