Paris 2024
‘We need to invest’: de Rozario warns of Brisbane Paralympics failure after Paris slide
Five-time Paralympian Madison de Rozario says better Paralympic funding is the only way to improve Australia’s fortunes.
- by Daniel Lo Surdo
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Why Raygun is now ranked the world’s No.1 breaker despite Olympics flop
B-girl Raygun failed to score a point at Paris 2024, but the latest rankings have her as the world’s No.1 breaker.
- by Tom Nouvian
Opinion
Five Minutes with Fitz
She’s our most successful female Paralympian, but even bigger dreams came true when she quit
Ellie Cole, an amputee since the age of three, has won 17 Paralympic medals. But her post-swimming life and career has delivered additional joy.
- by Peter FitzSimons
Burrito boy to sweet revenge: 10 best moments of the Paris Paralympics
Australian athletes have brought home plenty of medals, and they’ve also brought us tears, awe and laughter.
- by Tom Decent and Sophie Aubrey
The ‘Bench Queen’ almost died twice this winter. Now she’s bouncing back
Hani Watson is calling two recent anaphylactic episodes “the attempted assassination of the queen”. But they have rattled her.
- by Sophie Aubrey
‘Just give her a bit of sunlight’: The remarkable journey of a Paralympic champion
Following a bike crash in 2021, Alexa Leary’s parents were told eight times she would not survive. She’s just won gold medals in Paris.
- by Tom Decent
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Olympic coach sacked by Swimming Australia after ‘Go Korea’ comments in Paris
Six weeks after saying he hoped a South Korean swimmer would beat Australian athletes in Paris, Michael Palfrey has had his contract ripped up.
- by Tom Decent
Olympic marathon runner dies after being set on fire by boyfriend
Rebecca Cheptegei, 33, had sustained burns to 80 per cent of her body.
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‘This kind of sick feeling started coming out’: Raygun details post-Olympics hate
Paris Olympian Rachael Gunn took on some hard questions in a most likeable - and Australian - way.
- by Peter FitzSimons
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Paris Paralympics 2024
How a cheating scandal engulfed rowing before Aussie power duo won gold
Rower Erik Horrie snagged bronze when an Italian was found to have breached competition rules mid-race, before Nikki Ayers and Jed Altschwager won Australia’s first Paralympic gold medal for rowing.
- by Sophie Aubrey
The breakdancer who paid the price for the Raygun memes
Rachael Gunn became an overnight sensation after her breaking style attracted a global backlash. The next day, Jeff “J-Attack” Dunne stepped onto the stage.
- by Daniel Lo Surdo