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  2. Jeff Float - Wikipedia

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    Jeffrey James Float is a former American competitive swimmer, world record holder, world champion and Olympic gold medalist.He qualified for the 1980 USA Olympic Swimming Team in three individual events, but could not participate when the United States boycotted the Moscow 1980 Summer Olympic Games.

  3. List of Paralympic records in swimming - Wikipedia

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    The International Paralympic Committee recognises the fastest performances in swimming events at the Paralympic Games. Swimming has been part of at every Summer Paralympic Games. Races are held in four swimming strokes: freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke and butterfly over varying distances and in either individual or relay race events.

  4. Mallory Weggemann - Wikipedia

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    [4] [5] [6] She broke many world records in the S7 classification, and won multiple gold medals at the IPC Swimming World Championships in 2009 and 2010. [7] At the 2012 Paralympics, she was controversially reclassified to S8, a class for swimmers with less impairment. [6] [8] She won the S8 50 metre freestyle event in a new Paralympic record ...

  5. Intellectual disability sport classification - Wikipedia

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    For the Special Olympics, the minimum qualification is having trained in swimming for at least 6 weeks and must be at least 8 years old. [8] [47] People with intellectual disabilities may have a number of conditions that impact their swimming.

  6. Special Olympics - Wikipedia

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    Special Olympics is the world's largest sports organization for children and adults with intellectual disabilities, providing year-round training and activities to 5 million participants and Unified Sports partners in 172 countries. [2]

  7. Paris Olympics 2024: Is a ‘slow’ swimming pool impeding world ...

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    PARIS — In the men’s 100-meter breaststroke final here at the 2024 Olympics on Sunday, ... World Aquatics, swimming’s global governing body, recommends that Olympic pools be 3 meters deep.

  8. S9 (classification) - Wikipedia

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    CP8 swimmers experience swimmers shoulder, a swimming related injury, at rates similar to their able-bodied counterparts. [3] When fatigued, asymmetry in their stroke becomes a problem for swimmers in this class. [ 3 ]

  9. Ryan Lochte Wants to Compete Again After Being ... - AOL

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    Former U.S. swimmer and 12-time Olympic medalist Ryan Lochte says he was “kind of disappointed” in the U.S. men’s swimming team performance at the 2024 Paris Olympics, despite Team USA ...