Para swimming
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Para swimming is an adaptation of the sport of swimming for athletes with disabilities. Para swimmers compete at the Summer Paralympic Games and at other sports competitions throughout the world. The
Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
Swimming pool at the 1960 Rome Paralympic Games.
Swimming pool with multiple diving platforms
Australian swimmer Cameron de Burgh at the 1996 Summer Paralympics in Atlanta, USA.
Competitive swimming
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Swimming is an individual or team racing sport that requires the use of one's entire body to move through water. The sport takes place in pools or open water. Competitive swimming is one of the most p
Para swimming
…Para swimming is an adaptation of the sport of swimming for athletes with disabilities. Para swimmers compete at the Summer Paralympic Games and at other sports competitions throughout the world. The sport…
Start of the 4 × 100 meters men's relay during the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing
Leander swimming across the Hellespont. Detail from a painting by Bernard Picart.
The routes taken by Webb and T.W. Burgess across the English Channel, in 1875 and 1911, respectively.
Katie Ledecky set the Olympic records in 2016 for the 400m and 800m freestyle.