{"id":160010,"date":"2024-09-02T09:06:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-02T13:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/rwddev\/?p=160010"},"modified":"2024-09-02T22:18:37","modified_gmt":"2024-09-03T02:18:37","slug":"bracebridge-paralympian-mary-jibb-competes-in-paris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/bracebridge-paralympian-mary-jibb-competes-in-paris\/","title":{"rendered":"Bracebridge Paralympian Mary Jibb competes in Paris"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"float: left; margin-right: 14px;\"><strong><broadstreet-zone zone-id=\"45658\" keywords=\"\" soft-keywords=\"true\" zone-alias=\"\"><\/broadstreet-zone><\/strong><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Submitted by Bruce Kruger<\/em>, <em>Bracebridge Town Crier<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On August 29th, 2024, a special celebration was held at Santa\u2019s Village, Bracebridge, to recognize 17-year-old Paralympian Mary Jibb, who is competing at the Paris 2024 Paralympics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A large group of family and friends gathered with their bright red Canada Paralympic T-shirts to show their love and support to Mary.&nbsp;&nbsp;She is the daughter of Sgt. 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