Montreal 2013 - Media Centre
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Cowdrey appointed as Team General Manager 2015 Australian Commonwealth Youth Games
Cowdrey will lead the Australian team for the fifth edition of the Youth Games which will see a team of 82 athletes in Apia, Samoa.
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Four historic para-swimming world records
With the World Championships fast approaching, will 2015 be the year that the oldest world records in history will be broken?
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Rung still confident of medal haul at Glasgow 2015
Despite the return of Spanish swimming legend Teresa Perales, Norwegian Sarah Louise Rung is focused on multiple golds at July’s World Championships.
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Spanish swimmers feature in new music video
World and European champion Sarai Gascón is one of the swimmers to star in the new video by band Via Limit.
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Silverman aiming to expand his medal collection in 2015
US 400m freestyle S10 world and Paralympic champion Ian Silverman is targeting titles in shorter events in 2015, aiming to get past Brazil’s multiple world and Paralympic champion Andre Brasil.
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Stars Payne, Quin rally support for Glasgow 2015
Olympic medallist Keri-Anne Payne and Europeans medallist Scott Quin get behind the 2015 IPC Swimming World Championships with 150 days to go.
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Australia's most successful Paralympian announces retirement
During a glittering career Matthew Cowdrey won 13 Paralympic and 16 world titles.
![A swimmer begins a race at London 2012](/sites/default/files/images/140729084434073_120903_191340_mh_0272.jpg)
Toronto 2015: Moran back to full strength
Venezuelan reigning double Parapan American swimming champion Alberto Vera Moran has put a difficult 2014 behind him and has four gold medals in his sights for August.
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Pascoe targets titles and PBs in Glasgow
One of New Zealand’s most successful swimmers, Sophie Pascoe will have to fight off rivals Elodie Lorandi and Canada’s Aurelie Rivard at the 2015 IPC Swimming World Championships.
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Simmonds excited by new rivalry with Ukrainian
British Paralympic swimming champion says Yelyzaveta Mereshko will push her to the maximum at July’s World Championships in Glasgow.
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Swimming Rio 2016 MQS published
IPC Swimming has published the Minimum Qualification Standards which sit alongside key qualifiers at the 2015 Worlds in Glasgow and other competitions.
![US para-swimmer Ian Silverman (second from the left) with his best friends at high school prom](/sites/default/files/images/150115125819660_Prom.jpg)
Ian Silverman: Adapting to college and my goals for 2015
The US Paralympic champion swimmer reveals his love of studying away from home and the challenges he has set himself for the year ahead.
![Man with swim cap prepares for the start](/sites/default/files/images/140728130451121_LON_3008_1857_0.jpg)
Brazil’s Daniel Dias named December’s Athlete of the Month
Dias smashed a two and half year old world record in December to poll 40 per cent of the public vote.
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US Paralympics swimming national team named
Fourteen athletes, including reigning world champions Jessica Long and Ian Silverman, make-up the A team for 2015.
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Glasgow 2015 competition schedule released
Celebrating six months to go until the 2015 IPC Swimming Worlds, the competition schedule has been published.
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Vote now for the Allianz Athlete of the Month – December 2014
The public has until Monday 19 January to cast their vote from the six candidates.
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Eight para-swimming rivalries for 2015
To start 2015 we look ahead to some of the key battles that could highlight the 2015 IPC Swimming World Championships in Glasgow, Great Britain.
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Baby steps on return to pool for Cole
Australian multiple Paralympic champion Ellie Cole is on a come-back from injury and aims to be back on form for Glasgow 2015.
![Brazilian minister of Sport Aldo Rebelo, Leomon Moreno, Terezinha Guilhermina, guide Guilherme Santana and CPB president Andrew Parsons](/sites/default/files/images/141216103112064_15968369986_a5dfe704cc_o_0.jpg)
Terezinha Guilhermina and Leomon Moreno voted Athletes of the Year in Brazil
The 2014 best female and male athletes were selected by the Brazilian public through an online vote.
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No. 17 IPC sports develop sponsorship and competitions
2014 has been a hugely successful year for the sports governed by the International Paralympic Committee.