Benoit Huot, seen in a previous competition, finished third in the men's 100-metre freestyle. (Petros Karadjias/Associated Press)

Canadian athletes won two bronze medals — one in the pool and one on the track — at the Paralympics on Tuesday in Beijing.

Benoit Huot, 24, of Montreal finished third in the men’s 100-metre freestyle (S10), behind Brazilian swimmers Andre Brasil and Phelipe Rodrigues.

Brasil set a world and Paralympic record in the event in 51.38 seconds while Huot, the defending champion, finished in 54.26.

"I felt really good at the start but struggled in the last 25 metres,’’ said Huot, a quintuple Paralympic champion in 2004 who has club feet. ‘’I don’t know what happened. It’s great to have someone go 51 seconds in our class and I’m going to have to work harder to catch up to him.’’

Canada’s other finalist in men’s swimming on Tuesday was flag-bearer Donovan Tildesley of Vancouver. He broke his Canadian record by more than a second in a seventh-place finish in the men’s 100-metre butterfly for visually impaired athletes.

He clocked a time of 1:09.53. His previous best was 1:10.62 set last year.

‘’I went out and gave it all I had in the first 50,’’ said Tildesley, a triple medallist at the 2004 Athens Paralympics. ‘’I can’t complain about a Canadian record and a best time.’’

In women's competition, Anne Polinario of Montreal took fifth in the 100-metre freestyle (S10) while Brianna Nelson of Calgary and Laura Jensen of Fort St.John, B.C., were seventh and eighth, respectively, in the 100-metre breaststroke (S7).

Reid runs 'angry' race

Stefanie Reid of Windsor, Ont., placed third in the women’s amputee 200 metres (T44) in Beijing, behind athletes from Germany and New Zealand.

Reid finished fifth in the F44 long jump earlier in the day.

"It was a really rough day and I'm just glad I finished it on a high note," she Reid. "After the disappointment of the long jump, I just came back and ran an angry 200 metres and I was really pleased with everything."

Reid capitalized when the leader in the nine-runner final fell with 40 metres to go after pulling a hamstring and knocking out another competitor.

"When the fall happened, I was fourth," said Reid. "I was running a really good race, and I reacted quickly to the situation and was able to kick it really hard in those dying moments to get the bronze."

Elsewhere on the track, Kris Vriend of Edmonton finished seventh in the F35/36 cerebral palsy discus throw final.

Also, three Canadian wheelchair racers qualified for finals, including 2004 quintuple Paralympic champion Chantal Petitclerc of Montreal.

Improving on her Paralympic record, she clocked 16.07 seconds in the opening heat in the women's 100-metre wheelchair race (T54) to advance.

In the women's 400-metre wheelchair race (T53), Ilana Duff of Saskatoon advanced, breaking the Canadian record with a time of 1:00.80.

Brent Lakatos of Dorval, Que., advanced by finishing second in his qualifying heat in the men's 400-metre wheelchair race (T53).

Rowing regatta underway

The first-ever rowing competition in the Paralympic Games started Tuesday with two Canadian boats moving on to repechage.

In the LTA4+ (legs, trunk and arms coxed four), Megan Montgomery of Winnipeg, Victoria Nolan of Toronto, Scott Rand of Calgary, Tony Theriault of Nanaimo, B.C., and coxswain Laura Comeau of St. Catharines, Ont., were fourth.

In AM1x (men's single, arms only), Steve Daniel of Val Therese, Ont., was sixth after experiencing some equipment problems during the first part of his race and will also row in the repechage.

The TA2x (trunk and arms double scull) entry of Wilfredo More Wilson of Toronto and Caitlin Renneson of Ottawa placed sixth in its heat.

The two medals Tuesday boosted Canada's total through three days to 10 (two gold, two silver, six bronze), good for 12th in the overall standings.

China leads with 53 overall, followed by Britain with 32 overall and the United States with 26.