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Mexico to host World Series for first time
Series will travel to Latin America in October this year with Tijuana receiving the final stop of the 2022 season

Top 5 tips to get started in Para swimming from 13-time world champion Barlaam
Barlaam was one of the most successful swimmers at the Madeira 2022 World Para Swimming Championships this month, winning six gold medals and breaking three world records

Madeira 2022: Six talking points
From multi-medallists to happy hosts and successful newcomers, the World Championships in Portugal gave us a lot to talk about

Former refugee, Para swimmer Karimi sends powerful message on World Refugee Day
Abbas Karimi: 'My message to the displaced people around the world is to not give up on themselves. Never be hopeless. Be always hopeful, set goals and achieve them no matter where you are or what situation you’re in'

Madeira 2022: Italy reaches 27 golds to top medals table again
USA's Leanne Smith takes two victories on day seven to finish as most successful athlete at the World Championships in Portugal

Madeira 2022: Special Friday feeling for Barlaam and Santiago
Brazilian picks sixth triumph and Italian breaks his second world record at the World Championships with Ukraine claiming five golds in 50 minutes

Madeira 2022: Dadaon pulls plot twist on day of world records
Men's 50m freestyle S4 sees two records in one day on Thursday while Brazil's Santiago and USA's Smith take their fifth World Championships gold

Madeira 2022: Pagonis repeats Tokyo with debut gold
US star wins her first ever World Championships race while Italy's Simone Barlaam breaks his own record helping Italy to reach 16 golds in four days

Madeira 2022: Award winner Pin Xiu defends world title on day three
Spain's Marta Fernandez takes two golds in less than one hour and former refugee athlete Abbas Karimi helps Team USA to break relay world record

Swans and World Para Swimming extend partnership until 2024
Madeira 2022 is the third World Championships since the partnership between Swans and World Para Swimming began in September 2017

Madeira 2022: Brazil's new star Oliveira wins two golds in one day
Sixteen-year-old continues Daniel Dias' legacy in the S5 class on a Monday with two world records and four USA victories in Funchal

Madeira 2022: Italy and Great Britain dominate day one
First place at London 2019, Azzurri pick six gold medals on Sunday while British swimmers produce two world records in Portugal

Madeira 2022 marks Worlds debut of Tokyo champions
Portugal's biggest-ever Para sport event kicks off on Sunday with 502 athletes from 59 countries competing from 12-18 June

Anastasia Pagonis: From 13-year-old club swimmer to world domination in four years
The 18-year-old Paralympic champion and world record breaker will look to collect more medals in her World Championships debut in Portugal this week

Team Portugal brings Madeira 2022 atmosphere to Funchal
World Championships to take place from 12 to 18 June will be the biggest Para sport competition ever hosted in the country

Madeira 2022: Ones to watch
Here are the starts to follow ahead of the World Para Swimming Championships from 12 to 18 June in Portugal

Ellen Keane set to join Ireland in Madeira
Paralympic champion still recovering from COVID will meet other four members of the team at later stage for the World Championships

Mexico's Gustavo Sanchez on the magic of diving into challenges
‘Now I am a completely different Gustavo. Sport gives you that confidence’

Santiago 2023 Para swimming medal programme revealed
A total of 148 medal events will be held in the first edition of the Parapan American Games to take place in Chile from 17 to 26 November next year

World Para Swimming mourns the passing of Denys Dubrov
Ukrainian Para swimmer was a four-time Paralympic champion and took three medals at last year's Paralympic Games in Tokyo