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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...

Ready to ride the wave of Para-sport momentum

Para-sport and the performances of athletes with a disability have provided some unforgettable moments from the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games. But the question is how far can

"Average all-rounder" Mather-Brown crucial to rise...

Tomorrow (15 April) night will mark the closing of the most inclusive ever Commonwealth Games. Playing host to some 300 of the world's best Para-athletes, competing in 38 medal eve

On Tapper the Commonwealth

Two-time Paralympian Melissa Tapper has added another accolade to her growing list of achievements, becoming the first Australian to achieve Commonwealth Games glory in table tenni

Tapper on the brink of making history

Melissa Tapper made history in Rio becoming the first Australian to compete at both the Paralympic and Olympic Games, and tomorrow she will aim to write a new page in the history b

Aussies to play for Para-table tennis glory

Two Australians will battle it out tomorrow for a spot in the women’s Para-table tennis gold medal match at the Commonwealth Games. Rio 2016 Paralympians Melissa Tapper and Andre

Greenwood soaks it up on the Gold Coast

Australia’s youngest athlete at the Commonwealth Games, Para-swimmer Jasmine Greenwood, has revelled in the experience of being part of her first multi-sport team. At just 13 yea