It was a glittering result for Team Australia in an un-glittering setting,with organisers abandoning the Olympics’ picturesque cycling course for one in a satellite town.
With more than 500 gold medals to be won at the Paralympics,it’s tough keeping up with all the action. Don’t worry,we’ve got you covered.
Australian athletics star James Turner was down and out a few months ago. On Tuesday,he smashed the world record.
Dan Michel and Jamieson Leeson might not have won gold medal matches but both wrote their names into the record books.
Three years after almost dying in a horror training accident,Alexa Leary dived in for her final relay leg six seconds behind the Netherlands. Then came a magic Australian Paralympic moment.
Ahmed Kelly did not blame the officials who made a fleeting blunder that looked to have cost him a chance at Paralympic glory.
Australia’s wheelchair rugby team turned down a try with 15 seconds remaining in their Paralympic semi-final that would have put them ahead by one. Here’s why.
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.
He is dubbed the “Fatal Weapon” by Iranian media. But Morteza Mehrzadselakjani,the world’s second-tallest man,has had to sleep on the floor at the Paralympics.
Lina Lei and Qian Yang are superstars of their sport,with 17 Paralympic table tennis medals between them. Once again,they were too good in Paris.
Her peers use their arms to shoot. This 17-year-old relies on her legs and feet – and she does so with astounding precision.