Read moreParalympic Games, Day 3: World Records For Stephen Clegg, Will Ellard & Ma Jia; Ihar Boki Claims 19th Gold31 August 2024Paralympic Games, Day 3: World Records For Great Britain Duo Stephen Clegg & Will Ellard Great Britain's Stephen Clegg set a world record of 59.02 en-route to gold in the men's S12 100m backstroke on the third day of the Paralympics in Paris. The 28-year-old led throughout, extending his advantage o...
Read moreTokyo Paralympics: China, RPC Top Final Swimming Medals Table06 September 2021China and the Russian Paralympic Committee finished atop the medal table at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics. The overall medal race easily belonged to the Chinese juggernaut, with 19 goals, 19 silvers and 18 bronze medals, the most in each category. It took home 56 total medals. That fits with the overal...
Read moreParalympic Games Day 1: Valeriia Shabalina Stuns With World Record; Patterson Claims Gold25 August 2021The 2020 Paralympic Games began in Tokyo and the women’s swimming races were highlighted by a world record on night one. Russian Paralympic Committee’s Valeriia Shabalina claimed a world record to win the women’s 100 butterfly S14 class. She won gold in 1:03.59 to beat her own world record of 1:03.6...
Read moreParis Paralympics, Day 1 Finals: Poppy Maskill Sets S14 100 Fly World Record29 August 2024Paris Paralympics, Day 1 Finals: Poppy Maskill Sets S14 100 Fly World Record It took all of seven events at the Paris Paralympics for us to see our first world record, courtesy of Poppy Maskill. She had to outduel the co-holders of the record head-to-head. The British youngster went 1:03.00 in the w...
Read moreParalympics, Day 7 Finals: Jessica Long Wins 17th Career Gold04 September 2024Paralympics, Day 7 Finals: Jessica Long Wins 17th Career Gold For the 17th time in her storied career, Jessica Long is a Paralympic champion. The American won her 30th career Paralympic medal by claiming gold in the women’s S8 400 freestyle Wednesday at the Paris Paralympics. It was a typical tour d...
Read more1Eight World Records Fall on Incredible Final Night at World Para Swimming Championships15 September 2019An 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...
Read moreSix World Records Broken on Penultimate Night of 2019 World Para Swimming Championships14 September 2019Six world records fell on Saturday night at the 2019 World Para Swimming Championships in London as the final day will conclude on Sunday. Wang Lichao, Dai Tokairin, Brock Whiston, Roman Zhdanov and Jiang Yuyan were among the record breakers from night five as the Ukrainian 4x100 free relay closed t...
Read moreDmytro Vynohradets Among Multiple Winners Today at IPC Swimming European Championships08 August 2014EINDHOVEN, The Netherlands, August 8. A series of swimmers have headlined Friday (8 August) at the 2014 IPC Swimming European Championships in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, by taking their medal totals for the week to three or more. Italy’s 20-year-old sensation Federico Morlacchi (2:17.82) stormed to...