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Connecticut swimmer wins 2 silver medals at Paralympics a year after shark attack

By Jenn Brink,

11 hours ago

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) — Connecticut native Ali Truwit won two silver medals for Team USA at the Paralympic Games in Paris, just one year after surviving a shark attack .

In the women’s swimming 400-meter freestyle S10 division on Thursday, Truwit finished in 4:31.39, breaking the American record. Canada’s Aurelie Rivard (4:29.20) won gold.

She set another American record on Friday in the 100-meter backstroke S10 division.

The 24-year-old Darien native and Yale graduate lost part of her leg last year when she was attacked by a shark while snorkeling in Turks and Caicos.

https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=1IQOF1_0vMqPWHh00 — *Getty Images*

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