Australia’s Para-table tennis program enjoyed its most successful ever day on Monday, claiming a remarkable two gold medals as many as Australia had won in total in the 61 years since the first Paralympic Games, in Rome in 1960.
Australia’s Para-table tennis program enjoyed its most successful ever day on Monday, claiming a remarkable two gold medals as many as Australia had won in total in the 61 years since the first Paralympic Games, in Rome in 1960.
When the Australian Womens Four crew crossed the finish line, Jessica Morrison was unsure if theyd done enough to hold off a fast-finishing Dutch outfit, but Lucy Stephan insisted to the crew weve done it.
Five years worth of tears were shed at the Oi Hockey Stadium when the full-time whistle sounded, and for a group that had gone through the ringer in recent years the loss hurt – it really hurt.
The Tokyo Olympic final between the world’s top two hockey nations lived up to the billing. Cruelly for the Kookaburras, they were not the ones celebrating at the end of the enthralling contest.