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Two Australians have played central roles in the Sochi Winter Paralympic Closing Ceremony at the Fisht Stadium over night. The youngest athlete of the 550 from 45 countries who competed…

Jess Gallagher has landed back-to-back Paralympic Games bronze medals with her Giant Slalom triumph on the final day of competition in Sochi. Gallagher is the first female skier to win…

Sydney snowboarder Ben Tudhope will become Australia’s youngest flag-bearer for a Paralympic Winter or Paralympic Games when he leads the Australian Paralympic Team out in tonight’s (16 March) Closing Ceremony.…

For the first time ever, an Australian will win the prestigious International Paralympic Committee (IPC) award for excellence by an athlete both professionally and personally at a Summer or Winter…

Two-time Paralympian Mitchell Gourley made one of his most impressive trips down the Rosa Khutor alpine course, only to come unstuck right near the finish in his favourite event –…

Australian snowboarder Joany Badenhorst was lying on the cold snow and in significant pain after dislocating her kneecap in a training accident just a couple of hours away from creating…

One item you don’t usually find among a woman’s luggage on an overseas trip is a tool kit…. wrench, flat-head screwdriver, pliers. Meet Victoria Pendergast, Australian skiing pioneer. The 23-year-old…

“Little Benny Tudhope is a star of the future.” Those were the words of Australian snowboarder Trent Milton about his young teammate Ben Tudhope, who dazzled everyone on the slopes…

It was eight years between Paralympic medals for Toby Kane and a six-day drought in Sochi but finally Australia has its first medal of the 2014 Games. Kane, 27, finished…