Category: Para Swimming
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Uganda’s 13-year-old Swimming Star Husnah Kukundakwe on the Power of Sport | Paralympic Games
Husnah Kukundakwe (Uganda) a United Through Sport Youth Festival Ambassador, can testify about the life-changing experience of sport. To all the youngsters out there, hear her message!
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The Mermaid Who Became a Champion | Yip Pin Xiu | Para Swimming | Paralympic Games
‘Sport has given me so much in life, what I feel is a responsibility to give back to society.” – Olympic champion and Singapore Member of Parliament Yip Pin Xiu.
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Veteran Turns From Gold-Medal Swimming to Triathlons
Brad Snyder is a veteran of our nation’s wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. He was blinded in 2011 when he stepped on an IED, but he considers himself lucky to have walked away from the incident. He took his determination to the Paralympic games, where he medaled in swimming seven times — including three golds…
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Antonios Tsapatakis’ Road to Becoming a World Champion | Para Swimming | Paralympic Games
“I want to be remembered for how I transformed a mistake into something positive.” The Greek swimmer, Antonios Tsapatakis refused to let a life-changing motorcycle accident give up on accomplishing his goals.
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Good News: 16-Year-Old Blind Swimmer Anastasia Pagonis Shares Her Positivity
Anastasia Pagonis talks about dealing with her loss of vision at a young age, becoming a Paralympic swimmer, and sharing her positivity through social media.
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Paralysed Man Saves Swimmer At Same Place He Injured Himself Years Earlier
A disabled man threw himself in the water from a pier to save the life of another man, while he was filming a documentary about how he became paralysed by throwing himself off the same pier. You couldn’t make it up. Nikita Vankov, who is a licensed paradiver, was up on the pier in the Russian town of Anapa when he spotted two…
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“We Are Changing What it Means to be Different” | Ellie Cole | Rising Phoenix | Paralympic Games
Para swimmer Ellie Cole (Australia) shares her thoughts on Netflix’s ground-breaking documentary, Rising Phoenix, and the impact she thinks it will have on society.
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A Man of Many Talents! Simone Barlaam | Para Swimming | Paralympic Games
World champion, world record holder , artist , model, mechanical engineer. What can the Italian swimmer Simone Barlaam not do? Wait for him, in Tokyo 2020!
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The Most Memorable Para Swimming Moments from Rio 2016 | Paralympic Games
The Rio 2016 Paralympic Games brought us some of the most incredible moments in sport, but Para Swimming in particular consistently brought the excitement, tension, and history-making moments throughout the Games. Experience some of the most memorable moments from Para Swimming at Rio 2016 as we await the magic of Tokyo 2020.