Category: Para Swimming
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Double Amputee Paralympian Gets Accosted by Angry Woman for Parking in Handicap Lane
Double amputee Jessica Long, who is training for the 2021 Paralympics in Tokyo, often wears prosthetics. The 28-year-old was born with a birth defect called fibular hemimilia and had both of her legs amputated at 18 months so she could learn to walk with prosthetics. When she was parking in the handicapped area, a woman…
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Champion Paralympic Swimmer Facing Your Limitations
Here Jamal discusses the first time he was faced with the dream-crushing reality that the Olympics are no longer an option for him. Check out the full episode here: https://youtu.be/TS31DrZL3Mw ABOUT JAMAL: Jamal Hill is an American Paralympic Swimmer & self-proclaimed Aqua-preneur. He was diagnosed with Charcot- Marie- Tooth 1X, and has used his condition…
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Teen relearns how to swim after losing eyesight | Sportskind
At age 14, Anastasia lost her vision and had to relearn how to swim. Two years later, she’s preparing to compete on the world’s biggest stage. 🏊♀️
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Swimming: France’s Supiot trains for Paralympics, three decades after Olympics
She competed in the Seoul Olympics in 1988, and more than thirty years later, French swimmer Claire Supiot is training to take part in next year’s Paralympics. Despite discovering she had the neuropathy Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease in 2008, 52-year-old Claire isn’t letting her disability get in the way of her dreams.
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This Para-swimmer from Dharavi fought all odds to win
Mohammad Shams Aalam Shaikh is an Indian Para Swimmer who fought all odds to win 4 Gold medals at the Indian Open Para Swimming Championship and has also represented India at the 2018 Asian Para Games in Jakarta, Indonesia. At the age of 24, he developed a benign tumor in his lower back which immobilized…
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Para Swimmers Share Their Story of Inclusion and Success Through the Help of Their Coaches
With International Day of Persons With Disabilities around the corner, Swimming Canada recognizes the critical role coaches play in the development of Canadian swimmers.
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Uganda’s 13-year-old Swimming Star Husnah Kukundakwe on the Power of Sport | Paralympic Games
Husnah Kukundakwe (Uganda) a United Through Sport Youth Festival Ambassador, can testify about the life-changing experience of sport. To all the youngsters out there, hear her message!
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The Mermaid Who Became a Champion | Yip Pin Xiu | Para Swimming | Paralympic Games
‘Sport has given me so much in life, what I feel is a responsibility to give back to society.” – Olympic champion and Singapore Member of Parliament Yip Pin Xiu.