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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...

Para-equestrians count down to WEG

The countdown to the 2014 World Equestrian Games is well and truly underway for Australia's elite Para-Equestrian riders with the second observation event for Australian based cont

Australians knocked out of Oz Open

Wheelchair basketballer Dylan Alcott’s spectacular return to wheelchair tennis has come to an end, with the 23-year-old finishing third in his pool at the Australian Open in Melb

Paralympians named in Australia Day Honours

The Australian Paralympic Committee (APC) would like to congratulate 35 members of the 2012 Australian Paralympic Team who were today named on the Australia Day Honours List..

Weir stops Fearnley’s decade of dominance

Kurt Fearnley’s dreams of a 10th consecutive Oz Day 10k victory were shattered by Great Britain’s David Weir today in Sydney. Fearnley led the lead pack into the final corne

Freney is Young Australian of the Year

The Australian Paralympic movement is celebrating the announcement of Paralympian Jacqueline Freney as the 2014 Young Australian of the Year. Australian Paralympic Committee..

Help send our Paralympians to the Games

Six of Australia’s most exciting Paralympic athletes have today been unveiled as the faces of a new fundraising campaign from..