Kuching 2019 - Latest Para swimming news

Two blind football players wearing black eyeshades, one in a yellow Brazil jersey and one in a blue and white Argentina jersey, compete for the ball

Paris 2024

Blind football history will be written on Day 10

Day 10 of Paris 2024 promises must-watch action in blind football, wheelchair tennis and Para swimming among many other key moments

A man with running blades wearing a Team USA uniform holds up an American flag and smiles inside a full stadium

Paris 2024

Top medal moments on Day 9

Hunter Woodhall wins first Paralympic gold, finishing ahead of world record holder Johannes Floors in men's 400m T62

A man in a Team Italy sweater wearing a gold medal raises his arms in the air in celebration in front of a crowd of people at La Defense Arena

Swimming

Paris 2024: Barlaam clinches second gold in front of special audience

Italy's Simone Barlaam clinches his first Paralympic gold in men's 100m butterfly S9; China's Jincheng Guo (men's 50m butterfly S5) and Dong Lu (women's 50m butterfly S5) take fourth golds with record shows while Canada's Sebastian Massabie (men's 50m freestyle S4) and USA's Leanne Smith (women's 50m freestyle S4) set world records en route to gold

Swimming

Paris 2024: Elena Krawzow defends Paralympic title with new world record

German swimmer who was diagnosed with brain cancer weeks after Tokyo 2020 gold wins women's 100m breaststroke SB12 with one of the five Para swimming world records set at La Defense Arena on Thursday at the Paralympic Games

Two female athletes celebrate on the podium with gold medal

Paris 2024

Top medal moments on Day 8

Japan's Yui Kamiji and Manami Tanaka become first Japanese women to win wheelchair tennis gold

A woman in a Team USA uniform holds a shot put up by her neck to prepare to throw it

Paris 2024

Top medal highlights from Day 7

Noelle Malkamaki set a world record en route to winning the women's shot put F46 gold

A female swimmer stretching her arms inside the pool

Swimming

Long rewrites history books with 17th Paralympic gold

USA swimmer wins women's 400m freestyle S8 title for the first time since London 2012 on same day Australia's Alexa Leary takes her first-ever individual gold in her maiden Games and China's Jiang Yuyan bags her fourth gold at Paris 2024

Ugo Didier holds his arms out wide as the crowd cheers

Paris 2024

Para swimmer Didier shines in the City of Light

Chants of “Ugo, Ugo” fill the arena every time the French youngster takes to the pool at his home Paralympics

An Australian female athlete with a yellow vest and green shorts runs at the Stade de France athletics stadium

Paris 2024

Australia’s First Nations athletes make their mobs proud

Four Aboriginal Australian athletes are going for glory at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games

A male swimmer point his finger upwards in the pool

Swimming

Paris 2024: Raimondi takes third gold on day of clean sweeps for China

Italian thanks support of partner and teammate Giulia Terzi after his win in the men's 100m butterfly S10; La Defense Arena sees two triple podium from Chinese swimmers in the men's and women's 50m backstroke S5 at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games

Three men are in a swimming pool, two are congratulating a third, who is wearing a swim cap and goggles.

Paris 2024

Top medal highlights from Day 6

Ihar Boki went five for five in Paris, winning his 21st Paralympic swimming gold on Day 6

Debora and Beatriz Borges Carneiro hug in the pool

Paris 2024

Twin joy as Borges Carneiro family celebrate

Sisters Debora and Beatriz secured silver and bronze in the pool to spark a Brazilian party at the Paris 2024 Paralympics

An underwater image of Brazilian swimmer Gabriel Araujo

Swimming

Paris 2024: 'Rocket man' Gabriel Araujo completes his hat-trick of golds

A fans' favourite at La Defense Arena, Brazilian swimmer wins men's 200m freestyle S2 and achieves goal of improving his two victories at Tokyo 2020; Simone Barlaam beats 50m freestyle S9 world record and leads another successful evening for Italy in the pool