By Jim Morris

GLASGOW, Scotland – Aurelie Rivard continues to win medals and break records at the IPC Swimming World Championships.

Rivard placed second in the women’s S10 100-meter freestyle to earn her third medal of the meet while Nathan Stein took bronze in the men’s S10 100-meter freestyle Saturday night.

The two podium finishes boosted Canada’s medal count to 10 (one gold, four silver, five bronze).

Rivard’s time of one minute, 0.25 seconds set an America’s record. It was the second time in less than eight hours she set the standard. New Zealand’s Sophie Pascoe touched the wall just .09 ahead of Rivard.

“I wanted to go a bit faster but I’m still happy,” said the St.-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Que., resident. “I don’t actually care about the medal, it’s about my time.

“It’s fast. Before coming here I was going third or fourth (in this event) so silver is pretty good.” Rivard swam 1:0.34 during the morning heats to set the America’s record, which also stands as a Canadian mark. That broke her old record of 1:00.75 she set in the Tollcross International Swimming Centre earlier this year during the British Para-swimming International Meet.

“I love this pool,” said Rivard. “I always swim super-fast.”

Rivard has a gold and two silver medals from this meet to go with the five medals she won at the 2013 world championships in Montreal. She already is looking forward to next year’s Paralympics in Rio de Janerio.

“This gives me a lot of confidence going into a Paralympic year,” she said.

Stein limped out of the pool favouring his knee after placing third in 53.29 seconds to collect his second medal of the championships. He was third in the S10 50-metre freestyle.

“I really tried to get the kick going in the last 30 meters,” said the Maple Ridge, B.C., resident, who has undergone 11 surgeries on his knee. “My knee wasn’t really having any of that.

“I still dug in on the finish and tried to get there as fast as I could. I’m happy with that time. It’s the best I have been in a while.”

Alec Elliot of Waterloo, Ont., was eighth in 55.80 seconds.

Veteran Adam Purdy, who returned to swimming in 2014 after a seven-year absence, was sixth in the S6 100-m backstroke in 1:20.50. China’s Tao Zheng won in a world record time of 1:12.94.

The three-time Paralympian is already looking to getting back in the pool at the Parapan American Games in Toronto next month.

“In three weeks we will be racing again,” he said. “It’s another opportunity to get up and push that time a little bit faster.”

There also were two Canadians in the women’s S7 100-m backstroke.

Sarah Mehain of Vernon, B.C., was fifth in 1:31.91 while Tess Routliffe of Caledon, Ont., was sixth in 1:33.46.

The men’s 4×100-m 34-point medley relay team of Elliot, James Leroux of Repentigny, Que., Jean-Michel Lavalliere of Quebec City and Zack McAllister of Lethbridge, Alta., finished fifth in a Canadian record time of 4:29.04.

That broke the old mark of 4:32.39 which won a gold medal and set a world record at the 2000 Sydney Olympics.

Sabrina Duchesne of Quebec City swam a personal best time of 1:31.28 to finish ninth S8 100-m backstroke. Nicolas Turbide of Quebec City was 15th in the S13 100-m freestyle in 57.52 seconds.

The competition, which ends Sunday, has attracted 580 athletes from close to 70 countries to the Tollcross International Swimming Centre. It’s the largest swimming competition before next year’s Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janerio.

All heats and finals will be shown live at http://www.paralympic.org/glasgow-2015Glasgow2015.com. Results can be found at www.paralympic.org/glasgow-2015/schedule/results.

“I love this pool. I always swim super-fast.”