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Hard Work All Part Of The Fun For Ruby Ruby Storm is a rising star of international Para-swimming but her motivation stems from much closer to home. “I just try…

Dedicated Dedekind Brings Paris Into View Almost immediately after she became World Champion in the 50 metres freestyle, Katja Dedekind set about improving her performance. There was a brief window…

Fastest Swimmer With A Disability ‘Only Getting Faster’ It’s an iconic shot from Tokyo 2020. Utter jubilation. Explosive euphoria. Pure accomplishment. When Rowan Crothers launched his 196-centimetre frame from the…

‘Why not us?’ may well be the Australian Rollers’ motto leading into the Paris Paralympic Games after they secured qualification with an eight-match unbeaten run to victory at the Asia…

She has nearly 80,000 Instagram followers and her TED talk has been viewed online 45,000 times. She’s known internationally as an innovator, entrepreneur and humanitarian whose work ranges from founding…

Australian Steelers win International Cup The Steelers’ loss to Japan in the final of the Asia Oceania Championships in July cost them direct qualification to the Paris Paralympics and sparked…

Australian Paralympian Jessica Gallagher has accepted a Doctor of Social Science honoris causa in front of over 8,500 RMIT graduating students at Marvel Stadium. Gallagher boasts a remarkable list of…

Paralympics Australia Chief Executive Catherine Clark has called on supporters to actively advocate for inclusion, diversity and positive change through sport. Speaking at Paralympics Australia’s annual Partner Day, at Allianz…

In 1995, at the age of 43, Ken Halliday quit his comfortable job as a manager in a powder coating plant and went a completely different direction. He couldn’t shake…