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Collie local Shaun Pianta lost his eyesight after contracting a virus while whitewater rafting on holiday in Bali, Indonesia. Damaging his optic nerve, he was blind within hours, and following…

Sighted guide Jeremy O’Sullivan first linked up with vision impaired skier Shaun Pianta in late 2015, and together they began working towards selection for the PyeongChang 2018 Paralympic Games. As…

Para-alpine skier Jonty ‘Jontos’ O’Callaghan, who was born with cerebral palsy affecting his right side, first set his sights on competing at the Paralympic Games after relocating to Switzerland in…

Para-alpine skier Patrick Jensen and his sighted guide Lara Falk had initially been aiming for Beijing 2022. But, after gaining crucial international experience at the 2017 IPC Alpine Skiing Europa…

Lara Falk looks a chance to hit the slopes at the PyeongChang 2018 Paralympic Winter Games following a stellar 2016/17 season as the sighted guide to vision impaired alpine skier…

Rio 2016 Paralympic Games medallist Isis Holt (VIC) has delivered the girl’s under 20 Para-athletics sprint double on day three of the 2017 Australian Athletics Championships. Stopping the clock at…

Bunbury native Sean Pollard is one to watch in the next couple of years as he looks to take the Para-snowboard world by storm. Having only started competing in Paralympic…

Para-snowboarder Simon Patmore exceeded all expectations when he became the first Australian man to win a medal at a Paralympic Summer and Winter Games, defeating Italy’s Manuel Pozzerle in a…

An unstoppable warhorse showed all the toughness that has made him a five-time world champion at the Oceania Triathlon Union (OTU) Triathlon Oceania Championships in Devonport, TAS, on Saturday (18…