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World Para Athletics Championships Broadcast On Nine

Paralympic gold medallists James Turner and Vanessa Low will lead the quest for glory at the 2024 World Para Athletics Championships. The 20-strong team, which includes a mix of mainstays and relative newcomers, will see some athletes fight to earn a top two finish to secure all-important quota spots for Australia’s Paralympic Games campaign. ...

Dylan, The Slam, And Man Named Sam

UPDATE: Dylan Alcott’s wheelchair quad singles final against Sam Schroder will not be played as originally scheduled on Thursday. A combination of inclement weather, and backlog

Butterfliers Get Set To Soar

Flying into day nine of the swimming schedule at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre, Australia has three competitors in the Men’s 100m Butterfly (S9) including Will Martin, Tim Hodge and

New events added to Para-canoe program puts Aussie...

Australia’s Para-canoe team will have their opportunity to go for gold at the Tokyo Paralympic Games when competition gets underway from Thursday 2 September. Curtis McGrath,

Para-Athletics Day 7: Former German Star Now Repre...

Long jumper Vanessa Low will begin the defence of her Rio gold medal in Tokyo on Thursday and it will be in different national colours. But the 31-year-old is hoping the colour of

Tough day at the office for our Handcyclists

Australian hand cyclists did it tough at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games as they lined up to contest the road race finals. In the 79 kilometre H5 event, Stuart Tripp finished seven

Rising Stars End Aussies’ Reign

Generation Next announced itself to quad wheelchair tennis as relative newcomers Sam Schroder and Niels Vink de-throned Australia’s Dylan Alcott and Heath Davidson in the Tokyo 2