Seven time Paralympic swimming champion Andre Brasil's career appears to be over after he lost his legal challenge against his reclassification by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC).
World champion Simone Barlaam claimed his second gold medal in as many days on day two of the World Para Swimming World Series meeting at Lignano Sabbiadoro in Italy.
The United States completed clean sweeps in the women's 200 metres individual medley and women's 100m backstroke as the Lewisville leg of the World Para Swimming World Series came to a close.
Italian swimmers put in some strong performances on home water on the opening day of the World Para Swimming World Series meeting in Lignano Sabbiadoro.
The United States' Evan Austin finished day two of the World Para Swimming World Series leg in Lewisville with two gold medals after wins in the men's 50 metres butterfly and 400m freestyle.
Italy will be hopeful of getting among the medals on home water during the third leg of the World Para Swimming World Series, scheduled to begin in Lignano Sabbiadoro tomorrow.
Paralympic champion McKenzie Coan claimed one of four home wins for the United States on day one of the World Para Swimming World Series event in Lewisville at the LISD Westside Aquatic Center.
More than 100 competitors from 20 countries are set to take part in the latest leg of the World Para Swimming World Series in Lewisville in the United States at an event scheduled to start tomorrow.
New Zealand has named its first group of athletes for the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games - five Para swimmers who have already jointly won 20 Paralympic medals and set 14 long course world records.
Cameron Leslie, already set to represent New Zealand in wheelchair rugby at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics, confirmed a logistical dilemma for himself at those Games by qualifying to compete in the swimming, in which he has three Paralympic titles.
Stephen Clegg set an S12 world record in the men's 100 metres butterfly to end the World Para Swimming World Series meeting in Sheffield on a high for the host nation.
Five-time Paralympic champion Ellie Simmonds was one of two British winners on the third day of the World Para Swimming World Series meeting in Sheffield.
It was a successful day for the host national at the season-opening Sheffield leg of the World Para Swimming World Series, with British athletes winning four of the day's eight finals.
It was a banner day for Israel at the season-opening World Para Swimming World Series event in Sheffield.
Sheffield in Britain is set to stage the first World Para Swimming World Series event in more than six months from tomorrow.
Canadian show jumper Ian Millar holds the record for the most Olympic appearances by an athlete in any sport. When he competed at London 2012 at the age of 65 it was the tenth time he had competed in the Games since making his debut 30 years earlier at Munich 1972. He had won his only Olympic medal at Beijing 2008 when he was part of Canada’s team that took silver in the team jumping event. Millar won a gold medal in the Pan American Games team jumping event at Toronto 2015. He announced his retirement in 2019.
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