From a shark attack to Paralympic silver: Truwit’s remarkable journey

American wins medal just 16 months after losing a leg while Becky Redfern and Alice Tai win golds for Great Britain

British swimmer claims women’s record for fastest Lake Geneva crossing

Sam Farrow, from Wigan, says she is in ‘complete shock’ after swimming 45.2-mile length of lake in 22h 48m

ParalympicsGB enjoy Super Saturday in pool as Clegg, Ellard and Tai win gold

ParalympicsGB swimmers shone in Paris, collecting five medals – including three golds – and breaking two world records in the process

Maisie Summers-Newton overcomes nerves to retain Paralympic medley title

Maisie Summers-Newton retained her Paralympic women’s SM6 200m individual medley title in Paris

Poppy Maskill earns ParalympicsGB’s first Paris gold with world-record swim

Britain’s first gold medal of the Paralympic Games went to a teenager as Poppy Maskill cleared the field in the S14 100m women’s butterfly

‘We lived one day at a time’: how Ukraine’s Paralympians kept their dream alive

Displaced from their homes and bombed out training facilities, Ukraine’s Paralympic swimmers have somehow still made it to Paris

Frank Chalmers obituary

Other lives: Journalist who had a reputation as an adventurous open swimmer, willing to tackle treacherous waters

Paris Olympics 2024: Guardian photographers at the Games – picture essay

Among 1,578 accredited photographers in the French capital were three covering the Games for the Guardian and Observer

Highs, lows and Snoop Dogg: the Guardian’s most memorable Paris Olympic moments

Léon Marchand and Antoine Dupont led the way as home athletes put on a show, but it was the city itself that proved the ultimate star of a wonderful Games

From Biles to Yee and Bol: 10 great moments at the Paris Olympics

Abiding memories of the Games included Marchand’s dominance, Ngamba’s bronze and 100m and 1500m thrillers

‘Sometimes you really have to let go’: can Olympians embrace retirement?

Alice Dearing, the first Black swimmer to represent Team GB, ended her career in April – and has some advice for those retiring after the Paris Olympics

Georgia Bell leads rush of medals as Team GB enjoy super Saturday

The runner, who has set a new British record, only took up sport again to stay fit during pandemic

Fish out of water: why Léon Marchand is right to snub popular French chatshow

Despite being the most famous man in France, the winner of four swimming golds already senses that Olympic champions are legends for a lifetime, stars for only a fortnight