{"id":103181,"date":"2024-09-12T11:54:29","date_gmt":"2024-09-12T15:54:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/editionap.ca\/?p=103181"},"modified":"2026-02-17T20:52:06","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T19:52:06","slug":"rocklands-bianca-borgella-shows-grit-and-determination-at-paralympics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/visionrockland.ca\/en\/sports-loisirs\/rocklands-bianca-borgella-shows-grit-and-determination-at-paralympics\/","title":{"rendered":"Rockland\u2019s Bianca Borgella shows grit and determination at Paralympics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Rockland\u2019s Bianca Borgella\u202fwas seconds away from the biggest moment in her impressive career as a competitive sprinter.\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:288}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Borgella, who was born with Leber congenital amaurosis, a rare inherited eye disorder that causes severe vision loss and competing in the T13 classification for athletes with visual impairments, made it to the finals in the women\u2019s T13 100 metre (m) race before suffering a devastating hamstring injury roughly 30 m into the race.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:2,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559731&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">With grit and determination, she picked herself up after collapsing on the track and crossed the finish line in 25.11 seconds. She later left on a wheelchair.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:2,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559731&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">One of the favourites to bring home a medal for Canada at the Games, Borgella was ranked number two in the world in the 100m going into the Paralympics games.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:2,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559731&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>A rising star\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">While this was the first time she was representing Canada at the Paralympics, Borgella, has become a rising star in para-athletics since she began competing in 2021.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:2,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559731&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">She won gold at the 2022 Canadian Track and Field Championships in the 400 m, 100 m and U20 4 x 100 m relay. 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