More GOLDEN moments for the Aussies! The Australian athletes at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic games continues to show that Aussies are a force to be reckoned with! SEE ALL THE ACTION SHOTS HERE: TOKYO2020 9News
Spoladore was born with glaucoma and lost all of her vision at age six.
She began training in ballet, but was invited to participate in athletics and eventually made the change.Angie Lizeth Pabon Mamian lost her vision after a car accident in 2013 and was encouraged by her physiotherapists to play para sport.8 of 88From practising on a target set up in her driveway in Ireland, Kerrie-Louise Leonard is competing in the Women's Individual Compound Archery Open 1/8 Elimination at the 2021 Tokyo Paralympic Games.
Now the Australian track and field star has raced to the finish line in the Women's 800m T53 and took out the gold.After losing both his arms from an electric shock when he was 12-years-old, Kazakhstan's Siyazbek Daliyev was encouraged by his grandmother to pursue swimming.For the first time since 2004 the Australian wheelchair rugby team missed out on a Paralympic medal, losing their bronze medal match to Japan.
Australia's Ryley Batt, centre, moves the ball with teammate Jake Howe, right, against Japan's Shinichi Shimakawa during the match.Australia's Ryley Batt has a brutal fall during that wheelchair rugby bronze medal match against Japan.Brazil's Mariana D'andrea applies all her strength to claim in the sport that she says fell in love with - powerlifting.
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