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  • Disability Lead at Sport New Zealand | Senior Lecturer in Disability and Para sport, University of Waikato
The coach of Italian fencer Beatrice Maria Vio Grandis installs her prosthesis. Thomas Padilla/AP Photo

If we truly want our Paralympic athletes to shine, their coaches need more support

Andrew Bennie, Western Sydney University; Emma Beckman, The University of Queensland; Robert Townsend, University of Waikato, and Steven Rynne, The University of Queensland

Other nations have begun to invest more seriously in para sports, which may be a sign Australia needs to invest more in coaches of future Paralympians.

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