Fifteen Paralympic champions to be crowned at Paris La Defense Arena as Para swimming gets underway on Thursday, including France's medal hopefuls Alex Portal and Ugo Didier, who will be facing ...

Luis Armando Andrade Guillen of Mexico trains in the warm up pool during the Paralympic Swimming Tournament - Aquece Rio ... The only Mexican gold medal in Olympic swimming was won in the pool. Felipe ...

In 2009, the International Paralympic Committee mandated the development of new, evidence-based classification systems. This study aims to assess objectively the swimming classification system by ...

The first Summer Paralympic Games were held in Rome in 1960, featuring eight sports, with swimming being one of the original eight. At that time, there were 62 swimming events—32 for men and 30 ...

Para swimming is one of the largest and most popular programs at the Paralympic Games. Competitions in Paris will be held from Thursday, August 29 to Saturday, September 7. In a single event, athletes ...

The 21-year-old from the Haifa District set a new world record in the men’s 200-meter individual medley (SM7) category. (JTA) — In his first Paralympic ... They started swimming at age 5 ...

In his fifth event, men’s 50-meter breaststroke SB3, he finished in fifth. Dadaon set a Paralympic record in ... Dadaon, a Haifa native, started swimming when he was 6. He won three medals ...

Francesco Bocciardo and Carlotta Gilli launched much-fancied Italy's search for multiple swimming golds ... powered to a Paralympic record in the men's 200m freestyle S5 in the penultimate race ...