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Montreal 2013 - Media Centre
News - Swimming
Top medal highlights from Day 2
Agripino dos Santos claimed the first Para athletics gold of Paris 2024, setting a new world record
Paris 2024: Anastasiya Dmytriv adds Paralympic gold to her medal set
Spanish swimmer makes a golden debut with a victory in the women’s 100m breaststroke SB8 on a day two in which China smashed two world records at Paris La Defense Arena
Uganda’s Kukundakwe will be ‘flaming hot’
Paris 2024: Uganda’s Husnah Kukundakwe will be ‘flaming hot’ in the pool
Top medal highlights from Day 1
Italy leads the way in the pool with eight Para swimming medals
Paris 2024: Ugo Didier electrifies Para swimming arena with Paralympic gold
Twenty-two year old takes his first Paralympic title in the first final of the Paris 2024 Para swimming programme at Paris La Denfense Arena beating Italy's Simone Barlaam and Australia's world record holder Brenden Hall in the men's 400m freestyle S9; Great Britain's Poppy Maskill and China's Chen Yi set new world records on day one
First medals and a chance of history on Day 1
Para athletes get down to business as team sports and taekwondo open the day followed by the first medals in cycling and swimming
Paris 2024: Day one preview, schedule and ones to watch
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 Italian star Simone Barlaam in the men's 400m freestyle S9
Paris 2024: Para swimming greats highlight growth of Paralympic Movement
USA's Jessica Long, New Zealand's Cameron Leslie, Brazilian Gabriel Araujo, Simone Barlaam from Italy and Canada's Tess Routliffe share their excitement and goals for Paris 2024 at a press conference
France aiming high on home soil
For the first time in history, French athletes will compete in every sport at the Paralympics
Mar Gunnarsson hits the right notes
Para swimmer not only impresses in the pool but is wowing the Paralympic Village with impromptu piano concerts
Many nations vying for podium spots in Para swimming
Para swimming allows a huge range of nations to compete and go for a medal with 141 events at Paris 2024
Santiago hopes for another 'incredible' Games
Brazil's Maria Carolina Santiago shot to stardom at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games. She shares her excitement for Paris 2024.
Paris 2024 venue guide: All you need to know about La Defense Arena
Sixty days after hosting a Taylor Swift concert the Paris 2024 venue was ready for the Olympic and Paralympic swimming races. A total of 141 Para swimming medal events will take place at the Paris La Defense Arena from 29 August to 7 September
Braunschweig and Routliffe, the Paralympic and Olympic siblings
Canada’s Tess Routliffe and Germany’s Malte Braunschweig will be competing in the Paralympics weeks after their siblings Erin Routliffe and Ole Braunschweig took part in the Olympics in the French capital
The day Natalie du Toit made Olympic history
Thirteen-time Paralympic champion is the first leg amputee swimmer ever to compete in the Olympic Games in the women's 10km open water race at Beijing 2008
Open Water Cup returns to Sardinia in September
Italian island to host second edition of the World Para Swimming open water race following successful inaugural event last year in San Teodoro
World Para Swimming's ITO Tony Ward awarded British Empire Medal
Volunteer International Technical Official and Technical Delegate for Paris 2024 recognised for his services to swimming and Para swimming in his country
New dates announced for Singapore 2025 World Championships
First edition to be held in Asia will take place from 21 to 27 September 2025 at the OCBC Aquatic Centre within the Singapore Sports Hub
Citi World Series: Araujo duo leads Brazil to top of medals table in France
Brazil put up an impressive show winning nine of 24 medal events, followed by strong showing from Colombia and the hosts France, in the last international competition before Paris 2024, in L’Aquapolis