Sarah Mehain, 14, of Vernon, B.C., and Brianna Nelson of Victoria added silver and bronze in the women's 100 IM and Amber Thomas of Drayton Valley, Alberta, was third in her 100 IM After two days of competition Canada has six medals with two silver and four bronze.

In the men's 200 IM in the S10 disability category, Andre Esteves of Brazil wearing the high-tech polyurethane suit, won the gold medal in a world record time. Huot followed in 2:11.02 eclipsing his previous national mark of 2:12.20. Paralympic Games champion Rick Pendleton of Australia was third in 2:13.10.

Huot tore his swimsuit in the change room just prior to his final and was relieved he had brought his back-up suit with him to the pool.

"It was my swimsuit from the Beijing Paralympics (in 2008)," said Huot, 25, a quadruple medallist at last year's Paralympics. "I was very pleased to get a personal best time and finish ahead of Pendelton. I thought I would be closer to the lead but I'm looking forward to January 1 when the new swimsuit rules are in place."

Alex Parent of Hamilton was eighth. Other Canadian finalists in men's competition were Nicky Lapointe of Victoria sixth in the S6 100 backstroke and Ronald Tang of Toronto seventh in the S8 200 IM. Tang was disqualified in his 50 freestyle final for an illegal turn.

In the women's 100 IM in the S7 category, Mehain clocked a personal best 1:32.44 and Nelson followed in 1:33.40.

"I was really pleased to swim three seconds faster in the final than in the preliminaries," said Mehain, in her world's debut. "My butterfly and my last length on the freestyle were the highlights. I knew I was in a battle with Brianna for the silver and I just went all out."

Nelson's specialty in the 200 IM.

"It was pretty good," said Nelson, 17, who reached four finals at the Paralympics. "I don't swim the 100 IM that much so I don't have that much to compare with. I was really pleased with the backstroke. It was effective and I could feel I was doing well with it. The 100 IM is a lot of fun because you can go all out. You're not wearing yourself out quite as fast."

Thomas collected her second bronze of the competition in the S12 100 IM clocking 1:35.16. She was also fourth in her 50 freestyle final.

Other Canadian finalists in women's competition were: Nelson and Mehain fifth and seventh in the S7 100 backstroke; Camille Bérubé of Gatineau, Quebec, and Sarah Mailhot of Quebec City seventh and eighth in the S8 50 freestyle; Jenna Skieneh of Windsor, Ontario, eighth in the S9 200 IM and Jessica Roberge of Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec, eighth in the S10 200 IM.

In preliminaries, Kyle McMahon of Prince George, B.C., and Catherine Mitchell of Winnipeg missed a berth in the final by one spot placing ninth in the men's S7 100 backstroke and women's S12 100 breaststroke respectively.

Also not advancing were Jean-Michel Lavallière of Quebec City in the S7 100 backstroke, Krystal Shaw of Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, in the women's S7 100 backstroke, Stephanie Dixon in the S9 200 IM (she was disqualified) and Stephanie McDougall of Maple Ridge, B.C., in the S8 100 IM.

Competition continues through to Saturday.