The Australian Shooting Team are struggling to shake the curse of fourth place that plagued them throughout the 2008 Beijing Paralympic Games, with Ashley Adams again finishing fourth at the 2010 International Paralympic Committee Shooting World Championships in Zagreb, Croatia overnight.
The four-time Paralympian from Queensland narrowly missed out on a place on the medal podium losing a shootout with Israel’s Doron Shaziri in the R7 50m Free Rifle 3x40. Shaziri held to...
Australia’s shooters have received mixed results at the first three days of competition at the 2010 International Paralympic Committee Shooting World Championships in Zagreb, Croatia.
Paralympian and Queensland farmer Ashley Adams shot 586 to finish in eighth place in the R1 10m Air Rifle Standing, eight points behind winner German Josef Neumaier. Adams failed to better his recent scores from the Shooting World Cup season, where he finished 6th with 584 at the German World Cup...
Records crumbled on the final night of the Australian Short Course Championships as newcomers Grant Patterson and Ahmed Kelly smashed their respective class world records in the multi-class 100m breaststroke.
Patterson, who lives and trains in Cairns, took home gold in the breaststroke after obliterating the world record for his disability class by more than 20 seconds. Adding to his 100m backstroke gold and 100m freestyle bronze, Patterson is confident in his ability to win at the...
The Gliders have claimed fourth place at the 2010 IWBF World Wheelchair Basketball Championships after falling to reigning World Champions Canada, 59-49, in the bronze medal game in Birmingham, England.
The Gliders ran out of steam and were overrun by the Canadians in the final quarter after leading by 11 points in the first term.
Sarah Stewart led the Australians with 15 points, five rebounds and three steals while Canada’s Janet McLachlan top scored with 18 points and...
The Rollers have been crowned World Champions after defeating France, 79-69, to claim the title at the 2010 IWBF World Wheelchair Basketball Championship in Birmingham, England.
Going into the game as favourites, the Australians withstood the pressure to confirm their status as the number one team in the world as they now add their World Championship gold medal to the gold they won two years ago at the Paralympic Games in Beijing.
After playing in the opening game of the...
Five-time Beijing Paralympic gold medallist Matt Cowdrey is in fine form after claiming his first gold medal of the meet at the Australian Short Course Championships in Brisbane.
In a show that his pre-World Championships and Commonwealth Games preparations are right on track, Cowdrey knocked off 0.54 of a second from his heat swim to win gold in the men’s multi-class 50m butterfly.
Finishing strongly in 26.61, Cowdrey was too good for three-time Beijing Paralympic gold...
The Gliders will playoff for bronze at the 2010 IWBF World Wheelchair Basketball Championships in Birmingham after falling to Germany, 66-47, in their semi final overnight.
While Germany advances to the gold medal game, the Gliders will battle for the third place on the podium against the loser of the second semi final between the USA and Canada.
Gliders coach John Triscari blamed the loss on the Australians’ poor shooting and third-quarter lapse, but said they would be...
The Rollers will be the favourite to win gold in the final at the 2010 IWBF World Wheelchair Basketball Championships after a tremendous come-from-behind victory over the United States, 68-58, in their semi-final overnight in Birmingham, England.
It was their toughest test at the tournament thus far and the Rollers passed with flying colours.
The Australians will play France in the decider. The two teams met in the opening game of the championship where the Rollers...
Queensland swimmer Blake Cochrane is making waves at the 2010 Australian Short Course Championships after setting a new world record on day one at the Brisbane Aquatic Centre.
Cochrane, from Southern Cross Swim Club, set a new world record for his S8 B7 class in the 50m breaststroke, posting a sizzling 36.86 to eclipse his old world mark by a meagre 0.01. Cochrane had previously set the record at 36.87 at the IPC Short Course Swimming World Championships in Rio de Janeiro last year....
The Australian Women’s Wheelchair Basketball team, the Gliders, have joined the Aussie men in the semi-finals at the 2010 IWBF World Wheelchair Basketball Championships after crushing China, 77-38, in the quarter finals in Birmingham, England overnight.
But the Gliders will have to get past Paralympic silver medallists Germany if they wish to play for gold. The USA and Canada will battle it out for a finals spot in the other semi-final.
The team has met Germany seven...
