The 2025 World Para Swimming Championships concluded on Saturday, Sept. 27, from Singapore in historic fashion for the U.S.
Team USA finished the meet with 35 medals, tying Italy for the most gold medals (18). The U.S. had six silver and 11 bronze.
Ukraine had 49 total medals to top the medal table. Italy had 46, Great Britain had 40, Brazil had 39. China finished with 33.
Katie Kubiak and Leanne Smith led the way for Team USA, each finishing the meet as the nation’s most decorated athletes with seven medals apiece. Both capped their standout performances on day seven with dominant gold-medal swims in their final events. Kubiak claimed the women’s 200m freestyle S4 to bring her tally to four gold, one silver and two bronze in her world championship debut, while Smith secured her 13th career world title with a win in the women’s 100m freestyle S3, leaving Singapore with three gold, two silver and two bronze.
“I’m really happy to come out here and be able to perform,” Smith said. “It’s been a really long week, but to close out with a few gold medals and feel as best as I could at this point, I’m just really proud.”
For Kubiak, the event shone a light on the power that Para sport has brought into her life in a short period of time.
“For new athletes, I think it’s never too late to start,” Kubiak said. “Just taking that first step and leaning into it is definitely the scariest, but it’s so worth it. I’ve been able to redefine what sport is for me in such a special way, I’m so grateful to the people that have been around me…It’s really helped me grow as both a person and an athlete.”
Recent three-time world champion Olivia Chambers extended her dominance in Singapore with another gold, this time in the women’s 200m individual medley S13. Chambers closed the meet with five total medals (four gold, one bronze), highlighted by a victory over the reigning world champion and Paralympic gold medalist in a rematch from Paris. Fellow S13 world champion Grace Nuhfer capped her competition with a strong showing, narrowly missing the podium with a fourth-place finish in the same race.
“I didn’t even know what to expect coming here,” Chambers said. “I just thought it would be really cool to come be here in Singapore, and I had no idea what I could throw down.”
In an all-American showdown in the women’s 100m freestyle S7, defending champion Morgan Stickney surged in the final meters to capture her second gold of the championships. The victory adds to her earlier win in the 400m freestyle S7 and brings her career tally to five world titles.
“I just wanted to get on the podium, and knowing that I had a shot at doing that, I was really excited,” Stickney said. “I just missed out on gold in Paris so being able to come back and get gold here is amazing. I feel like the 100 free isn’t my best event, and I always go in as an underdog. I go in having that mentality so that always seems to help me.”
In her sole race of the meet, Paralympian Christie Raleigh Crossley came from an eighth-place seeding in the morning preliminary heats to claim a come-from-behind bronze. After a year of health complications, Raleigh Crossley reflected on the year’s struggles and how much the win meant to her and her family.
“It’s absolutely unbelievable,” said Raleigh Crossley. “I was definitely not expecting to podium. Just being here first and foremost is the biggest accomplishment. I’m so happy and proud to come given battling cancer.”
“The next goal was to make finals, and I accomplished that this morning. I can’t thank my support staff enough. Everybody who has been helping me through this really tough time. I really wish my kids were here, but I’m happy that I have something to bring back to show them.”
World Para Day 7 Winners
- Women’s 100 Breaststroke SB8: Anastasiya Dmytriv, Spain
- Men’s 100 Breaststroke SB8: Andrei Kalina
- Women’s 100 Backstroke S10: Defne Kurt, Turkey
- Men’s 100 Backstroke S10: Olivier Van de Voort, Netherlands
- Women’s 400 Free S11: Daria Lukianenki
- Men’s 400 Free S11: David Kratochvil, Czech Republic
- Women’s 100 Free S7: Morgan Stickney, USA
- Men’s 100 Free S7: Andrii Trusov, Ukraine
- Women’s 50 Butterfly S6: Jiang Yuyan, China
- Men’s Butterfly S6: Nelson Crispin Corzo, Colombia
- Women’s 50 Free S9: Mariana Ribeiro, Brazil
- Men’s 50 Free S9: Simone Barlaam, Italy
- Women’s 100 Free S5: Monica Boggioni, Italy
- Men’s 100 Free S5: Oleksandr Komarov, Ukraine
- Women’s 200 Free S4: Katie Kubiak, USA
- Men’s 200 Free S4: Ami Omer Dadaon, Israel
- Women’s Para 200 IM SM13: Olivia Chambers, USA
- Men’s Para 200 IM SM13: Egor Shchitkovskii
- Women’s 100 Free S3: Leanne Smith, USA
- Men’s 100 Free S3: Gabriele Lorenzo, Italy
- Women’s 100 Butterfly S14: Poppy Maskill, Great Britain
- Men’s Butterfly S14: William Ellard, Great Britain
- Mixed 400 Free Relay: Australia
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