About Para swimmingPara swimming for men and women has been a part of the Paralympic program since the first Games in 1960 in Rome, Italy. Today, the races are highly competitive and among the largest and most popular events in the Paralympic Games. Pa...
Athlete and Sport Program Plan Athlete and sport program plans for U.S. Para Swimming include qualification procedures and criteria for the U.S. Paralympics Swimming National Team, the schedule of national team activities, qualification criteria for U....
A lot of strategy goes into racing the 100-meter freestyle event, Noah Jaffe said, and that’s turned up in his S8 classification because there are a lot of different styles represented.So his approach going into the final at this summer’s World Para Sw...
COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO – U.S. Paralympics Swimming today announced the 33 athletes – 19 women and 14 men – who will represent Team USA at the 2023 Parapan American Games this November in Santiago, Chile.Per the team’s selection procedures, athletes...
Every other week we scour the web for the latest going on in the world of U.S. Para swimming. Here’s what you missed!Invictus GamesThough the Invictus Games may not be part of the official Paralympic slate, the competition nonetheless showcases the ben...
Having already won a pair of world championships medals and appeared in a Paralympic Games, Lawrence Sapp looks forward to a new challenge — competing as a collegiate swimmer.Sapp, who turned 22 on Sept. 5, will make his NCAA Div. 2 debut this fall as ...
