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CBC
10-08-2025
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Canadian Para swimmer Danielle Dorris sets 3rd world record in as many days
Canadian Para swimmer Danielle Dorris made it three world records in three days at the Canadian short-course championships in Sherbrooke, Que., breaking the world mark in the SM7 100-metre medley on Saturday night. Dorris, a 22-year-old from Moncton, N.B., posted a time of one minute 22.57 seconds in the 25-metre pool. She had already set the Americas record during the morning preliminaries in 1:23.50. "Coming into this meet, I was expecting to break a few records, but tonight was a bit of a surprise," Dorris said. "I didn't know exactly what the previous record was, so I didn't know if I could lower it. I'm definitely very happy that it worked, and it's a nice confidence boost before going into [long-course] worlds in Singapore next month." Dorris broke the world record in the S7 50m butterfly — her signature event — twice on Thursday. The two-time Paralympic champion clocked 33.38 in the preliminaries before shaving .27 seconds off in the final. She also holds the long-course world record in the 50 fly, having clocked 32.99 while winning her first Paralympic gold medal at the Tokyo Games in 2021. Dorris set the S7 50m backstroke world record in 35.20 on Friday. She will swim the S7 50m freestyle on Sunday to conclude the meet. Dorris was born with underdeveloped arms due to a condition called bilateral radial dysplasia. She made history at the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro as a 13-year-old, becoming the youngest Canadian swimmer ever to compete at the Paralympics. Dorris has won three Paralympic medals and six world-championship medals in her career, including a successful title defence in the 50m butterfly at Paris 2024. The World Para Swimming Championships in Singapore will run from Sept. 21 to 27.
CBC
19-02-2025
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- CBC
New Brunswick swim coach takes on Paralympic leadership role
Many New Brunswickers know the name Danielle Dorris — a three-time Paralympic swimmer and gold medallist. But few know who was on the sidelines coaching Dorris to those big wins. Ryan Allen, head coach of Club de Natation Bleu et Or in Moncton, has been a member of multiple national teams, including Tokyo 2020 and Paris 2024 Paralympic Games. Now, he's stepping into the role of national coach lead for Swimming Canada's Paralympic program. "It's a testament to the people — the athletes, the parents, the families — that I've had the chance to be surrounded by … through my coaching career," said Allen. Allen grew up in Hopewell Cape, about 35 kilometres south of Moncton, and he and his wife Lindsey have lived in Riverview since 2016, Swimming Canada said in a news release. He has an education degree from Moncton's Crandall University, a kinesiology degree from Memorial University of Newfoundland, and an advanced coaching diploma and certificate of high performance coaching and technical leadership from the University of British Columbia. He is also working toward his high-performance coaching masters at UBC. Allen was Swimming Canada's Paralympic program coach of the year for 2023. His introduction to para swimming was in Grade 11, he said, when he was asked by his swimming coach if he would work with a young man with Down syndrome, Jonathan Henry. Allen said he owes so much to that experience because it challenged him in a new way. "I learned it my way, as a 16-year-old, and then, well, Jonathan has his way, and I had to kind of figure it out on the fly." During university, he decided to try coaching before moving back home to pursue an education degree and coach at Club de Natation Bleu et Or because of Henry. A year later, Allen said Swimming Canada approached him because Dorris's family was moving to Moncton, and they knew Allen was interested in working with para-athletes. Allen said the job posting for the national coach lead went out just before Christmas, and he mulled over applying with his close circle before deciding to go for it. "I had to at least put myself out there and obviously it was successful," he said. "And this was in a way for me to, you know, pursue a career in sport in some different way that allows me to still stay home, you know, have my family here with me without having to move elsewhere." Allen said his role will be guiding the technical and cultural direction of the national program, while also supporting coaches, athletes and staff across the country. He said the athletes he coaches have been incredibly supportive of his new role, including Danielle Dorris. "Just the other night, I got an email from an 11-year-old on our team, you know ... just a big congratulations on this role," Allen said.
