Para-swimming hero Alexa Leary, vision-impaired runner Jaryd Clifford, and wheelchair track legend Madison de Rozario will lead Australia’s charge
starting on Wednesday in Paris. Of Australia’s team of 160 athletes, competing across 17 of 22 sports, here are 10 to watch.Since 2008, Australia’s wheelchair rugby team, the Steelers, have been a powerhouse, with consecutive Paralympic gold medals in London in 2012 and Rio in 2016. But in Tokyo, a semi-final defeat to the United States and an agonising bronze medal loss to hosts Japan ended their winning run.
Jaryd Clifford went to his first Paralympics in 2016 aged 17, and won his first world championship medal just a year later. Having won two world titles in 2019, in the 1500m and 5000m events, Clifford was a firm favourite in Tokyo. But a Paralympic crown eluded the vision-impaired runner as he came home with two silver and a bronze instead. Clifford wrote about thefollowing the Games: “I’ve felt pretty broken, definitely lost, and always searching for the moment that helps me turn the page.
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