PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
![Rowan Crothers](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2021-11/Rowan%20Crothers.jpg?h=da977f03&itok=7PLgY6tQ)
The bromance that set Australian hearts alight
'In my eight years racing internationally, I don’t recall being a part of a team as special as the one in Tokyo. There has been a huge cultural shift - a prime example, sometimes we skipped half our warm-down, just to watch another Aussie compete'
![Close up of Anastasia Pagonis of USA brown eyes, brown hair and white USA mask](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2021-08/1801516.jpg?h=a8b41485&itok=VukQsiJn)
Youngsters who leapfrogged into history in 2021
'Mental health is 100 per cent of the game. If you're not mentally there then you're not there at all'
![Marcel Hug of Switzerland reacts after victory in the Men's Marathon T52 at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2021-12/GettyImages-1338373928.jpg?itok=x1ZUJ1c9)
2021 recap: The great Para athletics comeback
Outstanding Grand Prix season with a European Championships topped by the Paralympic Games, 2021 had it all for Para athletics
![Kylie Grimes of Great Britain celebrates with teammates after defeating United States to win the Wheelchair Rugby gold at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2021-12/Kylie%20Grimes%20Wheelchair%20Rugby.jpg?h=c1f0c31b&itok=Uh8_mVp-)
Memorable team performances of 2021
Morocco men's 5-a-side football team create history
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Ireland’s Eaglesham hits target with wheelchair invention
The shooter’s innovative design a huge hit among athletes at Paralympic Games
![A sit skier going around the gates and skiing down the hill.](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2021-12/rsz_1world_paraalpine_world_cup_veysonnaz_lucpercival_20-01-12_01808.jpg?itok=xHdbMCBJ)
Bauchet triumphs at the last test before Lillehammer
France’s Arthur Bauchet continues to lead in men’s standing class, while Austrian twins Johannes and Barbara Aigner take nine medals from Switzerland
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Kononova and Holub undefeated in Finland
Chinese Para Nordic newcomers win two gold medals in final races before the Paralympic year to finish off a great competition in Vuokatti