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Paralympic swimming champion launches campaign to make her walk again

  • Swimming News

By Nick ButlerAugust 6 - American 2012 Paralympic swimming champion Mallory Weggemann has launched a

insidethegames.bizRelated storiesJanuary 2013: Arlen and Long lead US squad for 2013August 2012: US swimming

shocked by reclassification she has "lost faith" in Paralympic systemAugust 2012: US Paralympic swimming

stars reclassified ahead of competitionJune 2012: Long to spearhead 34-strong US Paralympic swimming

team at London 2012January 2012: US swimming star Weggemann aims for nine events and as many golds


IPC team up with WADA to host anti-doping day at World Swimming Championships

  • Swimming News

to Doping" (SNTD) day at the 2013 IPC World Swimming Championships in Montreal next week.

be encouraged to show their support in the mission to eradicate doping from sport by donning green swimming

I am glad so many leading names from the world of para-swimming have joined us in being vocal of sport

anti-doping.Contact the writer of this story at [email protected] storiesAugust 2013: IPC Swimming

continues Paralympic legacy with World Championships coverageJuly 2013: Build up to the 2013 IPC Swimming

Montreal continues June 2013: Ten-time Paralympic champion Dias heads Brazilian squad for World Swimming


British Swimming will make changes after worst World Championships for 15 years, promises head coach

  • Aquatics

By Nick ButlerAugust 6 - Bill Furniss, head coach of British Swimming, has insisted changes will

failed to reach the final of either.Fran Halsall (right) on the podium after winning Britain's only swimming

Performance Director Chris Spice, who was also experiencing his first major event after joining British Swimming

from doldrums as major changes are promisedFebruary 2013: Furniss and Spice chosen to lead British Swimming

to Rio 2016December 2012: British Swimming chief has "healthy debate" with AdlingtonDecember 2012: Embattled

British Swimming announce interim leadership appointmentsDecember 2012: British Swimming does not need


Malaysia to offer Paralympic athletes equal incentives in landmark ruling

  • Paralympics

By Nick ButlerAugust 5 - Paralympic competitors will be offered the same incentives for performances in international competition as their able-bodied compatriots, Malaysian Youth and Sports Minister Khairy Jamaluddin has announced.

aspiring Paralympic athletes from 42 countries competing across 14 sports including athletics, boccia, swimming


Double gold for Lacourt as seven nations win on final day

  • Aquatics

By Nick ButlerAugust 4 - France's Camille Lacourt won double gold in the 50 metre backstroke and 4 x 100m medley relay to bring proceedings to a close at the FINA World Championships at the Palau Sant Jordi in Barcelona on a final day where seven different nations secured titles.

after defeating Australia's Cate Campbell, while Fran Halsall finished third to claim Britain's only swimming

topped the overall medals table taking into account diving, water-polo and synchronised and open-water swimming


Ledecky clinches third freestyle gold and breaks Adlington's world record

  • Aquatics

AndersonAugust 3 - American teenager Katie Ledecky confirmed her status as one of the leading lights in world swimming

history was created by the man in third place as Trinidad and Tobago won its first ever medal at a swimming

metre world record as US clean up in BarcelonaJuly 2013: Russia claims eighth successive synchronised swimming


Lochte brings overall medal tally to 23 as secures two more golds in Barcelona

  • Aquatics

By Gary AndersonAugust 2 - American Ryan Lochte added another two FINA World Championship medals to his collection - which now stands at 23 - with golds in the 200 metre backstroke and the 4x200m freestyle relay, at the Palau Sant Jordi in Barcelona.

I love swimming and racing, I love training for multiple events, I train that way."

Whenever I lose, I still love swimming and will still walk away with a smile."

Ryan Lochte celebrates another medal, this time in the 4x200m freestyle relay, at the swimming World

In the semi final, Rikke Pedersen was swimming so fast, I was swimming side by side with her but tonight

world record as US clean up in BarcelonaJuly 2013: Russia claims eighth successive synchronised swimming


IPC Swimming World Championships in Montreal to be screened live on ParalympicTV

  • Swimming News

now turns its attention toward Montreal in Canada, where the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Swimming

We are really excited to be heading to Montreal and are confident that the swimming Championships can

continues Paralympic legacy with World Championships coverageJuly 2013: Build up to the 2013 IPC Swimming

Montreal continuesJune 2013: Ten-time Paralympic champion Dias heads Brazilian squad for World Swimming

ChampionshipsJune 2013: Tickets go on sale for 2013 IPC Swimming World Championships in MontrealMay

2013: Pascoe heads seven-strong New Zealand team for IPC World Swimming Championships


Historic unified Korean team in sight for Gwangju 2015 as countdown officially begins

  • Gwangju 2015

By James CrookAugust 2 - After receiving the Universiade flag last month at the Closing Ceremony of the 2013 Universiade in Kazan, the spotlight now falls upon Gwangju, who will host the next World University Games in 700 days' time with their sights set on a unified Korean team.

used for 2015 Gwangju include the three newly constructed competition venues, the Gwangju Universiade Swimming

34 stadiums and 39 training facilities that will be used after renovations, with the gymnasium and swimming


Double gold for China and America but Pedersen tops the bill

  • Aquatics

Championships in Barcelona, while the United States and China won two titles apiece on the fifth evening of swimming

metre world record as US clean up in BarcelonaJuly 2013: Russia claims eighth successive synchronised swimming


Double European champion heads British squad for World Junior Swimming Championships

  • Aquatics

World Championship finalist James Guy will lead a 14-member British squad to this month's World Junior Swimming

The World Junior Swimming Championships will take place at the Mohammed Bin Rashid Sports Complex in

Amber Keegan, Charlotte McKenzie, Molly Renshaw, Sophie Taylor and Grace Vertigans.The World Junior Swimming


Unstoppable Franklin secures golden treble at World Championships - but abandons clean sweep mission

  • Aquatics

By James CrookJuly 31- Quadruple Olympic champion Missy Franklin has racked up her third gold medal of the FINA World Championships at the Palau Sant Jordi in Barcelona with a win in the 200 metres freestyle, but decided to abandon her quest for eight gold medals by pulling out of the 50m backstroke semi-final.

his victory with Zorzi.China's double Olympic champion Sun Yang also made history on day four of the swimming

world record as US clean up in BarcelonaJuly 2013: Russia claims eighth successive synchronised swimming



Gold medallist heads students awarded scholarships for Russian International Olympic University

  • Sochi 2014

By Nick ButlerJuly 29 - Polish Olympic gold medallist Otylia Jedrzejczak heads the names of 20 students who will receive scholarships to study for a Master of Sport Administration (MSA) programme at the Russian International Olympic University (RIOU).

dreamers or theorists, but specialists whose life is closely connected with sport and for example, Olympic swimming