Elizabeth Marks Sweeps Multi-Class SB7 Breaststrokes at Can Am Open
Several Paralympians and national champions highlighted the 2016 Can Am Open, including Elizabeth Marks, a 100 breast gold medalist in Rio.
UK Paralympic Champion wins Funding Appeal
Paralympic swimmer Sascha Kindred will have his funding reinstated after an appeal.
Russian Paralympic Committee Must Apply For Reinstatement
On Monday, the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) informed the Russian Paralympic Committee (RPC) that they must meet a specific reinstatement…
Adam Pine Reappointed Program Manager For Australian Paralympic Team
Adam Pine will continue to lead Swimming Australia’s Paralympic program after being re-appointed Program Manager for the next four-year Paralympic cycle….
Kyle Chalmers Named Swimming Australia’s Olympic Swimmer of the Year
18-year-old Olympic gold medalist Kyle Chalmers came away with the top honors at Swimming Australia’s Gala Dinner in Brisbane this weekend….
Lakeisha Patterson Smashes SCM World Record in 400 Free for S8
Australian swimmer Lakeisha Patterson has crushed the S8 World Record in the 400 short course meters freestyle swimming at the 2016…
VIDEO, PHOTO VAULT: Snyder Completes Alcatraz Swim For Sight
Video highlights courtesy of The Foundation For A Better Life, video edit courtesy of Coleman Hodges: The following is a press…
Brad Snyder To Take On 2-Mile Alcatraz Swim For Sight Sunday
Five-time Paralympic gold medalist Brad Snyder will compete in Sunday’s 2-mile open water Alcatraz Swim For Sight event to raise funds and awareness for visual impairments.
Brad Snyder to Swim from Alcatraz to San Francisco For a Great Cause
Snyder, a Navy veteran blinded in Afghanistan, won three gold medals at the 2016 Rio Paralympic Games.
Tokyo Committee Wants to Use Existing Pools for Tokyo 2020 Olympics
A committee in Tokyo has proposed changes to reign in ballooning costs of the 2020 Olympics. Changes include scrapping plans for a new aquatics center and using the existing Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center.
Joseph Schooling Gifts Year of Free Rides To Para-Swimmer Benson Tan
Schooling had to decline a year’s worth of free rides from Grab, a ride-sharing service, to maintain NCAA eligibility. Instead, he gifted the free rides to para-swimmer Benson Tan, an 11-time ASEAN Para Games medalist.
Congress Approves Bill to End Olympic ‘Victory Tax’
This past Thursday, the Senate approved a bill that will put an end to the so-called Olympic “victory tax”. American…
Brad Snyder Wins US Olympic Committee Male Athlete of the Paralympics
Brad Snyder won the top Paralympic honors tonight at the U.S. Olympic Committee Awards, taking home the award for Male Athlete…
President Obama to Honor Team USA Olympians at the White House
The President and First Lady are set to welcome members of the 2016 USA Olympic and Paralympic teams on Thursday, September 29th on the White House South Lawn.
Blueseventy Swim of the Week: Dias Makes Paralympic History
The home crowd was raucous as the most-decorated male swimmer in the history of the meet crushed the field – we’re not talking Michael Phelps. We’re talking Daniel Dias.