SMITHFIELD— Sara Miranda left her studies at Utah State University for a trip to Singapore for the 2025 IPC World Swimming Championships on Sept. 13. The world paralympic swimming event she will be attending is scheduled for Sept. 21 through the 27th, and she will represent her home country of Costa Rica.

Miranda was born with Spina Bifida but found swimming to be therapeutic and she excels at it.

She uses crutches to get around to her classes at USU in her second year as a geology major, but when she is in the water she feels like she is in a different world; she can move like anyone else. Being in the water gives her a chance to feel like people who use their legs to walk.

“I have a disability, when I walk, I need my crutches to move,” Miranda said. “When I’m in the water I can move w

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