Gold medalist Jessica Long of Team United States poses for a photo during the Para Swimming Women's 100m Butterfly S8 Medal Ceremony on day ten of the Paris 2024 Summer Paralympic Games. GETTY IMAGES ...

Jessica Long is a swimming legend for the USA, having won 29 Paralympic medals - one more than Michael Phelps. She started competing at the age of 12, in Athens 2004. Now 32, she plans to retire in ...

MARY CLEMSON TOWSON IS WHERE PARALYMPIC ATHLETE JESSICA LONG GREW UP, TRAINING UP TO FOUR HOURS A DAY WHEN SHE’S GETTING READY FOR A COMPETITION WITH HER COACH MOTIVATING HER ALONG THE WAY. BUT FOR ...

When U.S. Paralympic swimmer Jessica Long, 20, was 18 months old, her legs were amputated as a result of fibular hemimelia, a congenital lack of a crucial leg bone. Throughout her childhood and ...