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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...

London to host 2019 World Para-swimming Championsh...

The rearranged 2019 World Para-swimming Championships will take place in London, England, from 9-15 September, World Para-swimming has announced. The London Aquatics Centre, locate

2019 Australian Para-swimming team unveiled

Nine new Dolphins will make their debut on the international stage this year, as Swimming Australia finalises its team to compete at the 2019 World Para-swimming Championships.

Paralympics Australia banks on the support of Citi

With 500 days until the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo, Paralympics Australia today announced a partnership with global financial services firm Citi.

Paralympics Australia celebrates its history with ...

Today’s and future generations now have unprecedented access to Australia’s sporting past with the launch tomorrow (13 April) of an online history of the Paralympic movement in

Roeger relishing London Marathon

With just three kilometres left to go in his debut marathon in Melbourne, Michael Roeger stopped. A cramp was searing through his hamstring. His body may have been willing him to s

New supporter base to give Aussie Paralympians a b...

Australia’s Paralympians in Tokyo, Japan, will have a sanctuary of their own to celebrate with their loved ones, thanks to a partnership between Paralympics Australia, Sydney’s