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The best pictures from the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games.
Harry Mosby won a silver medal for Australia at the 1976 Paralympics. It has only recently come to light how significant that achievement was.
While technology presents challenges around fairness, it also offers solutions.
The Olympic and Paralympic games have been awarded to host cities in tandem since the early 2000s. But hosting the Paralympics can bring a city unique benefits that long outlast the games.
If sport is for everyone, sport must be (re)imagined in ways that make it more accessible for all bodies. We have an ethical responsibility to change sport to make it meaningfully inclusive for all.
As Paris prepares to host the Paralympic Games, you may be wondering how classification works, which Aussies to watch, or whether there any sports unique to the Paralympics.
Parasports couldn’t exist without classifying competitors by their physical and mental limitations. But the process is far from perfect, and a handful of athletes have tried to game the system.
Just 19% of women with disability are regularly involved in organised sport, which is a big concern nine years before the Brisbane Paralympics.
The classification system is meant to ensure all athletes have a fair and equitable chance at achieving success. However, for some athletes, the process of getting classified can itself be damaging.
Many Paralympic athletes have overcome significant obstacles to reach Paris, including funding, accessibility and high-performance training.
Olympic host cities must maintain the momentum from the Olympics and ensure Paralympic athletes receive the recognition they deserve for their sporting successes.
Most of us are aware of athletes’ sacrifices, triumphs and heartbreaks. But how do their coaches cope with pressure and stress?
Break dance can help with balance and teach ways to fall safely, both of which are helpful for people with visual impairments.
Athletes can spend four years preparing for an Olympic or Paralympic games. For those who don’t achieve their goals, the disappointment can be crushing.
Many sports fans will suffer sleep deprivation as they stay up to watch the Olympics but there are ways to minimise it and bounce back after the closing ceremony.
The genius TikTok account for the Paralympics draws on the comedic beauty of disabled bodies. It is a relief to see a promotion of the Paralympics that avoids the usual stereotypes.
What makes the Olympics’ five rings such a powerful brand, and do they deliver value for host nations?
Many athletes dream of reaching the Olympics but very few reach it. What is the process for identifying and developing athletic talent?
As world sports fans zero in on Paris ahead of the Olympics, what should Brisbane’s games organisers look to learn ahead of the 2032 event?
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Professor of Social Inclusion - UTS Business School - Co-Lead UTS Disability Research Network - Australian Centre for Olympic and Sport Studies - Centre for Sport, Business and Society, University of Technology Sydney
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Honorary Professor, School of Kinesiology, Western University, London, Canada; Adjunct Fellow, Olympic Scholar and Co-Director of the Olympic and Paralympic Research Centre, Institute for Health and Sport, Victoria University
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Senior Lecturer in Health and Physical Education, University of Tasmania
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Associate professor, The University of Queensland
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Lecturer in Health and Physical Education, University of Tasmania
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Professor & Director, School of Kinesiology, Western University
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Facilitator, Australian Paralympic History Project, The University of Queensland
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Professor, Dept of Health and Physical Education, Mount Royal University
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Associate Professor, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary
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Senior Lecturer in Sports Development, University of Hertfordshire
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Professor, Western University
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Professor of Sport History, Queensland Centre for Olympic and Paralympic Studies, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Physical activity and Disability, Queensland Centre for Olympic and Paralympic Studies, School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences, The University of Queensland
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Professor and Head of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences; Director, The Queensland Centre for Olympic and Paralympic Studies, The University of Queensland
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Professor, Griffith University