A veteran athlete from Timmins is heading to the quarterfinals in Paris.
Meghan Mahon is part of the six-member Canadian goalball team at the 2024 Paralympics. The team has day off today (Monday, Sept. 2) before playing in the quarterfinals on Tuesday.
In the regulation round of the tournament, Canada netted a win, loss and tie.
RELATED: Get ready to cheer! Timmins athlete going for gold in Paris
For the first playoff round, Canada is playing Israel at 9:15 a.m. EST.
CBC has TV coverage of the Paralympics, and the goalball games can be streamed online. The CBC streaming schedule can be found here. Once the game is live, the schedule will have a link to watch.
Goalball is a team sport played by athletes who are blind or visually impaired. It's played on a court roughly the size of the one used for volleyball, and all players wear opaque eyeshades so that no one can see anything. The ball has bells inside that allow players to track it and the lines of the court are marked with string so that athletes can feel where they are.
