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08/09/2008 10:30 AEST
Australia opened its swimming campaign in Beijing in fine style at the Water Cube by collecting four medals – including its first gold – from six events.
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07/09/2008 23:48 AEST
Teenager Peter Leek surged home to win Australia’s first Paralympic gold medal in the pool tonight – and then was accused of wearing “immodest” swimmers.
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07/09/2008 21:43 AEST
The Rollers grabbed a nail biting victory in their first round preliminary match against Brazil at the Beijing Paralympics tonight, grabbing a basket with just four seconds on the clock.
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07/09/2008 21:36 AEST
Australia grabbed six medals, two of them gold, and two new world records on day one of the fiercely fought cycling competition at the Beijing Paralympic Games today.
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07/09/2008 19:24 AEST
Australian table tennis player Rebecca Julian dazzled in her debut match of the Paralympics, only narrowly losing to the top seed.
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07/09/2008 18:50 AEST
Veteran cyclist Chris Scott from Queensland has clinched Australia’s first gold medal at the Paralympic Games in Beijing.
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07/09/2008 17:40 AEST
Australia’s Peter Leek broke the world 100m butterfly record for his S8 disability category on the opening morning of swimming heats in the Beijing Water Cube today.
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07/09/2008 17:17 AEST
Libby Kosmala failed by the smallest of margins – 0.1 of a point – in claiming her 13th Paralympic medal at her 10th Games when she finished fourth in the women’s 10m air rifle standing at the Beijing Shooting Hall Range today.
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07/09/2008 17:03 AEST
Australia’s Paralympic equestrian team has made a nervous start to the team test in Hong Kong. West Australian Sharon Jarvis, 29, riding in her first Games, placed fifth in the grade three team test in Hong Kong this morning with a score of 62.923 per cent.
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07/09/2008 17:01 AEST
Australia’s Daniela Di Toro, who came out of retirement to contest the Beijing Paralympics, has got her wish to take-on world number one wheelchair tennis player Esther Vergeer, of the Netherlands.
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07/09/2008 16:51 AEST
Paralympic cycling champion Kieran Modra has smashed his own world record and will fight it out for gold this afternoon in the men’s 4000m individual pursuit.
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07/09/2008 16:01 AEST
Veteran Libby Kosmala, of South Australia, produced a score of 390 out of 400 in her qualifying round to move into the final of the women’s 10m Air Rifle.
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07/09/2008 15:35 AEST
Even by Paralympic Games standards, Jenni Bryce’s story is remarkable.
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07/09/2008 14:50 AEST
Nicole Kullen received a visit from her pet horse when she was critically ill on life support in hospital.
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07/09/2008 13:23 AEST
Cycling’s Kevin McIntosh and Peter Homann were today inducted into the Paralympic Hall of Fame in Beijing.
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