4 captains have been named for the US swimming staff on the 2024 Paris Paralympics. Hannah Aspden, Lizzi Smith, David Abrahams, and Evan Austin will lead the staff later this month.
The staff will lead a complete of 33 swimmers for the US. The ladies’s staff has 21 members whereas the lads’s staff has 12.
Aspden is in her third Olympics, after qualifying at age 16 in 2016 and returning once more in 2020. She received bronze on the 2016 Rio Video games within the S9 100 backstroke. She returned to the rostrum in 2020, successful gold within the S9 100 backstroke and gold within the 4×100 medley relay (34 factors).
Abrahams is in his 2nd Video games and received silver within the males’s SB13 100 breast whereas in Tokyo. It will notably be his final worldwide competitors after he introduced he’ll start a full-time job as a quantitative researcher with an funding administration firm after Paris. Abrahams was a co-captain alongside Aspden on the 2023 World Championships.
Smith is in her third Olympics. She was a member of the 4×100 medley relay (34 factors) that received bronze in Rio. She returned to compete in Tokyo, successful silver within the S9 100 fly and was additionally a member of the silver 4×100 free relay.
Austin swam on the 2020 Paralympics, successful bronze within the S7 400 free and gold within the S7 50 fly. This can be his 4th Paralympics after he additionally competed in 2012 London and 2016 Rio.
The Paralympics are scheduled in Paris with the opening ceremony on August twenty eighth and the closing ceremony on September eighth. Para swimming is scheduled from August twenty ninth by way of September seventh.