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Powerlifting Resurgence Gains Pace With Paris 2024 Selections

Australian powerlifting is back after a 12-year absence from Paralympic competition. The nation’s two leading lifters, Hani Watson and Ben Wright, were confirmed by Paralympics Australia as the newest members of the Australian Paralympic Team for Paris 2024 at a ceremony in Melbourne. “It’s like my mum said to me before she passed away last...

Graham ready for Steelers debut and historic momen...

Shae Graham will become the first female to represent Australia in wheelchair rugby at a major international tournament when she makes her debut at the Four Nations next month in A

Spirit of sport alive and well at Arafura Games

While Australia’s Para-athletes continued to deliver sensational results on the final night of the 2019 Arafura Games athletics competition, it was the camaraderie between the di

Michael Roeger unstoppable on London Marathon debu...

Michael Roeger claimed World Championship gold at the 2019 London Marathon on Sunday (28 April) as world records fell on the roads of the English capital.

Para-dressage champions crowned in Sydney

On the final day of the 2019 Sydney International Three-Day Event, the Australian team of Matilda Carnegie (Grade IV), Victoria Davies (Grade II) and Sarah Sherwood (Grade IV) post

Doughty's emotional victory in Milan

Kate Doughty has produced an emotional victory in the opening round of the 2019 International Triathlon Union (ITU) World Para-triathlon Series (WPS) in Milan, Italy, after the sud

Para-dressage competitors shine on day two

Victoria Davies (Grade II), Zoe Vorenas (Grade IV) and Lisa Martin (Grade V) extended their winning streak on day two of the 2019 Sydney International Three-Day Event.