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Gliders go down fighting while Australia leads the fleet home on Sydney Harbour   Australia’s women’s wheelchair basketball team, the Gliders, progressed through the group stage undefeated and accounted for Japan…

‘The Cheetah’ officially becomes the world’s fastest   Lisa Llorens – known as ‘the cheetah’ because of her affection for the majestic animals and her ability to run fast – claimed…

The painful wait that ended in glory  Three months before the Sydney Paralympics, Julie Higgins’ hip pain returned with a vengeance. However, after a 16-year break from the sport, forced…

Boomerangs and Belles go down, but gold rush continues   Australia’s intellectual disability basketball side had much to be proud of in Sydney. In their pool matches, despite losing to eventual…

This article originally appeared in the Sydney 2000 20-year anniversary addition of the Australian Paralympian magazine – download your copy today (PDF, 6,526KB). Sitting in the stands wiping away tears…

Host Nation Thrills Record Crowds With More Success  Greg Smith’s gold medal in the 800 metres T52 on Day 4 had been the breakthrough he’d been after for years. The…

Gold rush leads Australian to top of the medal tally Sunday was no time to rest! In fact, our Team had an extremely busy and successful day, claiming a further…

‘The Best Thing You Could Ever Do’ says 2000 Paralympic champion Siobhan Paton had only been swimming competitively for three years by the time the 2000 Paralympics came around. However,…

New Aussie Cycling Sensation Upstages The World South Australia’s Sarnya Parker had been a national top 10 pentathlete before Paralympic cyclist, the late Kieran Modra, convinced Parker to switch to…