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.
Chumpy Pullin took bronze in snowboard cross as Australia continued to haul in the medals at the world championships.
Matt Carroll has been appointed the new chief executive of the Australian Olympic Committee.
Youngster Riley Day is balancing her life as a schoolgirl with being a rising star of the track.
Olympian Michelle Jenneke believes she has the chance to beat Olympic gold medallist Sally Pearson for the first time.
Australia’s halfpipe hero Scotty James has ticked the box at every major event he has entered this season.
Mo Farah was among a group of athletes at the Nike Oregon Project who were told to stop drinking a supplement in 2013.
If fourth is the worst place to finish at the Olympics, then ninth is hardly better, at least if you are a sprinter.
Rowing Australia chairman Rob Scott has hit back at the heated criticism of his new governance model.
No Australian winter athlete has had a more dominant season than new world moguls champion Britt Cox.
The man who oversaw Australia winning 10 golds will lead the Paralympic team at a fourth Winter Games.
Mitch Gourley, who was born with no left forearm, has finally made the breakthrough ahead of Winter Paralympics.
Olympic gold medallist Lydia Lassila has found perfection in the last World Cup event of her comeback season.
Jacco Verhaeren has resigned from international swimming’s coaches committee because of a lack of leadership on doping issues.
Cameron McEvoy has become the first man this year to blast through the 22-second barrier in the 50m freestyle.
World backstroke champion Emily Seebohm has bounced back from surgery to show she is on track for the Australian team.
World 100m freestyle record-holder Cate Campbell will skip the world championships as she takes a year to refresh.
Kyle Chalmers could be forced out of his last competition before next month’s national trials with a respiratory illness.
Mo Farah says he is clean as he tries to distance himself from allegations involving his coach Alberto Salazar.
Racehorses are treated better than human elite athletes when it comes to preparing them for retirement.
Aerial skiing champion Lydia Lassila has regained her golden touch with remarkable speed.
Former world discus champion Dani Stevens has thrown a distance that would have won the silver medal in Rio.
Our Olympic rowing team has been dealt a huge blow after a mass walkout from the sport’s new centralised program.
You might not know where PyeongChang is now, but you will by this time next year.
Kim Brennan says sports need to rethink their approach to career transition in a bid to stop triumph becoming tragedy.
Bloodletting has begun at the top of the AOC, with president John Coates moving to silence dissenting voices.
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