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.
One of Australia’s most celebrated Olympians has quit the AOC board amid a rancorous struggle for control.
Athletics Australia has confirmed it will support the re-election of Australian Olympic Committee president John Coates.
Fifty metres from the finish of the national men’s 800m final, Luke Mathews had to fight or quit.
Ex-Hockey Australia boss David Hatt has called for federal political intervention in the AOC-sports commission war.
A sports management academic says the time to heal Australian Olympic sport is after the Commonwealth Games.
The national men’s 1500m final will be played out against a background of intrigue tomorrow.
Some of our smallest Olympic sports are already big winners from the AOC presidency challenge to John Coates.
It’s been more than a dozen years since an Australian woman broke 51 seconds for 400m.
Sally Pearson has proved herself as an athlete many times over but she still needs to prove herself as a coach.
The Australian swimming team will set up a home away from home in Japan for three years leading to the Tokyo Olympics.
While fans were cheering Boomers and Opals at the Olympics, the AOC was working to strike the names from the record.
He’s been the face of the AOC for decades. Now John Coates is under threat.
The battle for control of Australia’s Olympic movement is being fought against the backdrop of a bitter dispute.
Sports Minister Greg Hunt has denied the government is taking sides in the AOC’s presidential election.
Throw big, then go home. That’s been the pattern all season for former world discus champion Dani Stevens.
The debate about John Coates’s future as AOC president seems like it’s change for change’s sake.
The leading Olympic sports have had their current government funding levels guaranteed until mid-2018.
Olympic gold medallist Natalie Cook says John Coates deserves to stay on as AOC president.
Australia’s most successful Olympic sport has signalled its support for a change at the top of the AOC.
New leadership at the AOC could help drive us to meet the challenge of success at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
Wannabe Australian Olympic Committee president Danni Roche was the fourth candidate ASC chairman John Wylie approached.
John Coates believes a challenge for his job at the AOC is part of a takeover bid by the ASC.
Indigenous skater Harley Windsor and his Russian-born partner Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya have won a world figure-skating title.
Backstroke world champion Mitch Larkin’s new coach and training regime is showing signs of paying dividends.
New Sports Minister Greg Hunt plans to broker a peace between feuding sports leaders John Coates and John Wylie.
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