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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...

Mark Bresciano gets behind Pararoos squad on the r...

The Pararoos, Australia’s Men’s Paralympic Football Team, start their long road to the Rio Paralympic Games later this month when they take part in the 2015 Cerebral Palsy Foot

Pasterfield withdraws from IPC team for 2015

Dual Paralympian Andrew Pasterfield has made the decision to withdraw from the 2015 IPC World Championship team due to an ongoing elbow injury.

Vote for Dylan Alcott for Allianz Athlete of the M...

Five Para-athletes have been shortlisted for the Allianz Athlete of the Month poll for May 2015, and the public are now invited to vote for their winner viawww.paralympic.org.

Update on Paralympic Sailing Status

Yachting Australia & Australian Sailing Team welcome ISAF campaign to get sailing reinstated in the Tokyo 2020 programme.

Angie Ballard smashes 400m world record

Australia’s Angie Ballard beat the women’s 400m T53 world record on Friday (29 May), the first day of the IPC Athletics Grand Prix in Nottwil, Switzerland, with a blistering ti

Fitzgibbon/Tesch & Australian Sonar Team win Paral...

Australian Sailing’s athletes have won six medals at 2015 Delta Lloyd Regatta for Olympic and Paralympic classes which wrapped up on Saturday in Medemblik, The Netherlands (26-30