Paralympic & IPC Swimming

Swimmers And Storylines To Watch At the 2024 U.S. Para Swimming Trials

Jessica Long is aiming to punch her ticket to her sixth Paralympic Games at this week’s U.S. Para Swimming Trials in Minneapolis, MN

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Two Para Swimmers Added To 2024 Canadian Paralympic Team

Para swimmers Hannah Ouellette and Clémence Paré have been nominated to the Paris 2024 Canadian Paralympic Team.

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Australia Announces 2024 Paralympic Swimming Roster

Paralympics Australia tonight named a team of 30 Dolphins to represent the green and gold in Paris on pool deck at the Australian Swimming Trials.

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High-Level International Meets For June 2024

The month of June is just about upon us which means we have the U.S. Olympic Trials, Australian Olympic Trials and the European Championships on the docket.

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Five-Time Paralympic Medalist Mallory Weggemann To Host NBCUniversal’s Olympic Coverage

Weggemann will host alongside Cara Banks, Laura Britt, and Trenni Casey, before attempting to represent Team USA in the pool at the 2024 Paralympic Games.

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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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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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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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Former Yale Swimmer Ali Truwit Eyes Paralympic Debut One Year After Losing Leg in Shark Attack

Two days after graduating from Yale last May, Ali Truwit was attacked by a shark while swimming in the Turks and Caicos Islands. 

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Noah Jaffe Takes The Stage Ahead of the 2024 Paralympic Games

2023 Para World Champion Noah Jaffe was one of five finalists–and the only para athlete–honored at the 94th AAU Sullivan Award ceremony.

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Tokyo Paralympic Gold Medalist Mikaela Jenkins Retires From Para Swimming at Age 21

Mikaela Jenkins, the reigning Tokyo Paralympic champion in the women’s 100 butterfly S10, announced her retirement from Para swimming at just 21 years old.

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A Pair of World Records Fall on Last Few Days of 2024 European Para Swimming Championships

The 2024 European Para Swimming Championships in Madeira, Portugal concluded on Saturday.

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11-Time Paralympic Champion Sophie Pascoe Withdraws From Paris 2024 After Birth of First Child

New Zealand’s most decorated Paralympian, 31-year-old Sophie Pascoe, did not rule out a return to competitive swimming next year.  

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