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After becoming Australia’s first Paralympic taekwondo representative and medallist at Tokyo 2020, Janine Watson found there was a gap that needed filling if others were to follow in her footsteps.…

If resilience wins wheelchair rugby tournaments, the Australian Steelers are on their way to a successful World Championship campaign in Denmark this October. The Steelers are at the AIS European…

Paralympic canoeists Susan Seipel and Dylan Littlehales, fresh from an ideal training stint in Italy, will head into the World Championships in Canada this week confident of adding to the…

Paralympic taekwondo medallist and four-time Australian wheelchair tennis champion Janine Watson will start climbing a new sporting mountain this weekend when she contests the Oceania Para-Badminton Championships in Melbourne. Watson,…

The 74 Australian Para-athletes set to compete at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games will extend a tradition stretching back much further than the 20 years since Para-sports were first included…

Innovation and coaching experts at Paralympics Australia will expand on a pilot program aimed at creating ‘Communities of Practice’ among the nation’s best and emerging coaches in Para-sport after receiving…

The two athletes who put Australian Para-badminton on the map at the sport’s inaugural Paralympic tournament at Tokyo 2020 have declared their intent to compete at the Paris Games in…

Some of the heroes of Australia’s memorable charge at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games will celebrate with Olympic peers, dignitaries and members of the South East Queensland community at a…

Australia’s men’s national wheelchair basketball teams, the Rollers and U23 Spinners, will play a series of matches against Germany and Japan as both Aussie teams prepare for World Championships this…