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GOLD No.1: Splash And Dash Success Gets Australia Underway

There was extra reason for Tom Gallagher to enjoy his moment on the podium after winning Australia’s first gold medal of the Paris Paralympic Games, in the 50 metres freestyle S10. At his debut Games in Tokyo, Gallagher didn’t get to experience the medal ceremony he had earned with his third-place finish in the 400...

GOLD No.8: Power Finish Seals Dream Team Success

Australia’s win in the mixed 4×100 metres medley relay 34 points wasn’t supposed to happen. It looked even less likely when the powerful Netherlands team raced away to a s

GOLD No.9: The Race That Went Perfectly To Plan

It seemed James Turner’s quest for track and field gold at Paris 2024 was doomed when he contracted glandular fever barely three months before the Opening Ceremony. B

GOLD No.10: Emphatic Win For Reigning Champion

Qian Yang has been at the forefront of Australia’s huge success in Para-table tennis in recent years. At Paris 2024, she did it again, capturing singles gold four days after winn

GOLD No.11: ‘Tonight Was My Show’: Leary’s I...

As the 2023 world champion in the 100 metres freestyle S9, few were surprised when Alexa Leary added Paralympic champion to her resume in her pet event at Paris 2024. T

GOLD No.12: Icon Becomes A Legend With Dual-Sport ...

If her win in the PTWC triathlon earlier at Paris 2024 affirmed her status as an icon of Para-triathlon, Lauren Parker’s gold medal in the 28.4-kilometre H1-5 Para-cycling road r

GOLD No.13: Hodge Makes ‘The Impossible’ A Rea...

Tim Hodge came fifth in the men’s 200 metres individual medley SM9 at the Rio 2016 Paralympics. At Tokyo 2020, he won the silver medal. From then on, in his pet race, he was basi