Paralympics

Spanish runner Elena Congost was disqualified after letting going of her tether when her guide Mia Carol Bruguera got cramp.
Paralympics
Troy de Ruyter

SO CRUEL: Outcry after Paralympian cut metres from finish

There’s heartbreak and then there’s this! A Paralympian being outrageously disqualified just metres from the finish line after a gruelling 42km marathon because she stopped her guide falling over with cramp.

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Madison de Rozario crossed the line to seal a marathon silver medal, then revealed her father had died at the start of the Paralympics.
Paralympics
George Clarke

Aussie flagbearer learns of father’s death at the Paralympics

The 30-year-old heard the tragic news from her mother immediately after one of the biggest moments of her life.

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Madison de Rozario will face a tough challenge to defend her marathon title.
Paralympics
George Clarke

De Rozario can't bank on marathon amid Swiss threat

Madison de Rozario's focus has been on the T54 marathon but Australia's defending gold medallist faces her biggest threat from Swiss racer Catherine Debrunner.

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Benjamin Hance celebrates on the podium after his gold medal swim at the Paralympics.
Paralympics
Cameron Noakes

Aussie’s beautiful gesture after heartbreaking family tragedy

‘It’s been the worst year of my life.’

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Australian Para-swimmer Tim Hodge won gold in the men's S9 200m individual medley in Paris. (Delly Carr/AAP PHOTOS)
Paralympics
George Clarke

Your one minute guide to Aussie success: Day 8

Australia picked up four medals on day eight of the Paris Paralympics, with three gold medals and one bronze.

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Angela Ballard has lambasted Paris Game officials.
Paralympics
George Clarke

Aussie Paralympic skipper lashes out at Games bosses

Australian team captain Angie Ballard has unleashed about the conditions of one race in Paris.

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Vanessa Low has won her third long jump gold medal.
Paralympics
George Clarke

‘Super mum’ sets long jump world record as she claims gold

Vanessa Low wins her third consecutive gold medal as boy who thought he wouldn't be good at anything tops podium in the pool.

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Australia's Lauren Parker has ridden her way to gold in the cycling road race at the Paralympics. (AAP PHOTOS)
Paralympics
George Clarke

First Aussie dual-gold medal winner in half a century

Lauren Parker has made Australian Paralympic history with her latest victory in the cycling road race.

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Rachael 'Raygun' Gunn and Paralympian Ahmed Kelly.
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Sport
Mitchell Johnson

Paralympians deserve more headlines than Raygun

MITCHELL JOHNSON: Our latest batch of Aussie champions deserve more headlines than an Olympian who taxpayers sent to Paris so she could ‘have a go’.

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QianYang is eyeing an Olympic bow after winning Paralympic gold for Australia in Paris. (Greg Smith/AAP PHOTOS)
Paralympics
George Clarke

Paralympic gold medallist has sights set on Olympics

Table tennis star Qian Yang has been tipped to take her enormous talent to the Olympics after securing her latest Paralympic gold medal.

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Australian para-archer Taymon Kenton-Smith has won hearts and mind, if not gold, in Paris.
Paralympics
George Clarke

Your one minute guide to Aussie success: Day 7

He might not have won a medal but Taymon Kenton-Smith stole the show for Australia in para-archery overnight.

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Australia's Alexa Leary is stunned to see her world record time in winning 100m freestyle S9 gold.
Sport
George Clarke

Leary powers to Paralympic gold with two world records in a day

Alexa Leary's remarkable comeback story has its latest chapter after she claimed a 100m freestyle with a world record time at the Paralympics.

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Lauren Parker won silver in the H1-3 individual time trial to go with her triathlon gold. (Greg Smith/AAP PHOTOS)
Paralympics
George Clarke

Cycling silver as Lauren Parker smashes 44-year record

Lauren Parker is Australia's first dual-sport Paralympic medallist adding a cycling silver to her triathlon gold.

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Jaryd Clifford missed out on a medal in the 1500m.
Paralympics
George Clarke

Aussie Paralympian suffers more medal heartbreak at finish line

Disqualified from bronze three days ago, the 25-year-old’s next chance sunk to a level ‘so ridiculous that it’s funny’.

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Australia's Alex Saffy bagged a bronze medal in the the men's100m butterfly (S10) final in Paris. (Delly Carr/AAP PHOTOS)
Paralympics
George Clarke

Your one minute guide to Aussie success: Day 6

Alex Saffy won his first Paralympic medal at the age of 18, one of three medals Australia claimed as they dropped to eighth on the table on Tuesday.

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