{"id":437084,"date":"2026-08-19T07:10:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T07:10:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/437084\/"},"modified":"2026-08-19T07:10:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T07:10:09","slug":"usa-set-to-challenge-china-dominance-in-los-angeles-paralympics-says-swimming-phenomenon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/437084\/","title":{"rendered":"USA set to challenge China dominance in Los Angeles Paralympics, says swimming phenomenon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">With two years until the Los Angeles 2028 Paralympics, USA swimmer Ali Truwit \u2060has said home support could help the \u2060Americans challenge China\u2019s long-standing dominance, while reshaping public \u2060perceptions of disability.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Truwit, who won two silver medals in Paris a year after losing her lower left leg in a shark attack, saw firsthand how French fans lifted local athletes to new heights.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">And while China has topped the medal table at every Summer Paralympics since 2004, including in Paris, where the US finished third behind Great Britain, Truwit \u200csaid competing in California could help challenge that order.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">\u201cThe excitement around a home Games is going to propel a lot of us to perform at a level higher than maybe we even know we have within us,\u201d Truwit told Reuters.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">\u201cI am an advocate for the power of support in sport and in life. It\u2019s enough to really move the dial.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Ali Truwit during an event in Los Angeles in May this year. Photo: Reuters\" data-qa=\"BaseImage-handleRenderImage-StyledImage\" class=\"e1gf69pb2 css-6ikqhs e445x7d0\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/18da46bb-0fa6-44fc-baa1-b507c923819d_72337af0.jpg\" title=\"Ali Truwit during an event in Los Angeles in May this year. Photo: Reuters\"\/>Ali Truwit during an event in Los Angeles in May this year. Photo: Reuters<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Competing with a heavily state-subsidised global sports programme like China\u2019s requires direct investment, and while there has been progress in the US on that front in recent years, \u206057 per cent of Team USA athletes still earn less than US$50,000 annually, with many working multiple jobs to sustain their athletic careers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With two years until the Los Angeles 2028 Paralympics, USA swimmer Ali Truwit \u2060has said home support could&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":437085,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[172576,173446,7,3573,11190,49819,173449,48,52,51,173447,47,50,49,10012,173445,37734,16123,20925,173448],"class_list":["post-437084","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-ali-truwit","tag-andrew-parsons","tag-california","tag-china","tag-fifa-world-cup","tag-great-britain","tag-international-paralympic-committee","tag-la","tag-la-headlines","tag-la-news","tag-la28-athletes-commission","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-headlines","tag-los-angeles-news","tag-olympics","tag-para-pan-pacific-championships","tag-paralympics","tag-paris","tag-reuters","tag-stronger-than-you-think"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/437084","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=437084"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/437084\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/437085"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=437084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=437084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=437084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}