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Chef de Mission Kate McLoughlin knows what will be running through her mind when she watches five Australian sports begin their Tokyo Paralympic Games competition on Wednesday. “There is enormous…

The Australian women’s wheelchair basketball team, the Gliders, will end a nine-year absence from the Paralympic Games when they take on hosts Japan in the opening match of Tokyo 2020…

Competitiveness cultivated from a lifelong friendship will drive Heath Davidson when the wheelchair tennis quad singles begins at Tokyo 2020 on Saturday. Davidson, 34, and Australian team-mate Dylan Alcott, 30,…

Wayne Phipps walks through the doorway, bows his head as is the custom in judo and steps onto the mat at Kodokan, the judo training venue for the Tokyo Paralympics.…

Sharon Jarvis took up Para-equestrian just a few years after beating childhood bone cancer. Now, she’s about to become the first Australian Para-equestrian to compete at three Paralympics. The accomplished…

Sixteen members of the Australian Swim Team will take to the blocks in the opening session at the Tokyo Aquatic Centre on Wednesday, including triple Paralympic gold medallist Brenden Hall.…

Australia’s men’s wheelchair basketball team, the Rollers, have enjoyed a rare opportunity to face quality opposition, playing an intense hit-out against Rio 2016 Paralympics silver medallists Spain in Tokyo. The…

Seven-time Paralympian Danni Di Toro and dual wheelchair rugby gold medallist Ryley Batt will become the first pair to carry the Australian flag into the stadium at a Paralympic Games…

Fresh from competing at her second Olympic Games, table tennis star Milly Tapper is ready and focused for her third Paralympic campaign. The 31-year-old is very familiar with her Tokyo…