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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....

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...

Paralympics, Day 8 Finals: Aurelie Rivard Wins S10 400 Free for Third Time Few para swimming dynasties rival what Aurelie Rivard has done in the women’s S10 400 freestyle. For the third straight Games, the Canadian has worked her way to the top step of the podium. Rivard on Thursday picked up her fi...

U.S. athletes secured eight medals, including five gold, on the second day of the Indianapolis 2018 World Para Swimming World Series at the Indiana University Natatorium. This second leg of the world series circuit features 198 swimmers from 17 countries. The trio of four-time Paralympic medalist Mi...

World Para Swimming Championships: Antonio Fantin Sets World Record in S6 100 Free Italy’s Antonio Fantin started Day 2 of the World Para Swimming Championships with a meet record in the men’s S6 100 freestyle. He ended the day with a world record. Fantin went 1:04.08 to set the pace in the morning,...

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...

Team USA Sending 20-Athlete Roster to World Para Swimming Championships The United States is sending a 20-athlete squad to the World Para Swimming Championships, which will be held in Singapore from September 21-27. The meet will be held at the OCBC Aquatic Centre and marks the third major competiti...

The 2024 Paralympic Games continued from Paris with the Day 6 finals from La Defense Arena. Ihar Boki and Daria Lukianenko claimed world records, while several Paralympic records were broken. Live Results Day 1 Recap Day 2 Recap Day 3 Recap Day 4 Recap Day 5 Recap Here is a look at the events: Men's...

U.S. Paralympics Swimming today announced its roster of 17 athletes who will represent Team USA at the 2019 World Para Swimming Championships in London from Sept. 9-15. The team, which is comprised of 14 women and 3 men, includes 11 Paralympians and seven defending world champions. “We’re excited to...

An incredible eight world records fell on the final night of the 2019 World Para Swimming Championships in London as Italy topped the medal table. China's Liu Daomin, Russia's Valeriia Shabalina, Ukraine's Andrii Trusov, Netherlands' Liesette Bruinsma, Great Britain's Brock Whiston, Reece Dunn and I...

Paralympics: Jiang Yuyan Sets World Record in Women’s S6 50 Butterfly Prelims Jiang Yuyan of China set the Paralympic record in the women’s S6 50-meter butterfly Monday in Tokyo. Jiang clocked in at 34.56 seconds. She is the stop seed in the event by just under two seconds. Jiang held the world reco...

Paralympics Day 9 Finals: Leanne Smith Breaks World Record; Raleigh-Crossley Wins Again Day 9 of the 2024 Paralympic Games continued from La Defense Arena in Paris. China's Guo Jincheng and Lu Dong, USA's Leanne Smith and Canada's Sebastian Massabie set world records while USA's Christie Raleigh-Cro...

Following three days of competition at the 2018 U.S. Paralympics Swimming Para National Championships presented by Toyota, 20 records were set by U.S. athletes, including two world, four Pan American and 14 American, at Oro Valley Aquatic Center in Tucson, Arizona. Concluding nationals with a stando...

Para Swimming World Series: Leanne Smith Wins Fifth, Gia Pergolini Adds 2 Medals Leanne Smith made it 5-for-5 at the Para Swimming World Series stop in Indianapolis, and Gia Pergolini picked up two medals on the final night of the competition. Smith, who set three world records and won two events on...

Team USA put on a show in Cairns, Australia, for the 2018 Pan Pacific Para Swimming Championships, which was held Aug. 9-13. The team, comprised of 15 women and five men, took home 65 medals, including 33 gold, 19 silver and 13 bronze.  Becca Meyers (Baltimore, Maryland) kicked off the first day of ...

On the final day of competition at the Indianapolis 2018 World Para Swimming World Series, Team USA tallied eight medals, including five gold, to finish the event with 26 medals overall. This world series stop at Indiana University Natatorium featured 198 swimmers from 17 countries. To kick off the ...

The 2019 World Para Swimming Championships continued on Wednesday from London as the Brits won three gold medals on night three from Maisie Summers-Newton, Alice Tai and Louise Fiddes. Additionally, Summers-Newton, Naohide Yamaguchi, Ma Jia and Carlos Serrano broke world records on night three in Lo...

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-...

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 ...

Paris Veterans Lead 2025 U.S. Paralympic National Team Roster The 2025 U.S. Paralympic national team roster was announced on Thursday, featuring 28 athletes who competed at the 2024 Paralympics in Paris. The roster of 49 athletes – 31 women, 18 men – comprise the national team as the page turns to t...