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.
Telaya Blacksmith enters the Stade de France with the wondrous expression of a kid gazing skywards and witnessing the splendour of fireworks for the first time.
Lauren Parker is on a road less travelled, grabbing along the way her second medal of a peerless and fearless Games campaign.
Canadian Marco Arop was in last place halfway through the 800m final – he came in second by just .01 seconds and chopped 1.65 seconds off his personal best. But more surprising was the secret ingredient that Arop credited for helping him: baking soda.
There was another medal rush for the Aussies on day seven of the Paralympic Games — check out what you missed overnight plus the full medal table.
After defying all odds to claim his third Olympic title in Paris, James Turner has revealed how he had to build himself from the ground up just months out from the Paralympic Games.
Teenage sensation Telaya Blacksmith made a big impression as she made her international debut in front of tens of thousands of fans in Paris.
Following a second heartbreak at the Paris Paralympics, Australian middle distance runner Jaryd Clifford has called for more drug testing in para sport amid a Russian medal clean-up.
There was more gold for Australia on day six of the Paris Paralympics — check out what you missed overnight plus the full medal table.
Alexa Leary’s parents thought they had lost her after a horrific bike crash – now she’s tipped to win the 100m freestyle at the Paris Paralympics.
Beau Vernon was once a gun junior footballer who played alongside future AFL stars Dale Thomas, Scott Pendlebury and Xavier Ellis. He’s now a Paralympic medallist. This is his story.
Italian runner Valentina Petrillo, a biological male who identifies as a woman, came third in the women’s T12 400m semifinal, as JK Rowling slams the ‘cheat’.
Sydney’s Dan Michel and Dunedoo’s Jamieson Leeson take historic silver at the Paris Paralympics, marking Australia’s first medals in the sport.
The Paralympic swimmer who stole Australian hearts has pinched a gold medal with an incredible final leg in a stirring relay triumph at La Defense Arena.
Alexa Leary has stunned with an astonishing anchor leg to match some of Australian swimming’s greats and help clinch Paralympics gold in the mixed medley relay.
Three years after being painfully pipped at the line in Tokyo, Australia’s bravest athlete prevailed in Paris taking out gold despite being in ‘neuropathic pain’ throughout the race.
From eating disorders, rotten luck, unfathomable mental battles and constant agonising pain since a horrific 2017 bike accident, ‘being an overcomer’ saw Lauren Parker power home to clinch a Paralympic gold.
Australia’s wheelchair rugby team got back on the podium, a rising star shone on the track and there was history at the Boccia — check out what you missed overnight plus the full medal table.
The 16-year-old whose Paralympic journey is funded by Latrell Mitchell is set to take Paris by storm.
Paralympian Dayna Crees thrives on the big stage, yet it’s the everyday activities that are her toughest moments. Now Crees is shutting down the haters with a Games medal on debut.
One conversation seven years ago proved to be the start of a historic para-rowing day for Australia. BRAYDEN MAY goes inside the friendship of Nikki Ayers and Jed Altschwager.
All roads lead to the boccia. Dan Michel and Jamieson Leeson are on the verge of claiming Australia’s first Paralympic gold medal in the sport that is taking Paris by storm.
Australia has enjoyed its most successful day of the Paralympic Games yet, with the rowers leading the way and a swim star claiming a medal after overcoming a disqualification scare.
A gold medal has eluded five-time Paralympian Michael Roeger for the best part of two decades, and just as it looked like his golden dream would ring true, he was pipped by a ‘neutral’ in Paris.
Rising middle distance star Cameron Myers led the charge as Australia capped a stunning world junior athletics championships with four medals on the final night of competition in Peru.
Two former Chinese champions who left their homeland to start a new life in Australia have repaid their adopted country by teaming up to win gold
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