A Paralympian from Canton has won a gold medal in swimming.
Brad Snyder, a Navy veteran who was blinded while in Afghanistan in 2011, won his second gold medal in the 400-meter freestyle. He finished the swim in 4:28:78.
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Snyder trains at Loyola University.
Silver medalist Tharon Drake, another American, was clocked at 4:40.96.
And another local swimmer, Becca Meyer of Timonium, got a gold in the 200 individual medley with a time of 2:24.66.
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