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Madeira 2022: Special Friday feeling for Barlaam and Santiago
Brazilian picks sixth triumph and Italian breaks his second world record at the World Championships with Ukraine claiming five golds in 50 minutes
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Madeira 2022: Ami Omer Dadaon pulls plot twist on day of world records
Men's 50m freestyle S4 sees two records in one day on Thursday while Brazil's Santiago and USA's Smith take their fifth World Championships gold
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Madeira 2022: Anastasia Pagonis repeats Tokyo with debut gold medal
US star wins her first ever World Championships race while Italy's Simone Barlaam breaks his own record helping Italy to reach 16 golds in four days
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Madeira 2022: Award winner Yip Pin Xiu defends her world title on day three
Spain's Marta Fernandez takes two golds in less than one hour and former refugee athlete Abbas Karimi helps Team USA to break relay world record
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Swans and World Para Swimming extend partnership until 2024
Madeira 2022 is the third World Championships since the partnership between Swans and World Para Swimming began in September 2017
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Madeira 2022: Brazil's new star Samuel Oliveira wins two golds in one day
Sixteen-year-old continues Daniel Dias' legacy in the S5 class on a Monday with two world records and four USA victories in Funchal
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Madeira 2022: Italy and Great Britain dominate day one
First place at London 2019, Azzurri pick six gold medals on Sunday while British swimmers produce two world records in Portugal
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Madeira 2022 marks World Championships debut of Tokyo 2020 champions
Portugal's biggest-ever Para sport event kicks off on Sunday with 502 athletes from 59 countries competing from 12-18 June
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Anastasia Pagonis: From 13-year-old club swimmer to world domination in four years
The 18-year-old Paralympic champion and world record breaker will look to collect more medals in her World Championships debut in Portugal this week
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Team Portugal brings Madeira 2022 atmosphere to Funchal City Hall
World Championships to take place from 12 to 18 June will be the biggest Para sport competition ever hosted in the country
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Madeira 2022: Ones to watch
Here are the starts to follow ahead of the World Para Swimming Championships from 12 to 18 June in Portugal
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Ellen Keane set to join Ireland in Madeira
Paralympic champion still recovering from COVID will meet other four members of the team at later stage for the World Championships
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Mexico's Gustavo Sanchez on the magic of diving into challenges
‘Now I am a completely different Gustavo. Sport gives you that confidence’
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Santiago 2023 Para swimming medal programme announced
A total of 148 medal events will be held in the first edition of the Parapan American Games to take place in Chile from 17 to 26 November next year
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World Para Swimming mourns the passing of Denys Dubrov
Ukrainian Para swimmer was a four-time Paralympic champion and took three medals at last year's Paralympic Games in Tokyo
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Eight-time world champion Tai on the transformative power of Para sport
'Go for it. The freedom of sport and how enlightening it can be is something which everyone deserves to experience in their life, regardless of their abilities.'
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Madeira 2022: Five things to know
World Para Swimming Championships will kick off in 50 days from now marking the biggest Para sport event ever to take place in Portugal
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Leanne Smith surprises herself smashing world records in Indianapolis
US Para swimmer bags five golds medals and sets three new world marks as World Series returns to IU Natatorium after three years
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Tokyo champions to lead hosts USA as Indianapolis wraps up 2022 World Series
Fifth stop of the season will see around 150 athletes competing during three days in the last official competition event before the World Championships
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Dutch delight as Rogier Dorsman smashes world record at Berlin 2022
Paralympic champion shines at the penultimate World Series of the season with Tanja Scholz and Verena Schott leading the host nation to the podium