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Lisa Kruger: ‘We are incredibly lucky to be back’
Paralympic champion details new routine for Dutch Para swimming team return to training in the pool
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Taka Suzuki keen to pull right 'strings' for home glory
'I hope the Paralympic Games in 2021 are ones where people really feel they have got their lives back'
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Para swimmer Patricia Pereira dos Santos banned for anti-doping rule violation
Brazilian suspended for 12 months and forfeits her silver and bronze medals won at the 2019 Parapan American Games
Simone Barlaam drawing inspiration from Da Vinci
'As I now have a lot of free time, I’m using my energy to let my other passions grow'
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From pool to ER, Paola Mosquera aces challenge with ease
'Not everyone is having a good time and if we can help, let's do it'
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World champions Barlaam and Tai take over Instagram Live
Italian and British swimming stars share their lockdown experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic
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From podium to big screen: The Fighting Fish
'It represents the strength of the athletes who fight against their limits just to try to become the strongest in the world'
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Sewing is the new gold for Tully Kearney
Para swimming world champion makes face masks and laundry bags while keeping focus on her first Paralympics
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You are not confined to your house, you are safe in your house: Italy's Talamona
Italian Para swimming world champion's lockdown daily routine includes exercises, family, fashion and volunteering
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Wang Jiachao switching lanes to triathlon
Swimming gold medallist from London 2012 hopes to return to the Paralympics as a triathlete
Madeira 2020 Europeans postponed
Berlin 2020 World Series also postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic
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World Series 2020: Status update
Sao Paulo and Sheffield cancelled, Indianapolis postponed due to COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak
Athlete in numbers: Sophie Pascoe
Nine-time Paralympic champion is one of New Zealand's Paralympic stars for Tokyo 2020
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World Para Swimming sends condolences to family of Alexander Makarov
Russian swimmer won three gold medals in the London 2019 World Championships
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World Para Swimming World Series event in Italy cancelled
Event in Lignano was scheduled to take place between 27 February and 1 March
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Australia dominate home waters to top medals tally
Timothy Hodge leads hosts with three gold medals at season-opener World Series in Melbourne
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First World Series season in Paralympic year kicks off in Melbourne
World Series 2020 will travel to six countries instead of the initial seven – following the cancellation of the Singapore leg scheduled in May
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Ibrahim Al-Hussein leading refugee push for Paralympics
Flag bearer at Rio 2016 Games, swimmer wants to channel his efforts into helping other refugee athletes onto the highest stage in sport
Daniel Giraldo named Americas 'Athlete of the Month'
Colombian takes seven golds at Para National Games
Zijderveld aiming high after Rio lows
'Swimming has been very important to me because when you’re swimming you feel kind of free and you don’t feel like you’re impaired'