Paralympic & IPC Swimming

Today in Swimming History, September 20th: Louisville Opens Natatorium

The Ralph R. Wright Natatorium at Louisville celebrates its 8th birthday on Friday.

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Alyssa Gialamas Now Hangs On Wall at Waubonsie Alongside Great Champions of the Past

This photo, Tweeted by @thepalubs, shows the new wall hanging at Waubonsie Valley High School

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Sophie Pascoe Named IPC Athlete of the Month

New Zealand’s Sophie Pascoe is the recipient of the August IPC Athlete of the Month award.

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Swimming Australia Seeking IPC Clarification Over Freney Snub

Swimming Australia is up-in-arms in early September after Jacqueline Freney has been overlooked by the International Paralympic Committee in their nominees for…

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Tokyo Selected to host 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games, Istanbul and Madrid Eliminated

Tokyo has been selected as the host city for the 2020 Summer Olympic Games, thus making Japan the first Asian country to ever host the Summer Olympic Games twice.

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HardCore Swim of the Week: Sophie Pascoe, Back-to-Back, on a GRAND SLAM

New Zealand’s Sophie Pascoe has won the HardCore Swim of the Week for the second-straight week, but with what she accomplished, who can blame us?

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Three Swimmers Move On to Top 30 of NCAA Woman of the Year Voting

The NCAA has named its top 30 honorees for the 2013 Woman of the Year award, including Paralympic gold medalist Cortney Jordan. (Photo: Tim Binning/TheSwimPIctures.com)

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Seven More World Records on final night of IPC World Championships

Seven more world records were set on the final night of the IPC Swimming World Championships making it a total of 45 new world marks being recorded through out the seven day competition…. (Photo Credit: Janna Schulze)

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Sviderska and Vynohradets Both Collect Their Fifth IPC World Titles

Ukrainians Olga Sviderska and Dmytro Vynohradets both collected their fifth gold medals of the competition powering the Ukraine to an…

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An Amazing Eight World Records Broken in Montreal

Another swim, another championships and another world record those words are often heard when American Jessica Long is in attendance at an international competition so why should today be any different…

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Canada Picks Up Two Gold as the Ukraine Continues to Dominate

The crowd in Montreal, Canada at the IPC Swimming World Championships had reason to cheer right from the get go…

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Hardcore Swim of the Week: Sophie Pascoe Nearly Becomes First S10 Under a Minute at IPC Worlds

Sophie Pascoe has a chance to complete a “grand slam” of the 100 meter races at this year’s IPC World Championships. (Photo: International Paralympic Committee)

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Ukraine Increases Lead in Medal Standings with Six Gold

After a strong night in the pool at the IPC Swimming World Championships the Ukrainian team increased their lead in the medal standings accumulating a total of 36 medals (14 gold, 10 silver and 12 bronze) in the first three days… (Credit: Janna Schulze)

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Four More World Records Fall at the IPC World Championships

There were four more world records set on day two of the IPC Swimming World Championships in Montreal, Canada. That…

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Five World Records Fall on the First Night of IPC World Championships

The first day at the 2013 IPC World Championships in Montreal, Canada was an eventful one. In the preliminaries the…

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