Move United has selected Grand Rapids, Michigan, to host the 2025-26 Hartford Nationals, a national adaptive sports competition that will bring together more than 400 youth and adults with physical disabilities in at least seven different sports.

Sports on offer include archery, para-powerlifting, paratriathlon, shooting, swimming, track and field

A mission for which he will have to beat the revelation of men's swimming, Frenchman Leon Marchand.

I'm swimming almost better than ever. It was 11 events in eight days in Paris.

I finished the week and felt it was a great week of swimming for me, being able to anchor some great

#changemakers pic.twitter.com/5AZ0wmvPAL— Scottish Swimming (@ScottishSwim) August 14, 2024The challenge

This summer's Olympic Games have come to a close after a unique couple of weeks that had no shortage of iconic moments, astounding individuals, undesirable controversies, and unforgettable stories. 

competing in a chaotic triathlon event while Belgian competitor Jolien Vermeylen told reporters “While swimming

10,000m events.Gold medallist France's Leon Marchand on the podium of the men's 200m individual medley swimming

was the most talked about of the competitions that took place there, the Triathlon and the Marathon Swimming

The same thing happened with the Marathon Swimming.

In the case of Marathon Swimming, we have seen them with three sick German swimmers in the river, including

The other Italian, Gregorio Paltrinieri, bronze medallist at Tokyo 2020 and who combines open water swimming

finished ninth, behind Wellbrock.Ver esta publicación en InstagramUna publicación compartida de Hungarian Swimming

Federation (@magyar_uszo_szovetseg)Hungary was the only team to win two medals in this edition of Marathon Swimming

Despite the poor condition of the waters of the Seine, the chosen location for the swimming segments

After completing the swimming segment in the Seine, Belgian triathlete Claire Michel fell ill for several

The enthusiastic French crowd at La Defense Arena crowned young Leon Marchand as the new king of swimming

The competition was also marked by a high level of women's swimming and the entry into Olympic history

Ledecky has dominated distance swimming for more than a decade.

athlete," saidthe Australian, who also won gold in the relay.The Australian will take a "long break" from swimming

The controversy over cross-doping accusations has been one of the most prominent news stories before and during the Olympic Games. China came close to winning the medal count for the second time in its history with a smaller team than the USA.

Reference has been made to the case of swimming, especially when Pan Zhanle broke the world record in

In China, Olympic success is a strategy for generations and the historic diving success in Paris does not stop there, but the seeds are already being sown for the future. 

the work beforehand and what is sown afterwards, as was remembered by the Chinese trainer of artistic swimming

Irish double Olympic medallist Daniel Wiffen attended the closing ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. He said he was "rushed" to hospital in Paris with a stomach virus, two days after taking part in the marathon swim in the River Seine.

renovation to improve Paris' sewage and water treatment system.Athletes get ready to compete in the swimming

womens individual triathlonThere are already three athletes who announced they had fallen ill after swimming

The stands have fallen quiet and the Athletes' Village is emptying. What happens to all the equipment now the 2024 Paris Olympics are over? Organisers have plans for it. 

including the flags used during medal presentations or torches made for the relay before the Games.Two swimming

Just as the Château de Versailles witnessed the last royal reign of France, it paid testament to the final stages of modern pentathlon as we know it, as the Olympics bids adieu to one of the most controversial disciplines of the sport. 

 The sport has been part of the Games for 112 years, with its schedule — running, swimming, horse-riding

There had already been signs in recent years that China was entering the elite of world artistic swimming

these two gold medals in Paris, China consolidates its position as the great dominator of artistic swimming

Also, China won technical team swimming and acrobatic team swimming at Fukuoka 2023, before sweeping

technical team swimming, free team swimming and acrobatic team swimming at Doha 2024.In pairsAnd in pairs

Artistic swimming duo Wang Liuyi and Wang Qianyi won the first ever Olympic gold medal for the People's

Former French minister of Culture Jack Lang used to say that “Paris is always Paris, Berlin is never Berlin” which might sound like a ‘boutade’ of sorts, as the locals like to say, but also serves an apt description for the French capital, who bid ‘adieu’ to a transformative 2024 Games on Sunday.

did the honours, with no further explanation from the African country’s delegation.A photograph of Swimming

Day 16 was the final act of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games ahead of the closing ceremony, with the baton now passed on to Los Angeles 2028. There were more gold medals up for grabs as the curtains closed on the spectacle and the flame extinguished.

Germany, with 31 medals (11 gold), saw significant successes in swimming and track and field.

achieving 28 medals (9 gold) and Australia notching 26 medals (8 gold), showcasing their prowess in swimming

During these Olympic Games there have been a large number of athletes of great quality who have stood out during their games and for their results. These are some of the standout athletes which AFP have picked out from Paris 2024.

warning, Marchand said "it's only the beginning", with his sights already set on Los Angeles in 2028.Swimming