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Aussie Paralympians ‘Spreading The Love’ To Pacific Neighbours

Nearby the nearly 400 hundred kit bags filled with thousands of items for our Paris-bound Australian Paralympic Team lie three pallets of goods packed and ready to be sent to a rival country.  The 500-kilogram shipment will soon arrive in Vanuatu, providing the Pacific Island nation’s Paralympic hopefuls with the equipment that could prove the...

That’s When I Decided ‘Let’s Do This’

The pandemic, floods and a frustrating Tokyo campaign nearly ended Ryley Batt’s career. Now, he reveals, it’s all systems go for Paris 2024.

‘You Can’t Put A Value On It’: Celebrating N...

As one of Australia’s estimated 2.9 million sports volunteers, London 2012 wheelchair rugby gold medallist Ben Newton enjoys giving others the kind of support he received early i

Interest In Para-Sport Soars At Latest Come And Tr...

Enthusiastic participants at Paralympics Australia’s Come and Try Day in Brisbane last Saturday had the rare opportunity to mingle with a host of the nation’s Paralympic stars,

Birmingham Para-triathlon The Next Mountain To Cli...

Celebrated Para-triathlete, adventurer, dancer and chocolate maker Gerrard Gosens OAM will lead an all-star team of Australian athletes to debut the Para-triathlon vision impaired

Parker Makes Stirring Comeback To Ironman

Lauren Parker completed her first Ironman World Championship as a Para-triathlete on Saturday and also became the first Australian woman to finish the event in the handcycle divisi

Watching Kids Sport On Mother’s Day? It’s A Be...

Mother’s Day 2022 for Paralympian Eliza Stankovic-Mowle will almost certainly involve ferrying kids around to their various weekend sporting commitments. It sounds just perfect t