Paralympics

Paralympic Champion Aurelie Rivard Gets Hometown Pool Named in Honor Canadian Paralympian Aurelie Rivard on Monday had the pool in her hometown in Quebec named in her honor. The pool in St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec is now Piscine Aurelie-Rivard. It’s the facility in which Rivard, 28, learned to swi...

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...

Mallory Weggemann has won Paralympic medals before, but this year everything is different. Since the last Paralympics, the U.S. swimmer has given birth after a long fertilty process and her outlook on life changed heading into the 2024 Paralympic Games in Paris. Her total was bumped up to four Paral...

Ellie Marks Named Team USA Flagbearer for Paralympics Closing Ceremonies Swimmer Ellie Marks was named the female flagbearer for Team USA at the Paralympics Closing Ceremonies on Sunday. Marks will join wheelchair basketball player Paul Schulte in the honor at the ceremonies, which begin Sunday at 2...

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...

Paralympics: Emotions Overflow for Australian Gold Medal Winners Ben Hance, Callum Simpson A golden day for Australia and one filled with emotion with Ben Hance dedicating his back-to-back backstroking win to his late father and rookie schoolboy Callum Simpson overcome with tears of joy as Australi....

Paralympics: Despite Challenges in War-Torn Home, Ukraine Still Shining in the Pool Seven days of swimming competition had transpired at the Paris Paralympics, and the country atop the medal standings continued to astound. It was not China, with its massive population, that has collected the most me...

Paralympic Games, Day 8: Australia’s Tim Hodge Achieves 'Impossible' with Golden Finish In Paris For the past three years Tim Hodge has been a man on a mission and today in Paris, the boy from Blacktown in Western Sydney (NSW) achieved his lifelong dream – Paralympic gold – Australia’s fourth in wh....

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...

After 30th Paralympic Medal, Jessica Long Eyes L.A. 2028 ‘Farewell’ Wednesday marked Paralympic medal No. 30 in the storied career of American Jessica Long. It also offered a chance for the 32-year-old to plot an end date for that career in Los Angeles four years on. "That's my farewell,” Long said ...

Paralympics, 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...

Paralympic Games, Day 5: Simone Barlaam Sets World Record in S9 50 Free; Two More British Golds As the Paralympic swimming competition in Paris reached its halfway point with 13 finals contested Monday evening, Italy's Simone Barlaam provided the highlight performance as he set a world record for th...

Paralympic Games, Day 4: Mykhailo Serbin, Gabriel Araujo Take Down World Records The swimming portion of the Paralympic Games continued Sunday with 14 gold-medal finals held inside La Défense Arena, and the highlight of the day was Ukraine's Mykhailo Serbin taking down his own world record in the me...

Paralympic 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...

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,...

Christie Raleigh Crossley Victim of 'Disgusting' Online Bullying After Winning Paralympic Medal Winning a medal at the Paralympics was supposed to be the highest moment for Christie Raleigh Crossley. But it wasn't. After setting a world record in the prelims, then winning a silver medal in the 50 fr...

Paris 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...

Paralympic Games: Swimmers to Watch During 10 Days of Competition in Paris With the 2024 Paralympic Games set to begin, the world's top athletes will take center stage at La Defense Arena in Paris. The Paralympic swimming competition runs from Aug. 29 through Sept. 7. The U.S. has 23 returning Paral...

Katarina Roxon Named One of Canada’s Paralympic Flagbearers Swimmer Katarina Roxon was named one of Canada’s flagbearers for the Opening Ceremonies of the Paris Paralympics on Tuesday. Roxon, 31, is a native of Kippens, Newfoundland. She is appearing in her fifth Paralympic Games, the first Canadian...

Swimming Without the Black Line: How Blind Athletes Adapt This article from the Swimming World archive, written by Paralympian McClain Hermes, details the approaches used by visually impaired swimmers. By McClain Hermes, Swimming World Intern When I began swimming at the age of four, I told my paren...