Paralympics CEO’s mystery absence before shock resignation
The CEO of Paralympics Australia has resigned just one day after the team was launched for the Paris Olympics, with insiders revealing she had recently skipped several major functions.
The CEO of Paralympics Australia has resigned just one day after the team was launched for the Paris Olympics, with insiders revealing she had recently skipped several major functions.
Paralympics Australia has been left in shock after the organisation’s CEO walked out on her role weeks out from the Games.
After suffering injuries in a car crash as a teenager, rower Alexandra Viney was struggling to find where she fit in in sport. A chance conversation with a stranger led her back to her first love as a Paralympian.
Impoverished Olympians and Paralympians will have their campaigns fast-tracked, with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese set to announce a record quarter-of-a-billion-dollar funding boost.
Two former canoeists, a bronze medallist and a rookie who wasn’t involved in the sport just two years ago will all feature in Australia’s biggest Paralympic Games archery team in 40 years.
A severe brain injury put a one-time rising triathlete in a hospital bed for half a year. Her parents prepared for the worst. Now Alexa Leary has defied the odds.
Amanda Reid hopes her determination to win back-to-back Paralympic gold in the 500m time trial C2 at Paris will help inspire the next generation of Indigenous stars.
Not many Paralympic swimmers win their first gold medal at their fourth attempt, especially after they’ve hit their 30s. But, then, Ahmed Kelly isn’t like most other swimmers. Find out why inside.
Co-captain Angie Ballard made her Paralympic debut over two decades ago, now she’s leading the next generation to Paris and says the short turnaround from Tokyo has worked in their favour.
A gold medal is what Rheed McCracken has firmly set his sights on at the Paris Paralympics, but 12 months ago he almost threw in the towel. ERIN SMITH talks to him about his road to Paris.
A new look Paralympic team uniform has been unveiled at the final day of Australian Fashion Week in Sydney, as the countdown to the opening ceremony in Paris closes in on 100 days.
Rheed McCracken was 11 the first time he saw someone like him on the TV – he hopes to help normalise people with disabilities through a new campaign with a major clothing label.
A senate inquiry has heard the decision to dump the Gabba plan for the 2032 Brisbane Olympics followed an official review and a ‘shadow review’.
A senate inquiry has heard the decision to dump the Gabba plan for the 2032 Brisbane Olympics followed an official review and a ‘shadow review’.
Katja Dedekind has almost spent more time out of the pool in rehab than she has training this Paralympic cycle, but she won’t let that stop her from making the team for Paris. This is how she’ll do it.
Paralympic team captain Curtis McGrath will finish preparations for the defence of his two gold medals at home before jetting into Paris just before the Games. Find out why inside.
The morning show host and Brisbane-born personality offered up his ideas for saving his home state from further embarrassment.
Steven Miles will snub the findings of a $450,000 taxpayer-funded review to spend billions upgrading the dilapidated Queensland Sport and Athletic Centre for the 2032 Games.
Paralympics Australia officials have helped secure a major win for athletes ahead of the Paris Games. Find out why the win is so important for athletes inside.
It is a topic which has divided the wheelchair racing world – but Australian superstar Madi de Rozario will call on a controversial hi-tech chair to defend her Paralympic crown in Paris.
Liam Twomey has survived cancer, overcome drug and alcohol abuse and is now on the cusp of a Paralympic berth. He opens up on his inspirational story.
The man who was told he would never be able to walk, talk or live an independent life is now on the brink of a remarkable breakthrough he hopes to achieve at the Paris Games.
Australia’s most decorated Paralympian Ellie Cole has revealed her baby joy after the expected arrival of her first child.
The Rollers have set their sights on their first Paralympic medal in 12 years, after beating some of the world’s best teams to Oceania’s only Wheelchair Basketball qualification spot.
Oscar Pistorius has been released from jail today nearly 11 years after killing his ex-girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.
Indiana Cooper is a talented 18-year-old sprinter – but her decision to do the seemingly impossible and qualify for the Paralympics in a sport she took up a year out from the Games hasn’t surprised anyone.
Convicted killer Oscar Pistorius, once an Olympian, could be given a freedom date in days after a court identified a huge blunder.
NSW has committed to equal funding for Olympic and Paralympic athletes and issued a challenge for other states to “get competitive”.
At 37 the training sessions are getting a little bit harder but para-canoe racer Susan Seipel has no plans on stopping until she ticks one final box at the Olympics.
Most sons will do anything for their mothers and world champion paracanoe racer Dylan Littlehales is no different, with an incredible display of support as his mum battles cancer.
The Indigenous athlete has been remembered by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese as “a mentor and a source of inspiration to so many”.
Paralympic gold medal champion Kurt Fearnley doesn’t see himself as one of the greats, but now its official. Later this month he will be inducted to the Sport Australia Hall of Fame with a group including Nova Peris, Johnathan Thurston and Tim Cahill.
A decision to splash billions of taxpayer dollars on rebuilding the Gabba in Brisbane has come under fire.
Faced with expulsion from World Aquatics, Swimming Australia has given its champions reassurances as the threat of missing Paris 2024 looms.
A world champion cyclist has become a cult hero after a trophy presentation blunder that is spreading across the internet.
A Paralympian says she has been “violated” after a thief broke into her secure carpark and stole her custom-made tricycle.
A Commonwealth Games gold medallist swimmer says a group of athletes will be badly affected if the competition cannot survive.
A transgender runner has beaten eight competitors at a world championships event years after being at the centre of a protest.
Videos that been viewed millions of times have been accused of mocking Paralympians, but some athletes features say it’s just a “laugh”.
Oscar Pistorius has learned his fate after a parole hearing to decide whether he should be freed early from his 13-year prison sentence.
Strange omen before Australian snowboarder Ben Tudhope wins world title and dedicates victory to late mate and coach on day cyclist completes switch to snow for maiden crown.
Fed up with being treated like second-class citizens, Australia’s Paralympians have taken aim at governments and big businesses that keep ignoring their pleas for a fair go.
One of Geelong’s greatest ever in the water, Phoebe Mitchell broke 74 world records in a spectacular 20-year run in the pool.
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