Commonwealth Games Veteran, Benoit Huot, Captures Canada's First Gold at Paralympic Games

Montreal swimmer Benoit Huot won gold in the men's 200-metre individual medley at the Paralympics Games in London on Thursday, giving Canada its first medal of the Games. Huot picked up his ninth career Paralympic swimming gold by breaking his own world record with a time of two minutes 10.01 seconds. The 28-year-old won four bronze medals in Beijing four years ago.