Australia’s Paralympians have been partying like there’s no tomorrow after the curtain came down on a spectacular Paris Games that have given a rude wake-up call to Brisbane’s 2032 organisers.
Curtis McGrath was unable to complete his golden double heroics of four years ago when he surprisingly missed out on a medal in his final race at the Paris Paralympics.
Madison de Rozario raced with grit and a secret – claiming a silver medal in the T54 marathon before revealing her father died on the night of the Paris Paralympics opening ceremony.
Curtis McGrath says he was in Paris to compete, not participate, but other Paralympians have a different view. Maybe both are right.
A huge four years are ahead for the International Paralympic Committee as they set out to capture the minds and hearts of the American public to make the LA Games just as special as Paris.
Our Aussie athletes ensured medals were coming with a rush on the penultimate day of the Paralympic Games — check out what you missed overnight in Paris with full medal tally!
More success in the pool, Curtis McGrath and Li Na Lei close in on medals and more. Here’s everything you missed from day nine in Paris.
It’s one hour after Alexa Leary’s victory at the Paris Paralympics. We’re having a beer with her old man, Russ, at the pub across the road. Come on, mate. Tell us the whole story. ‘Standing here right now,’ he says, ‘I’d go over to the pool and hand the medal back.’ Brace yourselves.
Aussies were crashing all around, but 20-year-old pole vaulter Kurtis Marschall stood tall to finish seventh in his first world championship final.
Brooke Stratton will approach the world championship long jump preliminaries in a relaxed frame of mind.
The NSW government was preparing to offer the family of Olympic great Betty Cuthbert a state service.
For the first time since the IAAF’s hyperandrogenism rules were struck down, Caster Semenya seemed after a race.
Australia’s most reliable medal winner has been forced out the world championships in London with a hamstring strain.
It’s taken longer than many predicted, but sprinting powerhouse Jamaica finally has a gold medal at the world championships.
Some of the world’s top athletes at the London World Championships have been laid low with food poisoning and gastroenteritis.
Caster Semenya left her run too late, but picked up a bronze medal in the world championship 1500m this morning.
International athletics community honours Betty Cuthbert with a minute of silence at world championships in London.
Tributes pour in as nation recalls Olympian Betty Cuthbert’s feats.
Betty Cuthbert’s best friend believes the Golden Girl was trying to say thank you to God before she passed away.
Australia mourned yesterday for its Golden Girl Betty Cuthbert.
Kerryn McCann is never far from Jess Trengove’s thoughts.
Australia’s Kelsey-Lee Roberts has warned there is “more to come’’ in the world championships javelin final.
Betty Cuthbert was Australia’s greatest track and field athlete, and arguably the most loved.
Tributes are flowing for Australian sprinting legend Betty Cuthbert who died overnight after a long battle with multiple sclerosis.
Everyone in London booed 100m gold medallist Justin Gatlin … everyone, that is, except Usain Bolt. Is he the only person but me who sees Gatlin is a redeemed figure?
How much did American Olympic silver medallist Tori Bowie want the world 100m title in London last night?
South Australian marathoner Jess Trengove has today become the first Australian woman to finish in the top 10 in the marathon at the world championships.
The response was a little more polite than 24 hours earlier, but 100m winner Justin Gatlin still booed as he receives gold medal.
Former junior pole vault star Kurtis Marschall has cracked the big time at the world championships in London.
Mo Farah is running. Fast. Away from tough questions.
The world championships in London demonstrated just what a moral maze the sport has found itself in over doping.
The world was looking for a feel-good finish at the world athletics championships — but it happened in the long jump, not the 100m.
Sprint titan Usain Bolt bows out of major individual athletics races in most dramatic way, settling for 100m bronze behind Justin Gatlin.
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