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 broken back seemingly shattered Australian snowboarder Belle Brockhoff’s dream of a fourth Winter Olympics. She details her comeback plans, and the horrifying ordeal – complete with adult diapers and nappy rash – which got her back on track.
Rowing Australia has changed processes and personnel after an independent review into its worst Olympic showing in 36 years highlighted several issues in the high performance program.
Jessica Hull has produced a stellar double victory weekend at the national championships, taking out the 5000m a day after claiming the 1500m national title.
Gout Gout has produced one of the most astonishing races seen on Australian soil, clocking 19.84sec in the 200m to best the time Usain Bolt ran at the same age. WATCH THE VIDEO
The “Benjamin Button” of Australia’s sprint resurgence Rohan Browning has claimed a third national 100m title, edging Lachlan Kennedy by just five one-thousandths of a second in a thriller.
A day after Gout Gout lit up Australian and world athletics, his arch rival Lachlan Kennedy has laid down a time in the 100 metres that was so close to also breaking the 10-second barrier.
Teen sprinter Gout Gout mobbed like rock star; a stadium sellout for the first time in decades; a 57-year-old sprint record broken — what’s driving the explosion of running talent?
Australian sprint sensation Gout Gout is seemingly doing the impossible – clocking sub-10s times at 17 years old. But there’s one person who thinks his achievements don’t ‘feel very special’.
With Gout Gout fast emerging on Australia’s sprinting scene, the forgotten man of Australian athletics is back on track, refreshed and ready to take up the fight.
Gout Gout broke the magical 10-second barrier in a 100m heat at the Australian Athletics Championships. Then he did it again in the final. WATCH THE VIDEOS.
Gout Gout will get another golden opportunity to claim sprinting history after breaking the magical 10-second barrier. Here’s everything you need to know about his next race.
Australia’s medal hopes a massive boost as part of a radical overhaul of the Olympic program with a number of new sports and events added to the schedule.
In scenes not seen since the Cathy Freeman era, Gout Gout has quickly realised his popularity as he prepares for the Australian Athletics Championships.
Olympic pole gold medallist Nina Kennedy is hoping to still be able to defend her world title in Tokyo despite facing months on the sideline after going under the knife.
Stawell Gift handicaps have been released for this year’s renewal of the famous event and Gout Gout is well placed. Meanwhile, an emerging female track star has broken a 57-year record.
No Australian had ever broken the magical 70m barrier in discus throwing – until Olympic star Matt Denny shattered the mark with one of the longest throws in history.
As governments wrestle over the ceiling of Olympic spending, one sport is trying to stop the water leaking through a real ceiling, and is urgently calling for support ahead of Brisbane 2032.
Incoming AOC boss Mark Arbib has put the NRL and AFL on notice, and plans to use the lure of gold at the Brisbane Games to convince young athletes to turn their back on the footy codes and chase Olympic glory.
The former Labor power broker and advisor to James Packer, was voted in by the AOC board to replace outgoing CEO Matt Carroll.
It won’t play host to any matches but Football Queensland is not giving up on its dream to see Perry Park transformed into a 20,000 seat stadium in time for the 2032 Olympics.
Australia has a long history of producing parent-child sporting greatness, but which famous name stands above the rest?
World Rugby has put forward an audacious plan for Sevens to be placed as the first gold medal awarded at the 2032 Brisbane Olympics, with officials also eyeing a switch from Suncorp.
While it might not have been in the script, Gout Gout suffering a shock loss to Lachlan Kennedy could end up being a pivotal moment in Australian sprinting. This is why.
David Crisafulli was warned Tennis Australia’s $113m plan to overhaul Queensland’s tennis centre for the Brisbane 2032 Olympics was not worth the cost but the Premier backed it anyway.
It’s taken a series of tense and willing negotiations to get everyone on the same team for the 2032 Brisbane Games venue and infrastructure reboot.
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