Action Against Discrimination (AAD) has urged the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) to change the venue of this year's World Para Swimming Championships with current hosts Malaysia refusing to allow Israeli athletes into the country.
US Paralympics have announced the 48 athletes selected to compete on this year's national swimming team.
Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has claimed there is "no place for Israeli athletes" in his country which is due to host this year's World Para Swimming Championships.
The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) have claimed they are optimistic Israeli athletes will be able to attend the World Para Swimming Championships after concerns were raised they would not receive visas for Malaysia.
Two-time Paralympic gold medallist Mary Fisher has today announced her retirement from the sport of swimming to focus on further adventures.
Paralympic swimming champion Josef Craig of Great Britain has announced his retirement from the sport at the age of just 21.
USA Swimming have announced three-time Paralympic champion Rebecca Meyers as the 2018 Athlete of the Year in Para-swimming.
Britain's London 2012 Paralympic 100 metres backstroke champion, Jonathan Fox has announced his retirement from the sport following reclassification and health issues.
The 2019 World Para Swimming Series will feature events in eight countries across four continents, making it "the largest to date", World Para Swimming (WPS) have announced.
Global swimwear brand Speedo has agreed a partnership deal with Team UK for the 2018 Invictus Games in Sydney in Australia, it has been announced.
Paralympic gold medallist Brendan Burkett has been appointed Paralympic head coach at Swimming Australia.
Three-time Paralympic gold medallist Cameron Leslie has been appointed as New Zealand’s national Para swimming development coordinator.
Ukraine dominated once again on the final night of the World Para Swimming European Championships in Dublin with five gold medals - although the only world record of the night came from Italy, who finished up with four titles in the session.
Liesette Bruinsma of The Netherlands produced her third world record at the European Para Swimming Championships as the sixth day of competition in Dublin’s Natonal Aquatics Centre produced five new world marks.
Liesette Bruinsma of The Netherlands set her second world record at the European Para Swimming Championships in Dublin as she won the women’s 200 metres individual medley SM11 event today.
At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Iranian judoka Arash Miresmaeili was disqualified for weighing in at nearly four pounds above the limit for his weight class of his under-66 kilograms match against an Israeli opponent Ehud Vaks in the first round. It was claimed Miresmaeili had gone on an eating binge to protest the International Olympic Committee's recognition of the state of Israel. Iran does not recognise the state of Israel, and Miresmaeili's actions won praise from high-ranking Iranian officials. Mohammad Khatami, the country's President at the time, was quoted as saying Miresmaili's actions would be "recorded in the history of Iranian glories". He was later awarded $125,000 by the Government - the same amount given to Olympic gold medallists.
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