Gallaudet University is breaking barriers in deaf swimming, offering opportunities through a tight-knit community.

The 2025 Deaflympics, a multi-sport event with deaf and hard of hearing athletes, will head to Tokyo in November 2025. Competition will run from November 15-November 26, with Team USA headlined by ...

"I noticed that the deaf and hard-of-hearing swimmers typically were the last ones getting off the block," Frex-Albrecht said, adding that the traditional NCAA starting system requires deaf and ...

Deaf swimmer Ali Hamadi Juma says he is not fazed as he prepares to make his debut at the Tokyo 2025 Summer Deaflympics, which begin on Saturday in Japan. Juma, 25, is among six swimmers who will ...

LARAMIE — The words never damaged Collin Davis. The doubt. The warnings of failure. Deaf people can’t swim, others would tell him. Challenge accepted. Davis first dipped into the pool when he was 13 ...

SOUTH BEND ― Backpack over a shoulder, water bottle at the ready and stressing over shoehorning in some time somewhere to do laundry, Notre Dame sophomore Carli Cronk looks like just another Notre ...

GUADALAJARA, Mexico — For American swimmer Marcus Titus, being deaf is more advantage than disability. At least when it’s time to get in the water. “It helps me stay in my own world, helps me focus on ...