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Jessica Long Qualifies for 6th Paralympics (Full U.S. Team Roster) Jessica Long is off to the Paralympics for the sixth time in her storied career, U.S. Para Swimming announced on Sunday. The 29-time Paralympic medalist is one of 21 women and 12 men named by U.S. Para Swimming’s selection committee ...

U.S. Paralympic Trials: Morgan Stickney Improves Her 400 Free S7 World Record Morgan Stickney provided the fireworks Friday on the second night of U.S. Paralympic Team Trials, lowering her world record in the women’s S7 400 free. Stickney won the multi-class event in 4:51.50. That slashes nearly thr...

Anastasia Pagonis twice lowered the world record in the women’s S11 400-meter freestyle at the U.S. Paralympic Trials Friday in Minneapolis. Pagonis swam a time of 4 minutes, 59.28 seconds in prelims, then lowered it to 4:56.16 in the finals. That trounced the world record of 5:02.19 set by the Neth...

Lawrence Sapp Sets Three American Records in Two Events to Close Paralympic Team Trials Lawrence Sapp didn’t just set an American record in the men’s S14 100-meter butterfly at U.S. Paralympic Team Trials Sunday. He somehow managed to set two. The 19-year-old Sapp clocked in at 56.10 seconds in the ...

Jessica Long Among Four Paralympians Disciplined for Social Media Disparagement Jessica Long and three other stars of the U.S. Paralympic swimming program were disciplined for their use of social media during the Paris Paralympics. Long, Gia Pergolini, Julia Gaffney and Anastasia Pagonis were punish...

Americans Anastasia Pagonis, Gia Pergolini Set World Records on Night 2 of Paralympics Prelims Americans Anastasia Pagonis and Gia Pergolini set world records Wednesday night, accounting for two of the world marks set on the second night of swimming at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics. Pagonis will be the...

Paralympic Games, Day 2: Tully Kearney Becomes First to Win Second Gold It’s two gold medals in two days for Tully Kearney, the British swimmer added to her gold in the S5 200 freestyle with 100 free gold on Friday. Kearney went 1:15.10 to win the event at the Paris La Defense Arena on Friday night,...

Simone Barlaam Sets World Record, Italy Wins 5 Golds at 2022 Para Worlds Capped by Simone Barlaam’s world record in the men’s S9 100 freestyle Wednesday night, Italy won four gold medals on the fourth night of the 2022 World Para Swimming Championships in Madeira, Portugal. Barlaam’s was the last, a...

Paralympian Anastasia Pagonis Hoping to ‘Change Perspective’ with Fuse TV Series If you search for Anastasia Pagonis on the internet, chances are you’ll find her social media channels before mention of her Paralympic gold medal or world record. And it won’t take long scrolling through her profile to...

Anastasia Pagonis, World Championship Medals Take Visit to Discovery Cove Anastasia Pagonis, the American Paralympic gold medalist, visited Discovery Cove in Orlando recently with her three medals from the 2022 Para Swimming World Championships. Pagonis, 18, swims in the S11 category. She won the wo...

The 2020 Paralympic Games continued in Tokyo with Day 2 of the swimming competition. Several world records were set in the session, including two by the United States. Gia Pergolini of the U.S. set a world record to win gold in the 100 backstroke S13 class. She touched the wall in 1:04.64 breaking h...

Paralympics (Day 10 Women): Jessica Long Caps Games with 29th Medal, 16th Gold Jessica Long finished the Tokyo Paralympics with another line item on her unparalleled CV, winning the women’s S8 100 butterfly for her 29th career Paralympic medal and 16th career gold. Long bested the field with a time ...

U.S. Paralympic Trials: Elizabeth Marks, Anastasia Pagonis Set American Records on Night 3 Elizabeth Marks and Anastasia Pagonis ended the third and final night of U.S. Paralympic Trials by setting American records Saturday. Marks clocked in at 33.13 seconds in the prelims of the S6 50 freestyle. Sh...

Jessica Long, Rudy Garcia-Tolson Selected to Fifth Paralympics for Team USA Team USA announced the Paralympic swimming team for the 2021 Tokyo Olympics on Monday, a group of 24 women and 10 men that includes five-time Paralympians Jessica Long and Rudy Garcia-Tolson. The selection follows the three-...

Paralympics, Day 10: Jessica Long Adds Epic 100 Fly Gold; Jiang Yuyan Captures 7th Gold China began the final day of swimming at the Paris Paralympics atop the medal table and poised to add more. With a brief interlude from Jessica Long in an epic performance, that’s how the final day at Paris La De...

Leanne Smith Sets Three World Records at Para Swimming World Series Meet American Leanne Smith won five gold medals and set three world records over three days at the Para Swimming World Series meet in Indianapolis. Smith, a silver medalist at the Tokyo Paralympics, won the women’s 150-meter IM with...