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Australia’s Sole Judoka For Paris 2024 Means Business

Taylor Gosens is set to become the just the second woman to represent Australia in Paralympic judo after she was confirmed by Paralympics Australia as the latest Paris-bound athlete. Gosens will compete in the J2 70kg+ classification when the tournament begins at Champ de Mars Arena on September 5. She will follow in the footsteps...

#ThrowbackThursday: Cooper retires on top

When the Paralympic Games arrived in Sydney in October 2000, Priya Cooper was already one of the most prominent members of the Australian Paralympic Team. She was a 12-time Paralym

Sabljak named to IWBF Steering Committee

Ella Sabljak will join Alhassan Sedky (EGY), Erica Gavel (CAN) and Carina de Rooij (NED) as the inaugural members of the International Wheelchair Basketball Federation’s (IWB

Rowing Australia announce Row to the Moon Challeng...

Rowing Australia, Rowing Canada Aviron, British Rowing and Rowing New Zealand yesterday (20 May) announced the launch of the Row to the Moon Challenge, inviting indoor rowers world

Murphy takes Jones under her fin

Travelling from her home in Penrith, to Queensland, for a medical procedure a few weeks ago, young Springwood rookie Ella Jones was invited by Dolphin leader and Paralympian, Moniq

#ThrowbackThursday: Rollers taste podium success f...

Australia has been represented in wheelchair basketball at all but one Paralympic Games since the first in Rome, Italy, in 1960. Known as the Rollers, the Australian men’s team a

Tudhope wins Paralympic Athlete of the Year award

Dual Paralympian Ben Tudhope will cap his best international season to date with Snow Australia’s Paralympic Athlete of the Year award. Tudhope, a 20-year-old veteran after makin