5-time medalist Mallory Weggemann swims at Paralympic Games for first time as mother

Team USA Paralympic swimmer Mallory Weggemann has a new sense of urgency, competing as a mother for the first time. Here's how she will approach it.

“You better believe I’m going to be the best mom that I can be to this child but at the end of the day, I’m also going to fight to sit atop the Paralympic podium in Paris in 2024," Weggemann said.Weggemann and her husband, Jay Snyder, welcomed their first baby, Charlotte Ann, on March 16, 2023. But what made the birth so heartwarming is that she competed at the 2022 Paris Swimming National Championships in Charlotte, North Carolina, at 26 weeks pregnant.

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