In sporting terms, Australians often envision their country as an over-achiever. Paralympics Australia president Alison Creaugh says it will bring Australia's investment in Para sport more in line with some of its closest rivals, including Great Britain, who has never fallen lower than second on the medal tally since its wildly successful home Games in 2012. Tim Matthews, three-time Paralympic …
Ryley Batt spent most of the first 12 years of his life getting around his hometown of Port Macquarie on a skateboard. "I just wanted to be a normal boy and I didn't want to jump in a wheelchair because, in my eyes, I thought wheelchairs were for disabled people," Batt said. "It's the only sport where it is encouraged …
In short: Australia's men's blind football team and women's goalball team have missed out on qualification for Paris 2024. Australia's men's blind football team and women's goalball team have missed out on qualification for Paris 2024. When Australia's Paralympians set sail for Paris in August, the Australian men's blind football team and the Australian women's goalball team will have their …
Paralympic athletes are deliberately exaggerating their impairments in a bid to win medals, a Four Corners investigation has found. "There are still athletes, currently, who are misrepresenting their abilities, not only in this country, but throughout the world," former chief classifier with the IPC and medical director for the Australian Paralympic team Jane Buckley said. In para-cycling, the three-wheeled trike …