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Director, High Performance Sport, and Associate Professor in Sports Biomechanics, University of the Sunshine Coast

Joel Marklund/AAP Image/OIS/IOC

August 27, 2024

What challenges do Paralympic athletes face compared to their Olympic peers?

Dan van den Hoek, University of the Sunshine Coast; Christopher Latella, Edith Cowan University, and Mark Sayers, University of the Sunshine Coast

Many Paralympic athletes have overcome significant obstacles to reach Paris, including funding, accessibility and high-performance training.

Japan’s Kei Nishikori, seen here at the 2017 Australian Open, missed out on this year’s event due to a wrist injury. AAP Image/Dean Lewins

January 24, 2018

Get a grip: the twist in the wrist that can ruin tennis careers

Mark Sayers, University of the Sunshine Coast and Daniel Mellifont

Wrist injuries forced some of the top players to miss out on this year’s Australian Open. It’s an ongoing problem and such injuries are partly to blame on how players grip their racquet.

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