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Aye, Aye Captain 🫡 Australian Team Captain Angie Ballard cruises to sixth place in the 400m T53 final, clocking 59.12. #CityOfAthletics #AthleticsNation #ImagineWhatWeCanDo

Aye, Aye Captain 🫡

Australian Team Captain Angie Ballard cruises to sixth place in the 400m T53 final, clocking 59.12.

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Back-to-back Paralympic Champion✨ 🇦🇺Vanessa Low holds onto her Paralympic title and sets a new world record in the women's long jump T61 with 5.45m jump. 🥈Martina Caironi 🇮🇹 5.05 🥉Elena Kratter🇨🇭4.86 #ParaAthletics Paris 2024 Paralympic Games

Back-to-back Paralympic Champion✨

🇦🇺Vanessa Low holds onto her Paralympic title and sets a new world record in the women's long jump T61 with 5.45m jump.

🥈Martina Caironi 🇮🇹 5.05
🥉Elena Kratter🇨🇭4.86

#ParaAthletics <a href="/Paris2024/">Paris 2024</a> <a href="/Paralympics/">Paralympic Games</a>
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Long Live the Queen! Vive La Vanessa! 👑🥇 It’s a THREE-PEAT for Vanessa Low, as the Paralympic powerhouse leaps to a T61 WORLD RECORD of 5.45m not once but twice to secure GOLD for Australia in the Long Jump T63. #CityOfAthletics #AthleticsNation #ImagineWhatWeCanDo

Long Live the Queen! Vive La Vanessa! 👑🥇

It’s a THREE-PEAT for Vanessa Low, as the Paralympic powerhouse leaps to a T61 WORLD RECORD of 5.45m not once but twice to secure GOLD for Australia in the Long Jump T63. 

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Four Paralympic Games done and dusted. Congratulations Sam 💚💛 Sam McIntosh falls just shy of a spot in the 100m T52 final, clocking 17.77 for fifth place in Heat 2. #CityOfAthletics #AthleticsNation #ImagineWhatWeCanDo

Four Paralympic Games done and dusted. Congratulations Sam 💚💛

Sam McIntosh falls just shy of a spot in the 100m T52 final, clocking 17.77 for fifth place in Heat 2.

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Heartbreak for Jackson Hamilton, forced to retire from the Javelin Throw F13 final due to injury. The Paralympic debutant and Australian record holder musters up a 59.20m throw on his first attempt - nine metres shy of his Australian record - finishing sixth overall.

Heartbreak for Jackson Hamilton, forced to retire from the Javelin Throw F13 final due to injury.

The Paralympic debutant and Australian record holder musters up a 59.20m throw on his first attempt - nine metres shy of his Australian record - finishing sixth overall.
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A might effort 💪 Maz Strong musters up 6.35m on her fourth attempt in the Shot Put F33 final, finishing eighth in the world at her second Paralympic Games. #CityOfAthletics #ImagineWhatWeCanDo #AthleticsNation

A might effort 💪

Maz Strong musters up 6.35m on her fourth attempt in the Shot Put F33 final, finishing eighth in the world at her second Paralympic Games.

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From Zurich Station to Stadion Letzigrund, Australia’s Olympic stars rolled on in style for the Zurich Diamond League as Olympic champion Nina Kennedy soared to her eighth-consecutive pole vault victory 🌟🦘 #AthleticsNation athletics.com.au/news/olympic-c…

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🥇 Rio 🥇 Tokyo 🥇 Paris Vanessa Low has put on a masterclass at the Paralympic Games once more, claiming a third-straight Paralympic title with a world record jump on Day Seven of athletics competition at Stade de France. ✍️ bit.ly/ParisPara-Day7 #AthleticsNation

🥇 Rio 🥇 Tokyo 🥇 Paris
Vanessa Low has put on a masterclass at the Paralympic Games once more, claiming a third-straight Paralympic title with a world record jump on Day Seven of athletics competition at Stade de France.

✍️ bit.ly/ParisPara-Day7

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Big guns ready to fire 🔥 The sprint double is on the cards for James Turner as he takes on the 100m T36, as three more global medallists headline the Aussie action on Day 8 in Paris. #CityOfAthletics #AthleticsNation #ImagineWhatWeCanDo

Big guns ready to fire 🔥

The sprint double is on the cards for James Turner as he takes on the 100m T36, as three more global medallists headline the Aussie action on Day 8 in Paris. 

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Australia's Golden Girl 👑🥇 Back-to-back-to-back Paralympic Long Jump T63 champion AND another world record to her name 🤯 It doesn't get much better than this for Vanessa Low 🇦🇺. #CityOfAthletics #ImagineWhatWeCanDo #AthleticsNation

Australia's Golden Girl 👑🥇

Back-to-back-to-back Paralympic Long Jump T63 champion AND another world record to her name 🤯 It doesn't get much better than this for Vanessa Low 🇦🇺.

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A 9-second PB at the Paralympics? Yeah she did! 😎 Annabelle Colman makes moves at her first Paralympic Games, placing fourth in the 1500m T20 in 4:31.54 to cement herself as one of the world's greatest. Big things are coming, Annabelle! ⭐ #CityOfAthletics #AthleticsNation

A 9-second PB at the Paralympics? Yeah she did! 😎

Annabelle Colman makes moves at her first Paralympic Games, placing fourth in the 1500m T20 in 4:31.54 to cement herself as one of the world's greatest. Big things are coming, Annabelle! ⭐

#CityOfAthletics #AthleticsNation
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Ready and raring 😤 After a nervous wait, Rheed McCracken is through to the 800m T34 final as the fastest non-automatic qualifier from the heats, clocking 1:41.51. #CityOfAthletics #AthleticsNation #ImagineWhatWeCanDo

Ready and raring 😤

After a nervous wait, Rheed McCracken is through to the 800m T34 final as the fastest non-automatic qualifier from the heats, clocking 1:41.51.  

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Eighth in the world! 🌎 Guy Henly flies the disc 48.58m on his third attempt to wrap up his third Paralympic Games in style. #CityOfAthletics #ImagineWhatWeCanDo #AthleticsNation

Eighth in the world! 🌎

Guy Henly flies the disc 48.58m on his third attempt to wrap up his third Paralympic Games in style.

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Well, that was easy 💅 James Turner makes light work of the 100m T36 heats, advancing to the final after crossing the line in 12.09 (0.2) for third in Heat 1. #CityOfAthletics #AthleticsNation #ImagineWhatWeCanDo

Well, that was easy 💅

James Turner makes light work of the 100m T36 heats, advancing to the final after crossing the line in 12.09 (0.2) for third in Heat 1. 

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And the records keep rolling in! 😎👊 Rhiannon Clarke runs a lap of the track in 1:01.39, grabbing onto the area record in the 400m T38 heats. The best part - she isn't done yet! Tune in tomorrow to see what she can do in the final. #AthleticsNation #CityOfAthletics

And the records keep rolling in! 😎👊

Rhiannon Clarke runs a lap of the track in 1:01.39, grabbing onto the area record in the 400m T38 heats. The best part - she isn't done yet! Tune in tomorrow to see what she can do in the final.

#AthleticsNation #CityOfAthletics
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What can't she do?! 🤩 Telaya Blacksmith tops off her already stunning Paralympic debut with another Australian Under 20 Record - this time in the Long Jump T20 as she piles on six centimetres to her personal best to finish ninth with a leap of 5.21m. #AthleticsNation

What can't she do?! 🤩

Telaya Blacksmith tops off her already stunning Paralympic debut with another Australian Under 20 Record - this time in the Long Jump T20 as she piles on six centimetres to her personal best to finish ninth with a leap of 5.21m.

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It's all about bringing your best when it matters! ✨ Two fantastic results for the Aussies in the Discus F38, with Samantha Schmidt finishing in 7th with a season's best performance of 33.05m, while F37 star Ella Hose closes out her Paris campaign in 11th with a personal best

It's all about bringing your best when it matters! ✨

Two fantastic results for the Aussies in the Discus F38, with Samantha Schmidt finishing in 7th with a season's best performance of 33.05m, while F37 star Ella Hose closes out her Paris campaign in 11th with a personal best
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A new wave of Australian para athletes are making moves globally, with Paralympic debutants Annabelle Colman and Telaya Blacksmith rewriting the history books, while Rhiannon Clarke makes it three records from three races on Day Eight at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games. ✍️

A new wave of Australian para athletes are making moves globally, with Paralympic debutants Annabelle Colman and Telaya Blacksmith rewriting the history books, while Rhiannon Clarke makes it three records from three races on Day Eight at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games.

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