Another example of the stellar swimmers to come out of Maryland. Paralympic athlete Jessica Long, from Baltimore, won her 30th medal in Paris. She took the gold in the 400-meter freestyle, an event ...

Long won gold in the 400m Freestyle S8 on Wednesday, Sept. 4 Ker Robertson/Getty; Ian MacNicol/Getty Jessica Long winning the gold medal in the Womens 400m S8 Freestyle Final, on September 24, during ...

Swimmer Jessica Long had to dig deep to reach an "unimaginable" milestone by taking home the 30th Paralympic medal in her decorated career with an epic comeback. She trailed for 300 meters of the ...

TOKYO, JAPAN - SEPTEMBER 03: Gold medalist Jessica Long of Team United States celebrates during the medal ceremony for the Women's 100m Butterfly - S8 Final on day 10 of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic ...

NANTERRE, FRANCE - SEPTEMBER 04: Jessica Long of team United States is seen on the podium with her Gold medal after victory in the Women's 400m Freestyle S8 on day seven of the Paris 2024 Summer ...

For the 17th time in her storied career, Jessica Long is a Paralympic champion. The American won her 30th career Paralympic medal by claiming gold in the women’s S8 400 freestyle Wednesday at the ...

China began the final day of swimming at the Paris Paralympics atop the medal table and poised to add more. With a brief interlude from Jessica Long in an epic performance, that’s how the final day at ...

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Long won gold in the 400m Freestyle S8 on Wednesday, Sept. 4 Gabrielle Rockson is a staff writer-reporter for PEOPLE. She joined PEOPLE in 2023 and covers entertainment and human interest stories. She ...