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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...

Para-cycling nationals to open summer of track cyc...

Australia’s 2019 summer of track cycling begins on Thursday 13 December at DISC Velodrome in Melbourne with the two-day Para-cycling National Championships.

Alcott wins his first singles Masters title

Dylan Alcott won his first singles Masters title as the 2018 NEC Wheelchair Tennis Masters concluded on 2 December in Orlando, USA.

APC and Beyond Blue put athlete wellbeing first

The optimal mental health of Paralympic athletes will be the focus of a new partnership announced today, on International Day of People with a Disability.

AIS Awards acknowledge powerful Para-sport perform...

Kurt Fearnley and Simon Patmore have been named as finalists in both the Para-performance of the Year and Male Athlete of the Year categories for the 2018 Australian Institute of S

Sport Australia joins APC to equip Para-athletes o...

Community sport participants, newcomers to disability sport and emerging Para-athletes are all set to benefit from a new funding initiative announced today by Sport Australia and t

Bombers & APC welcome commitment to Paralympic ath...

The Essendon Football Club has today welcomed the Federal Opposition commitment of $4 million to support the second stage of development of the Bombers’ home base, The Hangar, if