Paralympic debut in the books, Humboldt survivor Jacob Wassermann looks to LA 2028 [Video]

The Paralympic learning curve was steep, but worth it for Jacob Wassermann.

Less than two years after taking up the sport of para rowing and six years after he survived a bus crash that killed members of his Humboldt Broncos junior hockey team, Wassermann raced the men’s singles B final Sunday in Paris.

The 24-year-old from Humboldt, Sask., was the youngest competitor in the field. In his third race in three days, Wassermann finished 10th overall in the 2,000-metre distance at Vaires-sur-Marne Nautical Stadium east of Paris.

“I’m still learning so much. I’m so new in this sport,” Wassermann said. “Some things go wrong here and there. Start wasn’t the cleanest. I had to recover from that. There’s still things I’m learning how to do.

“It was a good experience to have that. Didn’t go the best. You go on to race another day.”