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Italy enjoyed a golden night on the last evening of finals at the European Open Para Swimming Championships at Madeira, Portugal.

Para swimmers from 44 nations are expected to compete at the European Open Championships, which begin tomorrow in Madeira.

Saturday, 17 April 2021 Italian swimmers put in some strong performances on home water on the opening day of the World Para Swimming World Series meeting in Lignano Sabbiadoro. World champion Simone Barlaam led a host nation clean sweep in the men’s 100 metres freestyle S1-13 category, with the S9 swimmer triumphing in a time of 54.52sec, which scored him 1,012 points. Silver went to compatriot Antonio Fantin, an S6 swimmer, in a world record time of 1min 04.52sec, giving him a score of 1,009, while the podium was completed by Francesco Bocciardo, an S5 swimmer, in 1:10.04, which scored hi...

Friday, 16 April 2021 Italy will be hopeful of getting among the medals on home water during the third leg of the World Para Swimming World Series, scheduled to begin in Lignano Sabbiadoro tomorrow. In total, 141 athletes from 27 countries are scheduled to line-up in 17 races behind closed doors at the Bella Italia Village Sports Complex. World champions Carlotta Gilli, Simone Barlaam, Arianna Talamona and Federico Morlacchi form part of a 24-strong Italian squad, some of whom will be competing in their first competition for more than a year. The 2020 edition of the World Series round in Lig...

Imagen Ireland's Ellen Keane showing the medals she won at the Dublin 2018 World Para Swimming Allianz Championships ⒸSportsfileBy World Para Swimming Madeira, Portugal will host the European Open Championships in 100 days from now.  This year's competition will be open to athletes from outside Europe making it the biggest Para swimming event to take place in 2021 before the Paralympic Games in Tokyo, Japan in August. While you get ready for the action, World Para Swimming prepared a quiz for you to test your knowledge about the Euros. Are you ready? Question 1 A – Four