Teen ‘over the moon’ with second world title
SCHOOLGIRL Isis Holt was surprised when she won her first world title this week. Now the teen is “over the moon” after picking up another – along with a world record.
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Schoolgirl avenges Rio loss with world title
TEENAGE athletic star Isis Holt has avenged her loss in Rio a year ago to claim gold in the 200m final – at the age of 16.
Triathletes rewarded for Rio golden moment
IT was some of the most memorable moments of last years Paralympics and it has earned Katie Kelly and guide Michellie Jones top honours at their sports awards.
Fearnley sets new Oz Day 10km record
OZ Day 10km record breaker Kurt Fearnley admits wins don’t come as easily as they used to but still plans to push on until at least the Commonwealth Games.
Who’s Australia’s top sportswoman?
WHO is Australia’s top sportswoman in 2016? Have your say and VOTE in the Swoop People’s Choice awards.
Elliott claims top honour at Paralympic awards
STAR swimmer Maddison Elliott’s three gold medals at Rio was rewarded on Thursday when she was named female Paralympian of the year.
Swimmers, cyclist and triathlete in line for award
A TRIO of swimmers, a cyclist and a triathlete are all in the running for one of the top accolades at the Australian Paralympic Awards
Tesch creating waves off the water
SHE’S the basketballer who made a big splash in world sailing. And Liesl Tesch continues to make waves off the water.
Short and Sweet: Droughts broken and extended
THERE was good news for a triathletes and a basketball team but not for the Wallaroos and some of our top rowers. SHORT AND SWEET sport wrap.
Brennan, Payne in line for The Don
THE year’s brightest sporting stars will tonight vie for The Don Award at the Sport Australia Hall of Fame induction and awards ceremony.
Paralympic sailors left high and dry
THE entire cast of Australia’s most successful team at the Paralympics has been forced off the water and into premature Games retirement with their sport booted from the Tokyo 2020.
‘Lucky’ home with medal haul
AUSTRALIA’S most inspirational swimming star “Lucky’’ Patterson arrived home from Rio this week with six medals in her luggage.
Paralympians stinky secret to success
IT’S often stinky, comes in all shapes and sizes and it’s what helped sailor Liesl Tesch and skipper Dan Fitzgibbons defend their Paralympic gold in Rio.
Paralympic Games: That’s a wrap
IT was the second biggest sporting event in 2016 behind the Olympics. But this time Australia cracked the top five. Our wrap of the Paralympic Games.
Paralympics lesson for Olympians
AUSTRALIA’S outstanding success in the Rio Paralympics is an object lesson to the administrators and high profile athletes who represented this country in the Olympic Games.
Fearnley misses fairytale gold by one second
AUSSIE star Kurt Fearnley won his fourth straight medal at a Paralympic wheelchair marathon in Rio. But it wasn’t the colour he wanted most.
Play of the Weekend: Paralympic team
THEY achieved what they said they would and they did it in style. It’s why the Australian Paralympic team has won Swoop PLAY OF THE WEEKEND.
Look out Tokyo! young Aussies have 2020 vision
AUSTRALIA hit its target of a top-five finish in Rio – and team chef de mission Kate McLoughlin has predicted the ‘sky’s the limit’ for Tokyo in 2020.
All the Aussie medal winners from Rio
AUSTRALIA has maintained its top five ranking from London at the Rio Paralympics, winning 81 medals, including 22 golds. That’s plenty of reason to celebrate.
Aussies grab gold in Murderball thriller
RYLEY Batt was the star as Australia closed the Paralympic Games with a stunning defence of their London 2012 wheelchair rugby gold-medal breakthrough.
Rio flag-bearer: From the battlefield to gold
INJURED soldier and para-canoe gold medallist Curtis McGrath will carry our nation’s flag at this morning’s Paralympic Games closing ceremony in Rio.
Rio gold helps ease bullying torment
BULLYING victim Tiffany Thomas Kane says winning a gold medal at her debut Paralympics takes away the pain of what she’s gone through.
Cuts ‘not to blame’ for Paralympic tragedy
PARALYMPICS chiefs have denied Rio 2016’s service cuts following its Olympics budget blowout might have contributed to the death of an Iranian cyclist.
Silver lining for golden Aussie regatta
A ZIG instead of a zag, a protest and a jury’s finding has robbed Australia of a stunning gold-medal sweep in sailing’s farewell to the Paralympic Games.
Rio athlete dies in ‘horrendous tragedy’
PARALYMPIC cyclist Bahman Golbarnezhad has died in Rio after a crashing in the men’s C4-5 road race event.
Tokyo’s big plans to meet Paralympics standard
TOKYO’S 2020 Paralympic Games will force an overdue drive to open up the city’s confined streets, doorways and buildings to benefit people with disabilities.
‘It’s taken me so long so I’m going to enjoy it’
IT’S taken 12 years, three Paralympics and a major Games health scare, but Aussie middle distance runner Michael Roeger finally has his medal.
Silver still satisfying as young gun eyes Tokyo
FIFTEEN-YEAR-OLD Aussie Isis Holt finished second in her T35 200m final, making it back-to-back silvers in the 100m and 200m in her Paralympics debut.
Rio gold rush sets up top five finish
AUSTRALIA’S dream of a top-five Paralympic Games finish came closer to reality with another bumper gold medal haul on a successful day nine in Rio.
Cole beats personal demons to take gold
ELLIE Cole overcame rolling self-doubt to break a string of near-misses with a 100m backstroke gold that marked her first individual victory in Rio.
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