Imagine What We Can Do: Vanessa Low

Category: News & Politics

[music] [music] my name is vanessa la and i'm a paralympic athlete i compete in the long jum and have won two gold medals across the par olympic games i've been competing for more than 15 years now um doing something i truly love um we just running and jumping and really love the world of sports i'm... Read more

Category: Sports

When i got injured, i was a little bit lost, sort of lost a bit of my identity about who i was and where i was going. and i found sport and paddling specifically gave me purpose, gave me a goal, gave me a dream. i remember being on the stretcher and saying, “one day you'll see me at the paralympics.”... Read more

Category: Sports

[music] tokyo 2020 i missed out on the spot i guess you could say by one arrow i use that as focus to keep moving forward and if you win or you learn keep training harder and better be creative get inspired and never give up we take those lessons and we learn and we keep pushing forward i started arery... Read more

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Huge opportunity pr3 mix double skulls hearing your country get called out you know your flag getting raised this moment in time that kind of pauses a bit it's it's incredible made our way to the start line and sitting there and that's when their heart was beating a bit fast for me and just waiting... Read more

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I lost my middle finger in a fight and didn't know i've broken my foot during a fight and didn't know fastest fight i've ever had six seconds because i broke the other person's rib it's gonna be brutal well i'm here with janine watson who is australia's first ever taekwondo east is it a taekwondo list... Read more

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I think these suits are really awesome i love the artwork on it it's called the journey to the paralympic mob a little family it means a lot to us to have this journey printed on and then i'm sure it's going to be friends at on most of the uniform pulling on these pr togs today means a lot because it... Read more

Category: Sports

But a good competition put together by atsushi yamamoto. now, ntando mahlangu, who set a world record for 3061 classification. he speaks four languages. didn't get out of his wheelchair for the first end years of his life, but hasn't he been making up for it since? our great try. ntando mahlangu, it... Read more

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Siobhan peyton watching her at the moment breathing to her right tracy wisconsin breathing both sides bilaterally and now of course peyton doing the same and peyton is just in front as they come up towards the final turn alicia abele is a clear third and patria bacara's fourth they head for home and... Read more

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>> now, vanessa low is sitting in the lead, one jump to go. already jumped 5. 20. improved the world record twice. what about a third time, just for fun! she's hit the board very well! a little pocket of australian supporters urging her on. to perhaps even further. well, that's the smile of a winner.... Read more

Category: News & Politics

Track power couple tara davis woodhall and hunter woodhall are gearing up for the 2024 paris olympics and par olympics with a renewed sense of purpose and determination after capturing hearts at the tokyo games they're now focused on turning their experience into gold tara's powerful words reflect their... Read more

Category: Sports

[music] i was really determined to make the most of what had happened to me and what power of sport has done is just presented an amazing opportunity you can overcome adversity you can be resilient no matter what life throws at you you can make positives out of the most traumatic worst situation that... Read more

Category: Sports

I'm just about to play some table tennis he goes two gold medalists and i am pretty scared right now so the aim for me is to actually get the ball on that once and that's a win for me so wish me luck oh you're i like it [music] so just then the spin she put on that ball i aimed over that way but the... Read more