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Shooting Tradition Continues With Experienced Duo Named For Paris

Australia’s hope for its first Paralympic medal in shooting in 12 years rests in the steady hands of two athletes who have shown extraordinary resilience and skill to reach a combined seven Paralympic Games. Paralympics Australia announced Natalie Smith and Anton Zappelli to the Australian Paralympic Team at a ceremony in Sydney, continuing our nation’s...

World And Paralympic Champions Feature Among Tokyo...

International success before the pandemic and exceptional flexibility throughout it has Australia’s 12-person Para-cycling squad well placed to convert their immense potential wh

Para-Table Tennis Squad’s Tokyo Build-Up A ‘Br...

The addition of three multiple gold medal-winning former China representatives in Australia’s Para-table tennis squad for the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games has helped lift the stan

Race Car Technology Powers Our Paralympic Wheelcha...

In partnership with Paralympics Australia and Basketball Australia, AIS engineers are providing three squad members of the Australia men’s Paralympic wheelchair basketball team,

History Made As Australia Names First Taekwondo Pa...

Three-time World Champion Janine Watson says she is ‘conserving her emotion’ so she can channel her peak performance when Para-taekwondo features for the first time at the Para

Australian Boccia Players Ready To ‘Shake Things...

Australia will field its largest boccia team in more than two decades at the Tokyo Paralympic Games with Daniel Michel, Spencer Cotie and Jamieson Leeson confirmed as members of th

‘No Excuses’ For Tokyo-Bound Aussie Belles

The nucleus of Australia’s inexperienced women’s goalball Team at the London Paralympics nine years ago has developed into a mature and skilled unit capable of matching it with