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Women’s table tennis team to play off for bronze - News
Melissa Tapper and Andrea McDonnell have progressed to the bronze medal match of the teams event in table tennis, giving Australia a chance at a second Paralympic medal in the…
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Rio rollercoaster ends for Belles - News
The Australian Belles have been knocked out of medal contention in women’s goalball at Rio 2016, after losing their final pool game 6-0 to Canada.
Needing at least a draw…
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Erik finds silver lining again - News
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…
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Women's Triathlon - Preview - News
Claire McLean never learnt to swim as a youngster and, as the years went by, she developed what she describes as “an enormous phobia of water”.
“It became really an…
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IPC suspends Russia from Rio 2016 Paralympic Games - News
Russia has been banned from the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games after the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) confirmed it has suspended the membership of the Russian Paralympic Committee (RPC).
The IPC…
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Rare Paralympic films preserved by NFSA - News
The only known vision of the 1972 Paralympic Games is among rare footage from the 1970s and 1980s which has been donated to the National Film and Sound Archive of…
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2016 Australian Paralympic Team uniform unveiled - News
The Australian Paralympic Team uniform for the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games was officially unveiled today at Sydney’s Doltone House, with 21 Paralympic athletes on hand to model the range.
The…
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Six Australian shooters to target Paralympic gold in Rio - News
Australia’s Paralympic shooters have pledged to dedicate their success at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games to late five-time Paralympian Ashley Adams, after the Australian Paralympic Committee (APC) today (17 May)…
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Tokyo 2020 unveils emblems of 2020 Games - News
Tokyo 2020 today unveilled the official emblems of the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games, “Harmonized Chequered Emblems.”
The design was highly acclaimed by the public and the Tokyo 2020 Emblems…
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