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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...

Rollers stumble against Spain

The Australian Rollers have suffered their first defeat of the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games after succumbing 75-64 to an energetic Spain outfit at the Rio Olympic Arena. Having taken

Erik finds silver lining again

Erik Horrie is “over the moon” to have secured a second straight silver medal, in the AS men’s single sculls at the Rio Paralympics rowing regatta. The 36-year-old was one of

Athletics - Day 3

Six medals – five bronze and one silver – have now been won by Australia in athletics by the end of Day 3 of competition and a third of them came from Tasmania. The ‘Appl

Von Einem rides his luck into semi-final

Australian table tennis player Sam von Einem is through to the semi-finals of the Rio Paralympics tournament after a five game battle with Korean Byeong-Jun Son. Von Einem, 21, dro

Alcott and Davidson breeze into semis

As off-key, but passionate strains of Waltzing Matilda and I Still Call Australia Home echoed throughout court 9 at the Rio Olympic Tennis centre, Dylan Alcott and Heath Davidson s

Sailing - Preview

They have a brand new boat at Australian headquarters at Rio’s Marina da Gloria, but “yin and yang” duo Dan Fitzgibbon and Liesl Tesch have reverted to Fitzgibbon’s trusty