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.
A review of planning for the 2032 Olympics has found Brisbane squandered the priceless advantage of time.
Gout Gout is not the only athletics ace to put the world on notice. Torrie Lewis is training with a track legend to continue her rise and reveals what it’s like to be part of Australia’s new wave.
Usman Khawaja has made the Gabba his home since joining Queensland’s Sheffield Shield team and the Brisbane Heat, but the Australian opener senses the famed ground is dying a slow death.
Staring death in the face the same way she stared down her opponents when she was winning Olympic gold medals for Australia in the pool, Dawn Fraser’s fighting spirit has pulled her through life’s toughest battle.
New details of the fatal incident can be revealed after Rohan Dennis fronted court on Tuesday and pleaded guilty to a downgraded charge that still carries a lengthy prison sentence.
Gout Gout has been inundated with messages since his heroics in breaking Peter Norman’s 56 year-old Australian record for the 200m, but one stood out as the teenager’s new life takes shape.
A deeply upset Olympic gold medallist Lani Pallister has opened up on her ‘heartfelt concern’ for godmother Dawn Fraser after news of the 87-year-old undergoing emergency surgery.
Gout Gout passed Peter Norman’s long-standing 200m record on the weekend, and his family is delighted to pass the torch – while Usain Bolt himself has taken notice of Australia’s big new thing.
Shunned Hockeyroo Rosie Malone says her international hockey career is over, accusing the sport of “an abuse of power and a broken system”.
Believe the hype. Sixteen-year-old sprint sensation Gout Gout ‘has the ability to become the next Usain Bolt’, according to an Australian sprint icon.
He’s only 16, but sprinter Gout Gout can’t even walk through school anymore without being mobbed. Australia’s next big Olympic hopeful chats to SCOTT GULLAN about how his family keeps him on a laser-focused path to gold medals.
Gout Gout has written himself into Australian athletics history by breaking the country’s longest-standing record — which had stood for almost 50 years.
The surprise move by 2032 Olympic Games organising boss Andrew Liveris to back a new Brisbane stadium intensifies pressure on the Queensland Premier to abandon an election pledge on the issue.
Sprint sensation Gout Gout is getting closer to a huge milestone after the 16-year-old swept the competition in a record-breaking day at the Australian All Schools Championships. WATCH THE RACES
Australia’s most successful Olympian and one of this year’s flag bearers in Paris headline the list of Olympians who have retired since this year’s games. See the full list of those who have called time.
The World Anti-Doping Agency has looked to Australia to appoint someone who can mediate the ongoing fallout of the organisation’s handling of this year’s Chinese swimming scandal.
Brisbane Olympics organising boss Andrew Liveris has dramatically backed a new stadium for the 2032 Games, revealing a multi-billion-dollar venue at inner-city Victoria Park ‘makes the most sense’.
Queensland Deputy Premier Jarrod Bleijie says politicians will be ‘stepping back’ on Olympic planning amid 100 day venue review.
In a subtle shot across the bow at the Games’ tardy start, the new Queensland government has been reminded to ‘respect’ promises made to the IOC amid the new state government’s 100 day review of the 2032 masterplan.
The announcement that Matt Carroll is stepping down as AOC chief executive has everyone in the close-knit sector speculating about who his replacement might be. These big names are among the contenders.
The ‘independent’ review of Brisbane’s stalled Olympic venues program will be headed by a businessman who gave more than $12,000 to the Queensland Liberal National Party.
Jakara Anthony was born in the tropics but is carving a career as one of Australia’s top Winter athletes. She talks about her love of surfing, quest for back-to-back gold and living in eternal winters.
Just three months after the Paris Olympics – and eight years before Brisbane hosts in 2032 – four iconic sports have had their programs cut as a savage funding crisis engulfs Australian sport.
After an incredible first campaign in Paris, Australia’s much loved chef de mission, Anna Meares is set extend her reign to Los Angeles 2028, while the AOC will begin the search for a new CEO.
An Olympic medallist has been told he is not welcome in Australia cycling again after a deceptive act just before his shock post Paris Olympic defection to Great Britain.
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