Paralympic stunner: Faster than able-bodied
SOMETHING extraordinary has happened at the Paralympics, with not one but four runners outdoing the gold medallist in the same race at the Rio Olympics.
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Fifty-year-old debutant has got the power
A 50-year-old mother-of-three from Kazakhstan has upstaged younger rivals to claim a powerlifting silver medal in her Paralympic Games debut.
15-year-old jocks key to Fearnley’s bronze
“WHEN I wake up and I see those jocks I know it’s a big day.” Kurt Fearnley’s lucky undies delivered again with the Paralympic star taking bronze in the 5000m.
Medal bound von Einem breaks 32 year hoodoo
ADELAIDE’s Sam von Einem is set to deliver Australia’s first Paralympic table tennis medal in 32 years after winning through to the gold-medal playoff in Rio.
Belles make noise in silent world of goalball
THEY were only confirmed for Rio 10 days out from the opening ceremony. But now the Aussie Belles are making a big impression in the silent world of goalball.
‘I never thought I could play a sport at all’
DAN Michel – the most physically impaired athlete on the Aussie team in Rio – is the perfect reason for the Paralympics to exist, for para-sport to be.
Aussies find golden touch as Kelly, Elliott star
KATIE Kelly created history as Australia’s first para-triathlon medallist while swimming stars Maddison Elliott and Lakeisha Patterson finished gold and silver.
Paralympian: I’m not ready yet for euthanasia
BELGIAN Paralympian Marieke Vervoort is still considering euthanasia to escape a life of unbearable physical pain — only not quite yet.
High-jumper hits jackpot after taking gold
AN Indian high jumper who had never slept in a real bed before last year has leapt into a life of luxury after winning Paralympics gold.
Play of the Weekend: Jessica Gallagher
IT took just a little over a minute for Jessica Gallagher to create history in Rio. To be exact, 1:08.171. And it has won her SWOOP Play of the Weekend.
High-jumper hits jackpot with gold medal leap
AN Indian high jumper who had never slept in a real bed before last year has leapt into a life of luxury after winning Paralympics gold.
Aussie outrage as goalball rivals fail to turn up
AUSTRALIA’S women’s goalball coach has slammed rival Algeria for “embarrassing” the Paralympic movement with a first-round forfeit.
Aussie Rio medal haul grows but golds elusive
AUSTRALIA has gone gold-less on a day that disgraced cyclist Michael Gallagher was due to shoot for a third successive Paralympic Games victory.
Stories behind our Paralympians
THEY are teachers, advocates, adventurers, cafe owners, AFL referees and Newcastle Knights fans and they are set to take the world by storm in Rio.
Brenden is pure gold
PETRIE’S Brenden Hall asserted his dominance of the pool in the only way he knows how – with a golden swim at the Rio Paralympic Games.
Aussie’s stunning piece of Games history
CYCLIST Jess Gallagher has grabbed a slice of Australian sporting history, becoming the nation’s first athlete to medal at both the summer and winter Games.
Meet the cut-price Aussie basketball superstars
AUSTRALIA’S most successful basketball group is not the Boomers, or even the Opals. It’s the Rollers and they are hot on the trail of redemption.
White Tiger grabs bronze behind sprint legend
IRISH sprinter Jason Smyth has emulated the great Usain Bolt in Rio while young Aussie Chad Perris grabbed bronze with what he described as an ‘awesome’ run.
The Michael Jordan of Murderball
RYLEY Batt is normally calm and collected but when he takes the floor he’s a “bit of a head case” — something that helps the four-time Paralympian become such a murderball weapon.
Young swimmer wins first Aussie gold in Rio
THE Queensland teen who claimed Australia’s first gold medal of the Rio 2016 Paralympics concedes her win was a “bitter-sweet” demolition of her childhood idol.
Silver lining for Pole after Sydney torment
IT has taken 16 long years but Polish discus thrower Robert Jachimowicz says he has finally won justice following his Sydney Paralympic Games heartbreak.
Gallagher on track for historic double
JESS Gallagher is aiming to create history as the first Australian athlete – Olympian or Paralympian – to win medals at both the winter and summer Games.
Fearnley’s support for Russian rival
PARALYMPIC legend Kurt Fearnley has implored a Russian rival shattered by the federation’s blanket Rio ban to fight through the wreckage and return for Tokyo 2020.
Tough fight for Brock to keep his dream afloat
BROCK Ingram has learnt to write with his opposite hand. “It’s still neater than the doctors’ handwriting, anyway,” he grins.
Wheelchair stunt opens Paralympics
A WHEELCHAIR athlete races down a steep ramp before somersaulting through the air lit by fireworks over Rio’s Maracana Stadium: let the Paralympic Games begin …
Melissa returns to Rio table for seconds
MELISSA Tapper says the experience of her maiden Olympic campaign last month has her geared to push for a breakthrough Paralympics medal.
Cycle of injury can’t break Modra’s spirit
PARALYMPIC gold medallist Kieran Modra has recovered from a broken jaw in time for Rio, the vision impaired cyclist insisting: “I’m pretty good with setbacks.”
Kurt Fearnley’s Paralympics social media guide
THE Rio Paralympics are not far away and for all the latest action direct from Brazil, Kurt Fearnley has your guide to the personalities you should be following on social media.
‘I want to win gold and then end my life’
BELGIAN Paralympic champion Marieke Vervoort, a wheelchair athlete with an incurable degenerative disease, has revealede she is considering assisted suicide after Rio.
Rollers captain Ness named Aussie flag bearer
MEN’S wheelchair basketball captain Brad Ness will lead Australia’s athletes in Thursday morning’s (EST) Paralympics opening ceremony after being named flag bearer.
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