The NSWIS’ Daniel Michel will take his sport into a new era today, after becoming the first Australian boccia athlete selected for a Paralympic Games since Sydney 2000.
NSWIS’ Matthew Dawson, Blake Govers, Simon Orchard and Tristan White have all been selected in Australia’s 16-man squad to take the pitch at Rio.
Congratulations to the four NSWIS athletes Brittany Broben, Kevin Chavez, Esther Qin and Melissa Wu on all being selected in the diving section of the 2016 Australian Olympic Team.
The Australian Steelers have lifted their world ranking from four to two after claiming the silver medal at the 2016 Canada Cup, the final international wheelchair rugby tournament before the Rio Paralympic Games.