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Paralympics Australia Names Cycling Team For Paris 2024

The continuation of Australia’s outstanding record in Paralympic cycling rests with the 13 athletes named by Paralympics Australia to represent the nation at Paris 2024. Chef de Mission Kate McLoughlin announced the Australian Paralympic Team’s newest members at a ceremony held online and attended by AusCycling Para Technical Director Warren McDonald. The powerful squad is...

Two top 10 finishes but no medals in women’s sla...

While the performances of some of the Australian Paralympic team continue to impress in Sochi, the hunt for medals continues. From the three women entered in Slalom racing today, t

APC determined to ensure costly mistake never happ...

An innocent mistake has turned into a very costly one for the Australian Paralympic team at the Sochi Winter Games. Two-time Paralympian Melissa Perrine was yesterday disqualified

Aussies devastated after Perrine’s disqualificat...

The Australian Paralympic Winter team is trying to regroup after a major oversight in breaking a racing equipment rule at the Sochi Games, which has caused the disqualification of

Gourley, Kane in hunt for super combined medal

FOG and rain swept into the Rosa Khutor Alpine Centre today (Tuesday) but Australian skiers Toby Kane (Vic) and Mitchell Gourley (Vic) have put themselves in the running for a podi

Perrine misses out, Australian medal search contin...

VISION-impaired skier Mel Perrine blames herself for not staking a claim for a medal on the slopes of the Sochi Winter Paralympic Games in the women’s Super-G today. Perrine said

uper-G brings more spills but few thrills for Auss...

More spills came on the Sochi mountains today in the men’s Super-G but few thrills for the Australians as both Toby Kane (VIC) and Mitchell Gourley (VIC) did not finish the cours