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25.01.2022 15 years ago Jessy Chen was introduced to #ParaTableTennis as a way to help his body heal. Now, the #Tokyo2020 hopeful is returning to the place where his career began and giving back by coaching people with newly acquired disabilities at the Royal Rehabilitation Centre in Sydney. https://bit.ly/3nUI0q2 #ReadySetTokyo... Table Tennis Australia | Tokyo 2020 | Paralympic Games See more

25.01.2022 Time is running out to secure your spot at our Melbourne Para-sport Come & Try Day on Saturday 13 March. If you're keen to give Wheelchair tennis, Para-table tennis or Para-badminton a go, this is the event for you! Register now, or for those in other parts of AUS check out the upcoming opportunities in your State or Territory: https://bit.ly/ParaSportGetInvolved... Melbourne Sports Centres | Sport Australia | Table Tennis Australia | Badminton Australia | Tennis Australia | Tennis Victoria

24.01.2022 "The expectation has been that it can be done and it should and will be done. That’s the standard and where the ambition is for our Team" - Mitchell Gourley, 3x Paralympian and #Beijing2022 hopeful. http://bit.ly/3bdO61u #ReadySetSnow... Snow Australia | Beijing 2022 | Paralympic Games | World Para Snow Sports See more

24.01.2022 Believe in yourself and never underestimate the power of the human spirit Dr Robert Steadward, IPC President. #Sydney2000 provided many fantastic highlights and memorable moments that we will never forget! Thank you for celebrating the 20-year anniversary with us ABC Australia | ABC Grandstand... #MySydney2000 Paralympic Games | Sydney Olympic Park | Sport Australia See more

24.01.2022 This #ThrowbackThursday, we remember the life and career of Ashley Adams; a 5-time Paralympian who was one of the world's best rifle athletes. https://bit.ly/3nNDVE3 Shooting Australia | World Shooting Para Sport | Paralympic Games

24.01.2022 #OnThisDay 20 years ago, Louise Sauvage won gold in the 800m in a time of 1:56.07 at the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games in front of over 100,000 spectators Did you know, wheelchair racing was featured as a demonstration event on the #Sydney2000 Olympic athletics program, with an 800m race for women and a 1500m race for men. #MySydney2000 | Athletics Australia | World Para Athletics | Paralympic Games

23.01.2022 #ThrowbackThursday | In front of a capacity crowd of 12,985 at the North Greenwich Arena, the Australian Gliders went head-to-head with Germany in the Gold Medal match at #London2012.

22.01.2022 The final day of the #Sydney2000 Paralympic Games saw the Australian Steelers Wheelchair Rugby team take on the USA in the Gold Medal Game. We join the action with 29.8 seconds left on the clock, and the USA leading 31-30... ABC Australia | ABC Grandstand ... Full wrap https://bit.ly/37RrMtk #MySydney2000 See more

22.01.2022 We are proud to announce the first athletes selected to the Australian Paralympic Team for the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, in 2021. Alongside the first 10 Athletics Australia Para-athletes named, we are also launching a selection of their competition wear designed by our Uniform Supplier, Garment Exchange. Team Announcement powered by Citi.... #ReadySetTokyo #Tokyo2020

20.01.2022 We’re excited to announce the first athletes selected to the Australian Paralympic Team for the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games. Congratulations to the 10 Athletics Australia Para-athletes selected! https://bit.ly/2F5mm1x... #ReadySetTokyo #Tokyo2020

20.01.2022 It was never the aim to shoot at the Paralympics. It was to be the best shooter that I could be and see where they could take me." Natalie Smith is aiming to compete at her 3rd Paralympic Games at Tokyo 2020: https://bit.ly/2RPvASn #ReadySetTokyo | Shooting Australia | World Shooting Para Sport

20.01.2022 Happy Father's Day to all the Dads! A special shout out to Australian Steelers Wheelchair Rugby duo Andrew Edmondson and Chris Bond who shared their story with us ahead of their first Father's Day: https://bit.ly/2Z8IU8u

19.01.2022 Did you know Para-athletics has featured at every Paralympic Games since the first Games in Rome, 1960? Brush up on your #ParaAthletics knowledge #ReadySetTokyo | Athletics Australia | Tokyo 2020 | World Para Athletics

19.01.2022 Our Paralympic Education Program 'Be Your Greatest Roadshow', presented by Australian Beef. The Greatest., hits the road this week travelling to Australia's Top End! Paralympians Eliza Ault-Connell and Jenny Blow will visit 6 schools in the Darwin area to talk about #ParaSport, the Paralympic Games and challenge the students’ perceptions and attitudes towards people with an impairment. http://bit.ly/2OTxT8G

18.01.2022 I don’t know what to say. I’ve been thinking about this since Sydney was awarded the Olympics and Paralympics and I knew that I had a shot at it. Australia's David Hall after securing gold in the Wheelchair Tennis Men's Singles Final on day 10 of the #Sydney2000 Paralympic Games ABC Australia | ABC Grandstand ... https://bit.ly/2JdBVGk #MySydney2000 See more

15.01.2022 What is it like to be named in your 1st Australian Paralympic Team? We asked Athletics Australia Para-athletes Rhiannon Clarke, Corey Anderson and Sarah Edmiston #ReadySetTokyo | Paralympic Games | World Para Athletics | Tokyo 2020

15.01.2022 From Lizzie and the team at Paralympics Australia, we wish you a safe and happy festive season, with a touch of green and gold

15.01.2022 As we get ready to welcome in the new year, let's relive one more moment from the 20-year anniversary of the Sydney 2000 Paralympic Games ... Kylie Minogue's incredible performance at the Opening Ceremony. Wishing everyone a happy and safe New Year! #MySydney2000

15.01.2022 After a 10-year international career which spanned both able-bodied and #ParaCycling disciplines, Steph Morton has announced her retirement from international cycling. Steph was the tandem pilot for visually impaired cyclist Felicity Johnson, with the pair going on to win 3 world titles in 2011 and 2012, followed by gold at the London 2012 Paralympic Games. Congrats on an outstanding career Steph and we wish you all the best!... AusCycling | Australian Cycling Team

14.01.2022 The Women's T54 800m Final at #Athens2004 featured 3 Australians - Louise Sauvage, Christie Dawes and Eliza Ault-Connell (née Stankovic). With 140m to go the race was on, but it was Canadian Chantal Petitclerc who edged Sauvage by 0.19 seconds to take the gold. SBS... Paralympic Games Athletics Australia NSW Institute of Sport Canadian Paralympic Team World Para Athletics

13.01.2022 At 7.30pm on October 29 2000, we celebrated "the best Paralympics ever". 20 years on, we relive the highlights from the Sydney 2000 Paralympic Games Closing Ceremony. Dr Robert Steadward, IPC President said: "The 11th Paralympic Summer Games in Sydney were the best ever. You have completed a perfect festival of sport and friendship. What a way to start the 21st century." ABC Australia ABC Grandstand... #MySydney2000 #Sydney2000 Sydney Olympic Park Sport Australia ANZ Stadium See more

13.01.2022 We're thrilled this 'adrenaline junkie' is on our Team Watch Ryley Batt in #RisingPhoenix, streaming now on Netflix, and help us keep the Paralympic flame burning and support rising Para-athletes by donating the cost of a movie ticket or a box of popcorn. International Day of Charity | Paralympic Games | HTYT Stories | Australian Steelers Wheelchair Rugby

11.01.2022 A message from our Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games Team co-captains, Danni Di Toro and Ryley Batt to start the new year. Tell us in the comments what you're looking forward to most in 2021? #ReadySetTokyo

08.01.2022 We’re inspiring a whole generation of school kids to get behind our Team through the Paralympic Education Program, presented by Australian Beef. The Greatest. Find out how you or your school can get involved: https://bit.ly/AUSParalympicsEduc

07.01.2022 Happy 100th Birthday Qantas! From all of us at Paralympics Australia and the Australian Paralympic Team, we congratulate you on your centenary and thank you for your ongoing support

06.01.2022 Paralympians Chris Bond and Bridie Kean were on hand to help launch the Queensland Parliamentary Friends Group for the Olympic and Paralympic Movements in Brisbane on Tuesday night. http://bit.ly/30z5CH3

06.01.2022 You think of athletes as ‘faster, stronger’, mentally tough superhumans. But they’re just like you and I. A powerful photo essay by Delly Carr - Sports Photographer captured the emotions felt by Para-athletes following the #Tokyo2020 postponement, including Paralympian Nic Beveridge. It’s a timely reminder, regardless of what level of sport you play or participate in, to check in with one another, and ask #RUOK? ... https://bit.ly/2ZmLuId

05.01.2022 On International Women's Day, we highlight the amazing work of our Chief Medical Officers, Dr Rachel Harris and Dr Philippa Inge, who are leading the medical planning for our most difficult campaign yet. http://bit.ly/PA_IWD21 #ChooseToChallenge #ReadySetTokyo #IWD2021... Paralympic Games | Tokyo 2020 See more

05.01.2022 For the first time in his career, Dylan Alcott has finished the year ranked No.1 in the world in both singles and doubles. Congrats Dylan!

05.01.2022 #OnThisDay in 1960, Ross Sutton secured Australia’s first-ever Paralympic Games gold medal in Rome. But it's the story which led to Ross etching his name in the history books, that continues to captivate 60 years on: https://bit.ly/3iPZyBM Paralympic Games | Archery Australia

04.01.2022 "Dylan is one of those athletes you dream of..." - Jake Michael, Dylan Littlehales' coach. Support our Team, join the official cheer squad: http://bit.ly/AUSSquad #ReadySetTokyo ... Dylan Littlehales Paralympic Athlete | Paddle Australia | NSW Institute of Sport | Paralympic Games See more

04.01.2022 A gold medal alongside Para-sailing partner Dan Fitzgibbon at #Rio2016 capped off a remarkable sporting career for 7-time Paralympian Liesl Tesch MP. Read all about it in this week's #ThrowbackThursday: http://bit.ly/PAHistory_LTesch2016

04.01.2022 Three-time Paralympian and Commonwealth Games silver medallist Katrina Webb OAM has been appointed to the Commonwealth Games Australia Team Executive for #Birmingham2022. Congrats Katrina! http://bit.ly/2J5FlLt

04.01.2022 Para-sport Come & Try Day, Melbourne Sports Centres, Saturday 13 March. Participants had the opportunity to try Para-badminton, Para-table tennis and Wheelchair tennis.

04.01.2022 I could never imagine being an athlete representing my country. I always just did sport for fun." Aspiring Paralympic shooter Glen McMurtrie is aiming to clinch a spot for Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games. https://bit.ly/31PuewQ... #ReadySetTokyo | Shooting Australia | World Shooting Para Sport

04.01.2022 Celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Sydney 2000 Olympics & Paralympics, host Matt Shirvington is interviewing athletes past & present as they reflect on the Games, as well as speak about the legacy it has left on sport in Australia. Guests include swimmers Ian Thorpe & Chris Fydler, Paralympians Louise Sauvage, Christie Dawes & Ryley Batt, water polo gold medalists Debbie Watson & Bronwyn Smith, plus current NSWIS athletes Anneliese Rubie & Kaarle McCulloch

03.01.2022 "I still love skiing, I always will, but I felt like it was the right time to retire." We congratulate dual Paralympian Tori Pendergast on an incredible #ParaAlpineSkiing career and wish her all the best for the future. https://bit.ly/2GkoAKL... Snow Australia Paralympic Games World Para Snow Sports

03.01.2022 Success to me has never been about the medals, but more about accomplishing something I can be proud of, and hopefully being a role model for younger athletes on and off the field." 2-time Paralympian Aaron Chatman has announced his retirement from elite competition. Congrats on a great #ParaAthletics career Aaron and we wish you all the best! https://bit.ly/3lO9e14... Athletics Australia | World Para Athletics | Paralympic Games

03.01.2022 "It's a gold medal for Australia!" Relive the Men's Quad Wheelchair Tennis final from Rio 2016 featuring Dylan Alcott and Heath Davidson -Wheelchair Tennis Athlete. #ReadySetTokyo #WaitForTheGreats

03.01.2022 The lighting of the cauldron kicks off the #Sydney2000 20 year anniversary celebrations at Sydney Olympic Park. Pictured L-R: Paralympians Tamsin Colley and Louise Sauvage with Ian Thorpe and Tenayah Logan from the Australian Olympic Team. #MySydney2000

01.01.2022 It's been just over a month since Tokyo 2020 wrapped up and we're excited by the interest in Para-sport participation all around the country. Our two most recent Come & Try Days in Perth and Brisbane saw great turn outs of people wanting to get involved in Para-sport. And there's plenty more opportunities coming this year! Find out more: https://bit.ly/3iG0DxP

01.01.2022 A huge 24 hours for Dylan Alcott at the #USOpen Over the weekend, he teamed with Andy Lapthorne to win a second consecutive US Open Quad Wheelchair Doubles Final and this morning he finished runner-up in the Quad Wheelchair Singles Final after losing a 3-set battle to Sam Schroder. https://bit.ly/3itN2HZ... Tennis Australia See more