Paralympics

CITI Para Swimming: Elizabeth Marks Sets Record; Anastasia Pagonis and Gia Pergolini Make Returns Elizabeth Marks set an Americas record among two gold medals on Friday, the second night of the three-day CITI Para Swimming World Series stop in Indianapolis. Marks went 5:19.62 in the 400-meter freest...

Ali Truwit: Triumph Over Adversity and the Quest for Paralympic Glory Just after graduating from Yale University, Ali Truwit was the victim of a shark attack while on vacation in Turks & Caicos. Doctors and a teammate rushed to save her life and while she lost her foot and part of her leg, she has p...

Passages: Joana Neves, Brazilian Paralympic Medalist, Age 37 Joana Neves, a Brazilian swimmer who won five medals over the last three Paralympic Games, died on March 18. She was 37 years old. Her passing was confirmed by SADEF RN, her club in Brazil. Neves, full name Joana Maria Jaciara da Silva Nev...

Speedo Signs Paralympic Medalist Ahalya Lettenberger American Paralympic silver medalists Ahalya Lettenberger has joined Speedo, the company announced on Wednesday. Lettenberger, 22, won silver in the SM7 200 individual medley at the Tokyo Paralympics in 2021. She’s a three-time World Championship m...

Swimming Canada’s Wayne Lomas to Step Down After Paralympics Trials Wayne Lomas, the associate high performance director of Swimming Canada’s Paralympic program, will step down after the country’s trials meet. Swimming Canada made the announcement on Friday. Lomas, who joined the organization in 201...

U.S. Paralympic Championships: Noah Jaffe Crowned Swimmer of the Meet Noah Jaffe was crowned swimmer of the meet at the U.S. Paralympic Championships on Sunday in Orlando, wrapping up the three-day event. Jaffe tallied 7,913 points to win the award at the Rosen Aquatic Center. The S8 swimmer from Ca...

U.S. Paralympic Championships: Morgan Stickney Sets Pair of World Records Morgan Stickney set a pair of world records Saturday at the U.S. Paralympic Swimming Championships in Orlando. Stickney went 19:21.10 in the timed final of the women’s S7 1,500 freestyle on Saturday morning at the Rosen Aquati...

U.S. Paralympic Championships: Gia Pergolini, Morgan Ray Set World Records on Night 1 Gia Pergolini and Morgan Ray set world records on the opening day of the U.S. Paralympic Swimming Championships in Orlando Friday. Ray set his record in the morning at Orlando’s Rosen Aquatic Center. He went 2:59.4...

Paralympic Champ Lizzi Smith, Inspires Next Generation at Swim Lessons Hawaii Contributed by Swim Lessons Hawaii The world of swimming has witnessed its share of extraordinary moments, and one such moment unfolded recently at Swim Lessons Hawaii when two-time American Paralympic medalist Elizabeth "...

Simone Barlaam Wins Best Male Summer Athlete at First Para Sport Awards   Italian para swimmer Simone Barlaam was named the best male summer sports athlete at the inaugural Para Sport Awards on Wednesday. Barlaam’s international coach, Riccardo Vernole, was also named the best coach at the awards, h...

U.S. Paralympic Swimming Team Trials Set for June 27-29 in Minneapolis The United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee on Monday set dates and sites for the 2024 U.S. Paralympic Swimming Team Trials. They’ll be held June 27-29 in Minneapolis. Swimming trials return to the University of Minnesota’...

With one year to go, International Paralympic Committee (IPC) President Andrew Parsons believes Paris 2024 is on the course to deliver the most spectacular Paralympic Games in history. The Brazilian believes world class sport, iconic venues, a first Games since the pandemic, and a revolutionary appr...

Simone Barlaam Goes 5-for-5 with World Record to Wrap Para Worlds Italy’s Simone Barlaam made it 5-for-5 in individual events with a world record on the final day of the 2023 Para Swimming World Championships in Manchester, England. Barlaam clocked in at 23.96 seconds to win the men’s S9 50 butterfl...

Mykhailo Serbin, Aussie Relay Set World Records on Day 6 of Para Worlds Ukraine’s Mykhailo Serbin and the Australian S14 mixed medley relay set world records Saturday on the sixth and penultimate day of the World Para Swimming Championships in Manchester, England. Serbin went 1:06.01 to win the men’...

The fifth day of the 2023 Para Swimming World Championships from Manchester, England, saw several more records continue to fall. There were not a slew of world records like the past few days, but there were plenty of national, meet and continental records set on Friday - and one world record. Ukrain...

Para World Championships: Four World Records Fall; Noah Jaffe Breaks American Mark More records fell on the fourth day of the 2023 Para Swimming World Championships from Manchester, England. The day saw four world records, an American record and an African record all fall. Ukraine's Danylo Chufarov ...

Para World Championships: Jessica Long Claims Gold For US; Italy Shines on Day 3 Jessica Long added another gold medal to her storied career on Wednesday in Manchester, England, winning the 100 butterfly S8 gold medal at the 2023 Para Swimming World Championships. Long, from the U.S., won the event ...

The 2023 Para Swimming World Championships started with several world-record performance to kick off the meet in Manchester, England. Ukraine's Andrii Trusov set a Para world record in the men's 200 IM SM7 category, reaching the wall in 2:28.19. The previous record was set by Israel's Mark Malyar (2...

Olympian Nadine Rolland Joins HPC-Quebec as Assistant Coach Canadian Olympian Nadine Rolland has joined Swimming Canada’s High Performance Centre Quebec as an assistant coach. Rolland has been the lead coach at Club Sportif Les Loutres since 2005 when she retired from swimming. She is one of Canada’...

On a Roll, Morgan Ray Eager to Make More Noise on the Para Global Stage The calendar says it's a little more than a year shy of the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. It also means the 2024 Paralympics - also slated for the French capital - are just around the corner. One of the athletes who may enjoy suc...