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.
Jack Hale is champing at the bit to run a fast 100m time against very swift opposition tonight in the Nitro Athletics.
Sally Pearson’s rival, Dawn Harper-Nelson, has been suspended for three months after testing positive to a banned substance.
Ben McDevitt will leave ASADA in a far better state than he found it three years ago.
A year before the Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, Australia has three world-leading athletes preparing for the Games.
Usain Bolt did everything short of sword-fighting in his sandals to entertain a crowd of more than 7000 fans who gathered to see the sport’s greatest showman
At 35, Lydia Lassila has proved that she is capable of becoming the first Australian to win three Winter Olympic medals.
Australian Olympic aerial skiing gold medallist Lydia Lassila is back on top of the podium.
Odds shortening on Michael Bohl becoming the head swim coach of a new high-performance program at Griffith University.
Usain Bolt believes he has one more jet-propelled 100m race as he begins the last year of his competitive career tonight.
As an expected sellout Melbourne crowd takes in the world’s fastest man, his eyes will be on the crowd.
There are a couple of good reasons Usain Bolt won’t follow through on his threat to do the long jump in the Nitro series.
Swimming Australia announced yesterday that the next Olympic trials would be held in June 2020.
Sprint superstars Usain Bolt and Asafa Powell have refused to condemn Jamaican teammate Nesta Carter.
The World Olympians Association has expressed concern about the impact of US President Donald Trump’s travel ban.
The ASC’s Winning Edge high-performance system needs reform as well as more funding.
For the second year in a row, national 400m champion Morgan Mitchell has declared her intentions early .
Britt Cox and Matt Graham created history together when they became the first Australian man and woman to win matching World Cup moguls events.
Jamaican officials are likely to appeal the doping sanction of Nesta Carter that has cost Usain Bolt one of his gold medals.
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