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Experience And Youth Combine For Paris Games

A trio of defending Paralympic champions will again lead the charge for Australia’s Para-athletics Team at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games. Paralympics Australia announced the first eight track and field athletes selected to the 2024 Australian Paralympic Team at an event in Canberra on Tuesday, with more selections to follow in the coming months. Tokyo...

Heartbreaking End To Team Event After Individual S...

A tie break ended the Australian Boccia teams’ Paralympic campaign after the BC3 pairs were defeated by Hong Kong, China in their final preliminary match of the day. Competing in

Finals Aplenty On Last Day At The Track

After a day with no medals and only limited finals action, seven Australians will compete in six finals on Saturday at the Tokyo Olympic Stadium – the last day of track and field

A Shimmering Silver To Say Sayonara

The Dolphins swim team captured a shimmering silver medal in the Men’s 4x100m Medley Relay (34 points) as they bid farewell to the Tokyo Aquatics Centre on the final night of the

Para-Athletics: Former Soccer Player Searches For...

James Turner will line up for his third Paralympic gold medal – his second in Tokyo – after becoming the fastest qualifier for the 100m (T36) sprint final on Saturday morning.

Silver Linings Round Out Para-Table Tennis Team’...

Australia’s Para-table tennis squad secured two more silver medals in the teams events on Friday, bringing the squad’s total medal haul at the Tokyo Paralympics to six. The med

Not To Be For Para-Badminton Team

It was a case of what could have been at the inaugural para-badminton tournament at the Tokyo Games, with both Grant Manzoney and Caitlin Dransfield going down in the matches today