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.
Australian athlete Jaryd Clifford wept on the track after being disqualified from his bronze medal at the Paris Paralympics.
There were ups and downs on day three of the Paris Paralympics — check out what you missed overnight plus the full medal table.
With the last two Paralympics not including Sally Pilbeam’s classification it’s been a long time coming to finally become a Paralympian. But the 46-year-old is determined as ever to not just ‘make up the numbers.’
Tim Hodge has missed out a medal in Paris after finishing behind two Russian swimmers who were allowed to compete as ‘neutrals.’ Yet, some athletes are questioning how ‘neutral’ they really are.
Triple gold medallist Jess Fox is returning home from Paris with a new-found fame and although it’s taken some getting used to, she is excited to share her golden glory with Australia after a ghostly Tokyo experience.
After being pipped at the line in Tokyo one of Australia’s bravest athletes Lauren Parker has ‘unfinished business’ as she sets out to claim gold in this year’s triathlon at the Paris Paralympics.
Aussie internet sensation Gout Gout has delivered on the world stage once again with an incredible run at the junior world championships, as Torrie Lewis won silver in Peru.
You may not have heard of Ongiou Timeon but Australia has played a part in his remarkable rise to become his country’s first Paralympian as he gets set to compete at the Paris Games.
Australia’s latest gold medalist ‘The Flying Burrito’ Korey Boddington fell in love with the velodrome after two near death experiences before he was 18, he shares why he’s ‘just obsessed with it.’
The action heated up as the Aussies landed three more medals on day two of the Paralympic Games in Paris. Here’s what you might have missed overnight.
There’s a tiny part of Paris that turns yellow at 10.30pm – and it’s not the River Seine, but somewhere the parents of Australian swimmers have called home during the Paris Olympics.
‘Just you wait until the 100m finals. I’ll be a speed demon. I’ll be a weapon,’ says Alexa Leary.
Quit! No. quit! No. Tom Gallagher’s family and doctors kept telling him to stop swimming. Because it could kill him. He ignored the lot of ’em before winning his first Paralympic gold medal.
He’s the viral internet sprint star earning comparisons to Usain Bolt and Gout Gout showed just why at the world junior athletics championships in Peru.
Tom Gallagher has won Australia’s first gold medal in Paris, three years after he almost died after a medical emergency in Tokyo.
Australia’s wheelchair rugby medal campaign took a hit after the Steelers’ opening match loss but captain Chris Bond is confident the champion team can bounce back, like they’ve done before.
Why our female wheelchair rugby stars are hard as nails (and a touch crazy too). A semi-final berth was hinging on a result against the Danes on Saturday.
Former gold medallist Lakeisha Patterson has come away from Paris with silver after day one of the Paralympic Games, marking a third consecutive podium finish for the three time Paralympian.
Australian swimmer Tom Gallagher was beaming with pride as he finally got to take his rightful place on the podium and collect his gold medal at the Paris Paralympics.
Australia picked up their first medals in the pool while history was made — check out what you missed overnight on day one at the Paris Paralympics plus full medal table.
After being culled from the 2016 Paralympics, Scooter Patterson had a choice: complain on national television or fight for medals.
Two years ago Anderson Parker believed his wheelchair tennis career was over, but now ahead of his debut Paralympics, he has one particular Facebook post to thank for turning it all around.
Alexa Leary captured the hearts of Australia at the national trials in June, and head coach of the Paralympic swim team believes she could be part of something very exciting in Paris.
The question to traditionally blase French civilians and the global TV audience was simple and subtly scything. You talk about embracing the disabled; are you actually doing it?
More than 4000 athletes from 168 countries paraded down the Champs-Elysees in front of thousands of spectators before entering Place de la Concorde for the opening ceremony of the Paris Paralympics.
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