Just a day after team-mate Cameron Rahles-Rahbula claimed Australia’s first medal of the Northern hemisphere season, elite Paralympic skier Shannon Dallas has stepped up the team’s celebrations in Italy by winning gold overnight at the IPC Alpine World Cup event.
The NSW sit-skier found the going tough on day one at Sestriere, but returned 24 hours later with a vengeance to claim a memorable victory in the Super Combination shootout with outstanding performances in his...News
January 21, 2009
Cameron Rahles-Rahbula has broken through for Australia’s first medal of the season following a stunning performance at the IPC Alpine World Cup Downhill event in Italy overnight.
Having shown glimpses of brilliance at last week’s World Cup event in Spain, Rahles-Rahbula was determined to deliver a more consistent performance in Italy and did so in spades, slashing his way to a bronze medal on the slopes of Sestriere. The 25-year-old from Melbourne tackled the...
January 15, 2009
Australia’s elite Paralympic skiers are en route to Italy tonight after rounding out the IPC Alpine World Cup season opener in Spain which concluded yesterday.
The change of scenery will be a welcome one for the five Australian athletes, who each suffered varying degrees of the flu during the four-day event in the Spanish town of La Molina. Only three of the five team members – Toby Kane, Cameron Rahles-Rahbula and Marty Mayberry – were well enough to...
January 13, 2009
With the effects of the flu threatening to derail their progress at the event, Australia’s elite Paralympic skiers delivered a string of brave and rather impressive performances on day two of the IPC Alpine World Cup in Spain.
Just 24 hours after a mixed showing in the season opener at La Molina, the five-strong Australian contingent returned to the challenging layout to each post excellent top 12 finishes overnight. And with every member suffering from the flu virus,...
January 8, 2009
The Beijing Games have been consigned to the history books and now Australia’s Winter Paralympic athletes are priming themselves to move into the limelight.
With the 2010 Vancouver Games less than 400 days away, Australia’s elite winter squad is about to embark on the Northern Hemisphere circuit crucial to its Games' preparations. Five of Australia’s best Paralympic skiers have been training in Spain since mid-December and will finally have their...
