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London to host 2019 World Para-swimming Championships

The rearranged 2019 World Para-swimming Championships will take place in London, England, from 9-15 September, World Para-swimming has announced. The London Aquatics Centre, located in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, played host to the swimming events at the London 2012 Paralympic Games, and will once again welcome the best in the world later this year.

Paralympic and world champions headline Devonport

Lauren Parker heads into the 2019 ITU Para-triathlon World Cup in Devonport, Tasmania, this weekend with a huge boost of confidence after taking top honours at the 2019 OTU Para-tr

Low returns to Grand Prix in style

The scene is set for a terrific season of Para-athletics, with three world records, subject to ratification, falling on the first day of competition at the season-opening 2019 Worl

Sachs to be inducted into Australian Basketball Ha...

Paralympian Troy Sachs will be inducted into the Australian Basketball Hall of Fame at the 2019 Basketball Australia Awards night on 10 May.

Parker crowned Oceania champion in front of home c...

Conditions were tough for Australia’s Para-triathletes at the Newcastle City Triathlon on Sunday (24 February), but not so tough to stop Commonwealth Games bronze medallist L

Low ready for Grand Prix return

Paralympic long jump champion Vanessa Low will return to the World Para-athletics Grand Prix circuit when the series kicks off in Dubai, UAE, on Sunday (24 February).

Parker part of home town history

While the annual Newcastle City Triathlon has been a staple in the triathlon calendar for 26 consecutive years, this year’s event will include the international Para-triathlon ci

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