Blinded Paralympian scores amazing goal
VISUALLY impaired Behzad Zadaliasghari showed off some impeccable ball control, and a tidy finish, with what has to be the goal of the Paralympic Games in Rio.
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Young gun ends Aussie medal drought with silver
HE learnt the game against the backdrop of Abu Dhabi’s golden sand, but table tennis player Sam von Einem says silver is his new favourite colour.
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.
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.
Ballard hopes Rio will remember Paralympic titans
ANGIE Ballard says she has had her “mint moment” as an athlete, but the soon-to-be five-time Paralympian may rethink that if she can pick up an elusive gold in Rio this month.
Paralympic doper says he crossed ‘dark line’
DISGRACED Australian Paralympian Michael Gallagher has apologised for crossing a “dark line” into blood doping that led to his Games expulsion.
Third time lucky for Beattie?
THE only woman who could beat her in London is now banned from competing so can anything stop long-jumper Carlee Beattie from taking gold in Rio.
Aussies: scandal ‘isolated incident’
AUSTRALIA team bosses say the remaining members of the Para-cycling team will race clean in Rio after the Michael Gallagher revelations.
Who will be our Paralympic flag-bearer?
AUSTRALIA will reveal its Paralympic flag-bearer tomorrow, with the figurehead chosen for their excellence both on and off the sporting field.
Goalball ace out to make most of late Rio call
AUSSIE goalball team member Raissa Martin may have had only 10 days to get officially prepare for the Paralympics but she is determined to do Australia proud.
Daniela’s sixth Paralympics a whole new ball game
THE aim is still much the same. But for Victorian wheelchair athlete Daniela Di Toro, her sixth Paralympics will be a totally different ball game.
Aussie Paralympian cops Rio drug ban
TWO-time Paralympic cycling gold medallist Michael Gallagher has been banned from the Rio Games after being handed a provisional doping suspension.
Aussie Paralympian cops Rio drug ban
TWO-time Paralympic cycling gold medallist Michael Gallagher has been banned from the Rio Games after being handed a provisional doping suspension.
Whole new Hall game in Rio
SEVENTEEN years after a near fatal bout of chickenpox resulted in the amputation of his right leg, Brenden Hall is ready for a gold hunt.
Paralympians holding firm on top five pledge
AUSTRALIA’S Paralympics team is refusing be daunted by the nation’s Olympic Games shortfall in Rio, insisting its own top-five tilt remains on target.
Sieders’ dream to paddle for gold
COLIN Sieders has his world record even before he touches down in Rio — and it has nothing to do with how fast he can paddle.
‘Red’ Scott a man of many talents
PARALYMPIAN Brad “Red” Scott is a man of many talents.
Russia banned from Paralympics over doping
RUSSIA was banned from the Rio Paralympic Games on Sunday over the state-run doping revealed in an inquiry last month.
Pistorius taken to hospital
OSCAR Pistorius was treated for minor wrist injuries at a hospital and has been returned to the South African jail where the Olympian is serving a six-year sentence.
Five world titles, but gold’s the goal for Bill
FIVE world championships isn’t enough for Bill Chaffey – not when Paralympic gold is up for grabs for the first time.
Triathlon great, rookie in tandem for Rio
TRIATHLON great Michellie Jones has a second chance to be part of sporting history in Rio thanks to a woman on an extraordinary journey.
Garvey, McLean off to Rio Paralympics
Western Australians Brant Garvey and Claire McLean have been named on a seven-strong Australia para-triathlon squad for the Rio Games.
Short and Sweet: A fightback and a comeback
WE have a comeback and a fightback to remember and the latest from a huge week of woman and sport in SHORT AND SWEET.
Angie’s lightbulb moment: I can be the best
IT HAS taken Angie Ballard world championships, world records and four Paralympic Games campaigns, but she’s finally worked out where she sits in wheelchair racing’s pecking order.
Schoolgirl pipped as Aussie team youngest
SYDNEY schoolgirl Tiffany Thomas Kane has been beaten to the punch once recently but she doesn’t plan on it happening in the pool at her first Paralympics
Archer Milne aims to make Australia proud
AUSTRALIA will send its first archer in 12 years to the Paralympics, after naming Jonathon Milne in its 170-athlete squad for Rio.
‘I want that medal more than anything’
ALL the experts have him pencilled in for gold but wheelchair tennis Paralympian Dylan Alcott knows things always don’t go according to plan.
It gets worse as Russia cops a fresh blow
RUSSIA’S track and field team has been banned from Rio and so too might every other athlete, but another blow might make things even worse.
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Our 409 Rio athletes deserve the spotlight
I’M done with the bad energy. Let’s leave Russia, Kitty Chiller, Zika and crime at the Rio door and focus on what the Olympics is really about – the athletes.
London redemption on Rollers’ Rio menu
ROLLERS captain Brad Ness says he will do everything in his power to avoid the heartbreak the Australian men’s basketball team suffered in London.
New Rio nightmare for our biggest stars
HERE’S a sneak peek at where Aussie athletes will be forced to sleep at the Rio Olympics, and it is making our biggest stars more than a little bit nervous.
Leisl’s biggest fear is what lies beneath
A PLASTIC bag or condoms snagged on a piece of bamboo might prevent Liesl Tesch achieving her dream of a second Olympic gold medal in Rio, but not a “baddie’’ holding a gun.
I hope we don’t get a dead dog in the keel
DEAD dogs in the water is going to be one of the on-water factors sailors will have to deal with at the Paralympics this September, says Leisl Tesch.
Pistorius handed six-year jail sentence
DISGRACED Paralympian Oscar Pistorius has been sentenced to six years in prison for murdering his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp – but may only serve one.
How rower stays positive after 21 years of hell
WHENEVER you experience tough times and feel like giving up, Erik Horrie wants you to remember his tale of triumph against the odds.
Racing to Rio: Body parts, Zika dramas
POLLUTION, Zika and shootings are hot topics ahead of the Games but there are now reports body parts have washed ashore near an Olympic site. Latest news in RACING TO RIO.
‘We want our athletes protected’
AUSTRALIA’S Olympic boss Kitty Chiller has called on organisers of the Rio games to beef up security after two Paralympians were robbed at gun point.
Paralympian robbed at gun point in Rio
AN Australian Paralympic sailor and official have been threatened with a gun and robbed before a race meet in Rio de Janeiro.
Afghan war veteran plans for Rio success
WHEN it comes to making his Paralympic Games debut, Afghanistan war veteran Curtis McGrath has a single golden strategy in mind.
Tapper brings double helping to Rio table
MELISSA Tapper is off to the Olympics, twice. Yep, that’s right, the table tennis star will become the first Australian to complete at dual Games in Rio.
Paralympians suit up for Rio assault
FOR Torita Isaac and the rest of Australia’s Rio-bound Paralympians, getting their hands on the official uniforms suddenly “makes it feel more real.”
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