IPC Swimming World Championships
12-18 August

Montreal 2013 - Media Centre

News - Swimming

a woman playing wheelchair tennis, a man strikes a wheelchair dance pose, a man throws a shot put

Check out what went on in the Paralympic Movement during June.

A footballer hugs his son and daughter before a game

Brazilian footballer hopes to help Giulia achieve Paralympic swimming success.

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Five programmes introduced to increase number of qualified swimming professionals.

2017 World Para Swimming and Para Powerlifting Championships will be held in Mexico City.

World Para Swimming and Para Powerlifting Championships will kick off in exactly 100 days.

A swimmer celebrates winning gold

100 days to go until Para Swimming World Championships.

three women in wheelchairs holding medals on a podium

Paralympic champion hoping World Championships can change perception of disability.

Yip Pin Xiu - Rio 2016

Singapore’s only Paralympic champion will race for first time since Rio 2016 at World Championships.

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Contaminated meat could lead to positive doping tests at World Championships.

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39 participants from nine countries trained at first ever Spanish-language camp

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Argentinian swimmer and model talks about his motivation ahead of World Championships.

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S2 swimmer recalls her Paralympic gold medal-winning performance at Atlanta 1996.

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Ceremony will take place at Mexico 2017 World Para Swimming Championships

Lakeisha Patterson celebrates on the podium at Rio 2016.

Australia’s double Paralympic champion shines on final day of penultimate World Series

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The 18-year-old only made his international debut this month and now seeks to qualify for Mexico 2017.

A visually impaired athlete swims

Home swimmers continue to dominate event in Indianapolis with multiple wins on day two.

McKenzie Coan - USA swimmer

Paralympic champions make big splash on day one of World Series.

Australia's Blake Cochrane celebrates on the podium at Rio 2016

Around 150 athletes will compete at penultimate World Series.

A swimmer with limb impairments starts his race

World's best swimmers in action at penultimate World Series before 2017 World Championships.

Cristian Valenzuela

The Chilean delegations for the athletics, powerlifting and swimming Worlds have been announced.

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A team of researchers collected data from the Italian Para swimming team toward revising the sport’s classification system.