By Gary AndersonWhen Britain's Jimmy Goddard lines up for the start of the Paratriathlon event at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio, it will be 12 years since the former army commando's life changed forever.The glorious setting of Rio's Copacabana Beach, which will stage the Olympic and Paralympic triathlon competitions in 2016, will be a world away from the colder, damper environs of the Welsh mountains where, in 2004, Goddard was left paralysed from the waist down following a climbing accident.A talented able bodied triathlete before his accident, it is not inconceivable that the man from Bracknell, Berkshire would have...

Championships since the inaugural event in Rotherham in 2008 A talented rugby player, Goddard won a swimming

scholarship to Millfield Junior School in Somerset, whose past pupils include Olympic swimming gold

I was looking for a sport to build onto with swimming and running at its core, so triathlon was very

Jimmy Goddard won a swimming scholarship to Millfield Junior school and was also a talented rugby player

as a wheelchair user in the summer of 2005 and there were three of us there with chairs, bikes and swimming

By Emily GoddardJuly 12 - Istanbul 2020 has dismissed claims that the record-low attendance at the Under-20 World Cup in Turkey will affect its bid for the Olympic and Paralympic Games saying the occurrence is "the exception rather than the rule" in the country.

events that we have hosted in the last 15 months, including the 17th Mediterranean Games, the FINA World Swimming

By Gary AndersonJuly 12 - Swimmer Michael Jamieson has been named the British Universities and Colleges (BUCS) Sportsman of the Year following a successful 2012-2013 season which saw him claim Olympic silver in the 200 metres breaststroke at London 2012.

rounding off a successful year for the University of Bath sports performance graduate, who received a swimming

Sports Personality of the Year by his fellow students and he is currently training at the university's swimming

training centre ahead of the International Swimming Federation (FINA) World Championships in Barcelona

[email protected] StoriesDecember 2012: Jamieson unveiled as British Gas swimming

this month's International Paralympic Committee (IPC) World Athletics Championships in Lyon and the Swimming

Channel 4 will broadcast the action from the IPC Swimming World Championships in Montreal More than

athletes since London 2012 and daily coverage will be shown on More4 between July 20 and July 27.The IPC Swimming

By Gary AndersonJuly 10 - Swimming Canada has announced the appointment of Ahmed El-Awadi 

July 19 to August 4 in Barcelona - and will officially take up his role with the national swimming

My sports journey began with swimming many years ago and I am thrilled to reconnect with these roots,

Ahmed El-Awadi replaces Pierre Lafontaine as chief executive of Swimming Canada In January, former

British disability swimming performance director John Atkinson was hired as high performance director

Canada chief executive quits to take up new roleJanuary 2013: Head of British disability swimming

By Duncan MackayJuly 10 - A new training centre for some of Russia's leading hopefuls for next year's Winter Paralympics in Sochi has been opened in Udmurtia.

already includes several sports facilities.The new centre includes a 56x26 metres ice rink and a 25m swimming

By Gary AndersonJuly 9 - Preparations for the 2013 International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Swimming

Blaine, chairperson of the IPC's Swimming technical Committee, and a number of athletes due to take part

This will be the first time a major IPC swimming event will be staged in North America and Blaine says

IPC Swimming continues to grow," she added."

We are looking forward with great anticipation to the City of Montreal hosting the IPC World Swimming

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

By James CrookJuly 9 - Olympic gold medal-winning swimmer Katie Ledecky has been awarded the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) Female Athlete of the Month award for June following a series of fine performances at the National Championships in Indianapolis.

second-place finish in the 200m.Ledecky becomes the first American woman to qualify for the International Swimming

Canada to win the doubles title.He claimed the USOC award ahead of sprinter Tyson Gay in second and swimming

GoddardJuly 8 - Twelve-time Olympic gymnastics medallist Alexei Nemov, triple Olympic synchronised swimming

By Duncan MackayJuly 6 - Russian President Vladimir Putin tonight officially opened the 2013 Summer Universaide in Kazan at a spectacular Ceremony before a capacity crowd of 45,000. 

the other venues will be widely used in the future during major sporting events like the 2015 World Swimming

By Duncan MackayJuly 5 - There will be a record 526 medal events across 22 sports featuring more female competitors than ever before at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, it was announced today. 

per cent of all medal events and a 12 per cent increase on London 2012, with athletics, cycling and swimming

By James CrookJuly 4 - Paralympic champion swimmer Mary Fisher was in fine form once again at the New South Wales Metropolitan Swim Championships, notching up three world records and four gold medals in the stand-out performance of a solid showing from the New Zealand team.

This was a fantastic result for NZ Para-swimming and assures us we are on track for strong swims in Montreal

By Duncan MackayJuly 3 - South Africa's Chad le Clos, who shot to worldwide prominence at London 2012 when he beat Michael Phelps to win the Olympic gold medal in the 200 metres butterfly, has signed with the Professional Sports Group, a leading marketing company.

"Chad is one of the few global stars of swimming in this post-Phelps era.

the 200m butterfly at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi and at the 2011 FINA Short Course Swimming

By Duncan MackayJuly 3 - Guayaquil in Ecuador will host the 4th Inas Global Games in 2015, the flagship event for athletes with an intellectual disability, it was announced today. 

Global Games features World Championship competition in athletics, basektball, cycling, futsal, rowing, swimming

By James CrookJuly 3 - Australia's four-time Olympic gold medal-winning swimmer Libby Trickett has announced her retirement at the age of 28 due to a persistent wrist injury.