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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: Sauvage carves her name in his...

This #ThrowbackThursday, we celebrate the distinguished career of one of Australia’s greatest Para-athletes. Before Turner … Before de Rozario … Before Fearnley ̷

2020 Anzac Day Indoor Rowing Challenge launched

Rowing Australia and Rowing New Zealand today (22 April) announced the 2020 Anzac Day Indoor Rowing Challenge. Set to run from dawn to dusk on 25 April, it will see Australians and

Russell no stranger to defying the odds

Paralympian Shawn ‘The Huss’ Russell was first introduced to wheelchair basketball in 2003. Nearly two decades on, he says it was fate. When Russell was born, his righ

#ThrowbackThursday: Turner wins gold in Rio

By popular demand, this #ThrowbackThursday we wind the clock back to 17 September 2016. A Saturday like any other for most, it was on 17 September 2016 that James Turner launched h

Eliza Ault-Connell on rediscovering her cool

When Eliza Ault-Connell last competed at a Paralympic Games, there was no YouTube. No Twitter. No Instagram. Five college roommates had launched ‘The Facebook’. Donald Trump wa

The other Tokyo Paralympics

From 24 August to 5 September next year, around 4,400 of the world's most high-achieving athletes with a disability will converge on Tokyo, Japan, for the 16th edition of the Paral