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U.S. Paralympics Swimming Names John Payne Head Coach For Paris 2024

Payne, the associate head coach of the Triangle Aquatics Center (TAC) Titans, will lead a U.S. team coming off a 35-medal performance in Tokyo.

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20 Para Swimmers Nominated To 2024 Canadian Paralympic Team

The team includes six Paralympic medallists, led by Aurélie Rivard, who has 10 podium finishes in her storied Paralympic career.

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ParalympicsGB Announces Swimming Roster For Paris 2024

With the countdown at 100 days to go, ParalympicsGB has named the 26-strong para-swimming team headed to the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games this summer.

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Applications Open To Represent U.S. At 2025 Ice Swimming World Championships

The International Ice Swimming Association World Championship will be held in Molveno, Italy, January 13th – 19th, 2025.

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Oakville Aquatic Club Celebrates as Katie Cosgriffe Qualifies for Paralympics in Paris

Cosgriffe will compete in the 100m Butterfly and 100m Backstroke events (S10 category) at the Paralympics after qualifying at the Canadian Trials.

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Minnesota Swim & Dive Announces Captain For 2024-25 Season

Kaiser Neverman, Casey Stowe and Tommy McCarthy will lead the Gopher men, and Paula Rodriguez Rivero, Eliot Kennedy and Kate LaMonica will captain the women.

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World Aquatics Signs MOU To Strengthen Partnership With Thailand Aquatics

The MoU signing strengthens the World Aquatics Training Centre partnership in Phuket and amplifies the global impact of their collective efforts.

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USA Deaf Swimming Recruiting Athletes For 2025 Deaflympics In Tokyo

To be eligible for Team USA, athletes must have more than a 55 dB hearing loss in both ears, meet qualifying times in long course and be over 12 years old.

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Jen Buffin Promoted To Head Swim & Dive Coach At Colorado College

Buffin replaces Anne Goodman James, who retired following the 2023-24 season after 18 years at CC.

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Katarina Roxon Makes Canadian Swimming History By Qualifying For Fifth Paralympic Team

The 31-year-old Roxon, who made her Paralympic debut at 15 in 2008, cleared the qualifying time by almost a full second in the women’s 100 breast SB8.

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Minnesota Swim & Dive Reveals 2024-25 Schedule, Including Face Off With ASU In January

The 2024-25 season will commence on Oct. 4 when the Gophers travel to Lincoln, Neb. to face Nebraska and South Dakota in a tri-dual.

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USA Swimming Announces Support Staff for 2024 Olympic Games In Paris

The support staff for the pool team consists of two team physicians, a chiropractor,  three massage therapists, and a team manager.

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UCLA Women’s Water Polo Completes Perfect Season With NCAA Title

UCLA (26-0) captured its eighth NCAA Championship and its 12th National Championship in program history with a 7-4 win at No. 3 California (19-7) on Sunday.

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Belfast, Northern Ireland Announced As Host City of 2024 European Aquatics Congress

The announcement follows the 2023 congress in Funchal, Madeira, which approved the name change to European Aquatics and hosted several educational seminars.

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Former Texas Longhorn Alison Gibson Wins Bronze At French Diving Open

Gibson and current Longhorn Hailey Hernandez competed in the official test event for the Paris Olympic Games.

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