Paralympics

Evan Wilkerson Sets Four American Records at Jimi Flowers Classic Evan Wilkerson set four American records at the Jimi Flowers Classic, one of the final tuneups for American paraswimmers before the Para Pan Pacific Championships this summer. Wilkerson, 19, led the way in the two-day long-course meet...

Commonwealth Games, Day Five Para Events: Kirralee Hayes, Stephen Clegg Mine Gold in 50 Freestyle (S13) Heading into Tuesday's final of the 50-meter freestyle (S13) at the Commonwealth Games, Australian Kirralee Hayes owned a pair of medals from the competition - one in 2022 and one from earlier thi...

Commonwealth Games, Day Four Para Events: Beau Matthews Blasts to Title in 100 Breaststroke (SB9) For several years, Beau Matthews has been viewed as a future star for Australia in Para swimming. on Monday night, the upstart confirmed his promise by capturing Commonwealth Games gold in the SB9 final...

Commonwealth Games, Day Three Para Events: Alice Tai Three-Peats in 100 Backstroke (S9); Tim Hodge Prevails For the third consecutive time, England's Alice Tai is the Commonwealth Games champion in the S9 classification of the 100-meter backstroke, her latest title earned on Sunday night at the Toll...

Commonwealth Games, Day Two Para Events: William Ellard Mines Gold in 200 Freestyle; Completes Career Slam Two years ago, William Ellard celebrated the peak moment of his career when he captured the gold medal in the 200-meter freestyle at the Paralympic Games in Paris. On Saturday night, the Englis...

Commonwealth Games, Day One Para Events: Nathan Hendricks Powers to Victory in 100 Freestyle South Africa's Nathan Hendricks, a student at the University of Pretoria, notched a convincing victory in the S13 classification of the 100-meter freestyle during Friday's opening finals session at the Commo...

Dame Sarah Storey Retires as Great Britain's Most Decorated Paralympian Dame Sarah Storey has retired after a career in which she won five Paralympic golds in the pool and a further 14 titles in cycling to leave the sporting arena as Great Britain’s most successful Paralympian. Storey has decided to...

Fatherhood Inspired Brad Snyder To Be His Best — And To Return To The Pool By Karen Price For Paralympic champion swimmer and triathlete Brad Snyder, trying to pick a favorite part of fatherhood is like trying to pick a favorite leg of a race. The whole point of triathlon, he said, is to spread ever...

Passages: Hannah Nelson, Member of U.S. Paraswimming National Team, 23 Hannah Nelson, who represented the United States at the 2023 World Para Swimming Championships, died on April 5. She was 23 years old. Nelson was a swimmer at Ave Maria University in Florida, which confirmed in a statement that s...

Mt. San Antonio College to host 2026 Para Pan Pacific Championships U.S. Paralympics Swimming announced on Tuesday that it will host the 2026 Para Pan Pacific Championships this summer at Mt. San Antonio College in Walnut, California. The event will be held Aug. 28-30. It’s the second time since the...

After a dirt-biking accident left All-American swimmer Mike Nyeholt paralyzed in 1981, Swim With Mike Foundation co-founders Mike and Ron turned tragedy into triumph. Together, with the help of fellow USC swimming teammates and generous donors, they have changed the lives of 310 scholarship recipien...

Paralympian Robert Griswold Handed Permanent Ineligibility by SafeSport The United States Center for SafeSport on Monday gave Paralympic swimmer Robert Griswold a permanent ban over sexual misconduct. The case stems from accusations that Griswold sexually assaulted a disabled teammate while they tra...

U.S. Paralympics Swimming Announces 2026 National Team Roster U.S. Paralympics Swimming today announced the 34 athletes named to its 2026 National Team roster. The group features a combination of Paralympic veterans and emerging talent as U.S. Paralympics Swimming continues to build momentum toward ...

Two-time Paralympic silver medalist and shark attack survivor Ali Truwit has announced a $400,000 gift through her Stronger Than You Think Foundation to the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Foundation (USOPF). The gift will establish a performance incentive fund to support Team USA Para swimmers at major i...

Carli Cronk, Viola Scotto Di Carlo Lead Deaflympics Record Blitz American Carli Cronk and Viola Scotto Di Carlo of Italy lead a wholesale rewriting of the deaf world record at the 2025 Deaflympics in Tokyo. Cronk and Di Carlo set four world records each, Cronk adding two on American mixed medley rel...

 Holiday Gift Guide: Gear, Gadgets, and Tech for Every Swimmer The holiday season is here, and we’re diving into our annual Swimming World Holiday Gift Guide series with our favorite gifts for every type of swimmer. From performance suits and goggles to the latest training tools and tech accessories...

International Paralympic Committee Lifts Bans on Russia, Belarus The International Paralympic Committee on Saturday lifted partial suspensions of Russia and Belarus that had been in place for nearly four years over the invasion of Ukraine. The decision was made at the IPC’s General Assembly meeting ...

'Iron Will' An Inspiring Memoir by Paralympian Roderick Sewell Journeys are meant to inspire, and few swimmers have been as inspiring as Roderick Sewell II. The Paralympic swimmer was a Pan American Games medalist for Team USA and a three-time national team member. But his story is much more than th...

The 2025 World Para Swimming Championships concluded on Saturday, Sept. 27, from Singapore in historic fashion for the U.S. Team USA finished the meet with 35 medals, tying Italy for the most gold medals (18). The U.S. had six silver and 11 bronze. Ukraine had 49 total medals to top the medal table....

World Para Swimming Championships Day 6: Mallory Weggemann Earns Historic 17th Gold; Chambers, Smith Win Mallory Weggemann made history again with her performance at the 2025 World Para Swimming Championships in Singapore. During her sensational career, Weggemann has competed in 21 finals and secure...