Paralympic champion Aurelie Rivard was named Swimming Canada’s Female Paralympic Swimmer of the Year this week. It’s the seventh time in her career that she’s won the honor, dating to 2014. No one ...
As University of Akron swimmer Grace Nuhfer pursued a world record last week in Sacramento, California, she thought about the people she inspires. "I was fighting through the end of that race, and in ...
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 ...
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 ...
Sports quickly crossed Ali Truwit’s mind after she survived a shark attack off the coast of Turks and Caicos in 2023. But the former Yale freestyler, who went on to win two Paralympic silver medals, ...
Many Paralympic athletes face major funding gaps. Here's how Ali Truwit's $400,000 gift, as well as increased sponsorships ...
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — The U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee has effectively barred transgender women from competing in women’s sports, telling the federations overseeing swimming, ...