Mary Jibb of Team Canada reacts after winning gold in the women’s 200-metre Individual Medley SM9 Final during Day 2 of the World Para Swimming Championships in Singapore on Monday.

Mary Jibb has won Canada’s first gold of the world para swimming championships.

The 18-year-old from Muskoka, Ont., finished the women’s 200-metre individual medley SM9 in two minutes 32.90 seconds on Monday in her world championship debut.

Jibb was fourth after the opening butterfly and second at the 100- and 150-metre marks, but the Canadian dominated the final leg to prevail by a comfortable margin over Anastasiya Dmytriv of Spain (2:35.36), the bronze medallist from 2024 Paris Games.

Hungarian star Zsófia Konkoly, the reigning Paralympic champion and defending two-time world titlist, was third in 2:36.0

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