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13-19 July

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Swimming

The Brazilian swimmer was the face of September’s Paralympic Games, winning four gold medals in front of joyous home crowds.

Swimmer with blue swim cap doing breaststroke
Swimming

The British swimmer broke two world records at September’s Paralympic Games but missed his own personal target of three golds and five medals in total.

Eleanor Simmonds - Rio 2016
Rio 2016

Great Britain’s multiple Paralympic and world champion reflected on her third Paralympics and has set new goals.

No. 18 Decades-old swimming records tumble
Rio 2016

The USA’s Bradley Snyder and Ukraine’s Anna Stetsenko both set historic world records at Rio 2016.

Supported by the Agitos Foundation, the 17-year-old swimmer Cecilia de Araujo is on the way to accomplish her biggest dream.
Swimming

With 100 days to go until Sao Paulo 2017, the Brazilian swimmer explains how important competing at the Youth Parapan American Games was for her career.

Two Para swimmers embrace after a race
Swimming

Brazil’s swimming legend is looking forward to the fourth edition of the Youth Parapan American Games, set to begin in exactly 100 days.

A swimmer poses with a medal
Swimming

The 14-year-old swimmer showed his huge potential at the 2016 Medellin National Para Sports Open, winning seven golds, three silvers and one bronze.

Carlos Serrano Zarate COL takes the Gold Medal in a new World Record time in the Men's 100m Breaststroke.
Swimming

With 100 days to go until the Sao Paulo 2017 Youth Parapan American Games, Colombia´s Paralympic champion looks back on his performance at Buenos Aires 2013.

Jessica Long of the USA competes in the Women's 100m Breaststroke SB7 at the 2015 IPC Swimming World Championships in Glasgow, Great Britain.
Tokyo 2020

USA’s multi-swimming Paralympic champion took her medal count to 23 at Rio 2016 and is now hoping to compete at her last Paralympic Games, in Tokyo, Japan.

Women in pool giving an interview to someone at the pool edge
Swimming

Beginning in Copenhagen, Denmark, in March, five events will take in some of the best competitions in the world.

Carlos Serrano
Swimming

The 18-year-old proved successful also outside the pool and is now looking forward to starting his university studies.

Daniel Dias of Brazil competes in the Men's 200m Freestyle S5 Final at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.
Swimming

“My biggest legacy was to show the value of a person with impairment,” said Brazil’s most decorated Paralympian.

Xu Qing
Swimming

The veteran flirts with the idea of retirement after a fourth Paralympics, but still has interest in Tokyo 2020.

New logos of the sports governed by the IPC
Athletics

From 30 November, the sports will adopt new names, identities and competition name formats.

Man in swimming pool
Swimming

Brazil’s swimming multi-Paralympic champion says the Parapan American Games helped him make a name for himself, with 1000 days to go until Lima 2019.

Three medallists in wheelchairs on the podium
Rio 2016

The five-time Paralympic champion looks back on a series of stunning performances in 2016 and sets his sights on 2020.

Bethany Firth of Great Britain celebrates winning the gold medal in the Women's 100m Backstroke - S14 Final at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.
Swimming

Britain’s most decorated athlete from Rio 2016, Bethany Firth has already begun thinking about Tokyo 2020.

Face of a man biting on a medal
Rio 2016

Glenallen School in Melbourne named its pool in honour of former student and Rio 2016 Paralympic swimming champion Tim Disken.

Man on podium showing his medal
Rio 2016

The 18-year-old swimmer from Greece stunned the men’s 100m butterfly S9 finals at Rio 2016.

Lorenzo Perez Escalona
Rio 2016

Cuba’s first swimming Paralympic gold medallist is hoping to top the podium at the 2017 World Para swimming Championships in Mexico City.