Category: Para Swimming
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Meet the Iraqi Swimmer Who Lost One Leg and Zero Hope | The National News
A victim of the war against ISIS, Mortaza Shakir Mahmood was injured in a car bomb in Mosul on April 23, 2014, a tragedy that made him lose a leg, but not hope.
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Paralympic Swimming Hopeful Sets Sights on Tokyo Games | Localish
“One of the fastest para-swimmers in the world is moving one step closer to her dream of competing in the 2021 Paralympic Games in Tokyo.
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Swimmer Who Withdrew From Paralympics After Being Denied Medical Accommodation Has Central PA. Ties | FOX43 News
A 26-year-old Paralympic swimmer withdrew from the Tokyo Games on Tuesday after being denied a Personal Care Assistant (PCA).
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Zara Mullooly and Will Perry Added to ParalympicsGB Team for Tokyo 2020
The inclusion of the two Northampton Swimming Club athletes takes the total number of swimmers heading to Japan up to 25, following the first selections to the squad at the end of June.
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‘Heartbroken’: Paralympian Explains Why She Withdrew From Tokyo 2020 | CNN
Becca Meyers, a deaf and blind American swimmer, has withdrawn from the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games after she said the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee (USOPC) denied her request to bring her mother to serve as her Personal Care Assistant. She speaks with CNN’s Brianna Keilar.
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Glen Ellyn Swimmer Prepares For Tokyo Paralympics | CBS Chicago
Going to the Olympics or Paralympics is always special, but, for a number of reasons, it means just a little more this time around. That’s especially true for a Glenbard West alum whose dream will come true in Tokyo.
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Paralympic Swimmer Takes Part in Nisswa Freedom Days Parade | Lakeland PBS
Originally aired July 5, 2021 on Lakeland News