American Gia Pergolini won the first U.S. gold medal of the Paris Paralympics with a dominant victory in the women's 100m backstroke S13. It's Pergolini's second consecutive gold in the event.

A woman who lost a leg last year in a shark attack won a silver medal in the 2024 Paralympics in Paris. Ali Truwit, a Connecticut native, took home the silver medal Thursday in the women's swimming ...

Kayla Wheeler was named 2012 USA Swimming Scholastic All-American. May 11, 2013— -- Born without legs and only one arm, Kayla Wheeler, a 16-year-old high school student from Lynnwood, Wash., is ...

Olympic gold medallists Michelle Ford and David Theile, prolific Paralympic gold medallist Matthew Cowdrey and six time ...

Service dog Chippy was snoozing in the stands when owner Eden Schroeder earned a bronze medal in the women’s 50-meter backstroke. While the 2-year-old black lab may have been taking a much-deserved ...

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