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Our sailors are sailing - News
Australia’s sailors have had their best day yet of the Paralympic regatta on the waters of Guanabara Bay securing a remarkable five wins out of the seven scheduled races to…
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Australian boccia athlete knocked out of competition - News
Daniel Michel is now hungry for success at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games after being knocked out of the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games boccia competition.
The Sydneysider lost his final…
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Holt surges to silver in Rio - News
You could not wipe the smile off the face of Isis Holt after the bubbly Victorian high school student won a silver medal for Australia today in the women’s T35…
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Athletics team win their first gold - News
It was an extra large bowl of granola that Adelaide’s Brayden Davidson consumed today before leaping to a new Paralympic Games record and the athletics’ team’s first gold medal in…
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Athletics - Day 3 - News
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…
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Sailing - Preview - News
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 six-year…
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Athletics - Day 1 - News
Consistency was the buzz word for the Australian athletics team on the opening night of the Rio track and field program with two athletes finishing on the podium for a…
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Tyan Taylor - Athlete
While watching the Aussie Belles compete at the Sydney 2000 Paralympic Games, Tyan Taylor promised her grandmother that she too would represent Australia in goalball at a future Paralympic Games.…
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Raissa Martin - Athlete
Raissa competed in athletics at local and state level from the age of nine through to the end of high school. She was aware of goalball, but didn’t have access…
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