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Roundup: Swimmers Head To Colorado Springs To Prep For Worlds

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by Karen Price

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!

Colorado Camp

The World Para Swimming Championships in Singapore will be here in just two short months, and the athletes of Team USA were recently at the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado, for training camp. 


Taylor Winnett, who’ll be making her world championships debut, took her followers on a pictorial journey through camp, including some shots of the gun show in the weight room. 


“Lifting with us is really really ~tons~ of fun💪🏼.


“6 months post-op today from my appendectomy and I’ve been enjoying my time in the gym a little more than the pool recently (except for pushups, pull-ups, and abs 😭). I’m going to enjoy it while it lasts 😆.


“56 days until worlds!”

You’ll find some more pics of camp from Grace Nuhfer in her July scrapbook here:

And here’s Morgan Ray’s look at camp:

World Drowning Prevention Day

And speaking of Morgan Ray, the 2024 Paralympian recently posted to mark World Drowning Prevention Day and shared that as a person with dwarfism growing up in Florida, it was essential to know how to swim.


“It’s such an important skill that can save your life one day or someone else’s,” the native of St. Augustine, Florida, said. “As an LP, I struggled in the beginning. I was terrified of the deep end (everywhere was the deep end, really). I know I’m not the only LP that struggles with this, and I know why a lot of LPs, aren’t, the best swimmers. I couldn’t really float on my back (head felt heavy, weight distribution for our bodies is different, didn’t have the core stability). There were struggles. I was scared. Which begs the question... with such a rough start in the water, why did I keep working at it?”


Find out by checking out the rest of his post:

Now Streaming…Jamal Hill!

Peacock is taking a look at the world of the Paralympics with the new docuseries “Adaptive,” which brings viewers inside the lives of four athletes on their journey between the Tokyo and Paris Games. Featured among the four is Jamal Hill.


Check out a preview here:

Read more about the series here.


Take A Picture, It’ll Last Longer

Ali Truwit recently shared on her Stronger Than You Think account that people often ask how she handles people staring at her.


In the video, the 2024 Paralympian and fairly recent amputee and her mom share a story about how her first solo run on her new blade turned from smiles to sobs because so many people stopped to stare at her as she passed by.


“I don’t have a lot of good answers,” she wrote about how she  handles it. “Bottom line: It’s hard. I’ve learned to tell myself maybe the more people see my leg, the less they’ll stare at the next amputee.”


Check out her whole post here:

Light It Up

Nearly a year after winning five medals at the 2024 Paralympic Games in Paris, Christie Raleigh-Crossley was recently on the site of the 2028 Paralympics to help mark the three-year date until the opening of those Games in Los Angeles.


The Paralympic star wrote, “Bringing the Paralympics & Olympics to LA is not only historical, but hugely impactful. This will mark the FIRST time Los Angeles will play host to the Paralympics & the record THIRD time it will host the Olympics.


“The impact stretches right back into the community that will host us in the contribution to the Youth programs offered by the Los Angeles Recreation and Parks as well as expand the city’s adaptive programs.


“I am so blessed to be a part of this incredible initiative.


“We’re bringing the Games BACK TO CALI and building so much more for our future athletes!!!”


Rockin’ The Red

Jessica Long is no stranger to red carpets, and she graced another one at the ESPYs recently. Who was she wearing? Check out her post and find out!


And Talk About Glam

Gia Pergolini was among the attendees at the Player’s Ball, an event put on by the U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team’s Players’ Association. Check out her looks working the (purple) carpet here:

Karen Price is a reporter from Pittsburgh who has covered Olympic and Paralympic sports for various publications. She is a freelance contributor to USParaSwimming.org on behalf of Red Line Editorial, Inc.