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Canadians to watch on Day 3 of the Rio Paralympics

How will Canada's Paralympians follow up a five-medal performance on Day 2? Here are some of the top Canadians to watch on Day 3.

Dispaltro's Games begin, Dupont looking forward to 400

Marco Dispaltro's Paralympics begin Saturday. How will the 2012 bronze-medallist fare? (Gareth Copley/Getty Images)

Canada's Paralympians collected five medals on Day 2, with more opportunities to come on Saturday.For a complete schedule of today's events,click here.

Here are some of the top Canadians to watch on Day 3:

Wheelchair basketball back on the court

Canada's women's team looks to improve to 2-0 in the tournament as the take on Argentina at 8:30 a.m. ET. Later, the men's squad attempts to right the ship and get their first win of these Games when they face Australia at 2:15 p.m. ET.

Dupont's400-metre opportunity

IlanaDupont has had her eyes set on the 400 T53 since she returned to competition last summer."I'm coming in a lot stronger than I have ever been before." Dupont said. Her heat takes place at 11:33 a.m. ET.

Dispaltro'spodium pursuit begins

Canadian parasport talisman Marco Dispaltro's pursuit of a second boccia medal begins Saturday. Dispaltro and his mixed pairs BC4teammates begin with a match against Brazil at11:40 a.m.ET and another at 5:50 p.m. ET against China.

Men's goalballlooks to rebound

The team will look to put Friday's 11-3 loss to Brazil behind them as itstournament continues with a 4:30 p.m. ET tilt against Germany.