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Competing in the first-ever Olympic competition for a sport brings pressure. Women’s water polo had never been played at the Olympics before Sydney 2000 – …

Some people think International Day of People With Disability is only about awareness, but Matt Levy says that's not enough.

This is Michael Roeger's tribute to the coach who picked him up at his lowest point and took him to the top of the world.

Jonathan Goerlach was sitting in a Bondi cafe with his mates when he suffered a panic attack.

After a shattering diagnosis of MS, Emily Petricola went from 63kg to 115kg before two Olympians helped her become a world champion.

Cameron Crombie's ongoing battle with cerebral palsy hasn't stopped him becoming a world para-athletics champion. But as a volunteer firefighter, he's just another bloke on the end of a hose.

Being born without half an arm ended Michael Roeger’s chances of an AFL career. But his desire to be a champion is fuelling his Paralympics marathon dream.

Sami Kennedy-Sim was awake while the surgeons operated on her heart. During that 'out-of-body' experience she made a decision to try and reach a third Winter Olympics and inspire the next generation.

Playing basketball as a kid, Cameron Crombie would become dramatically fatigued and trip over himself during tournaments. What he didn’t know at the time was that he had cerebral palsy, a secret his parents had kept from him since he was a small child.

A year after the heartbreak of missing out on Rio 2016, Emma Nedov snapped her Achilles and retired from artistic gymnastics. At 23, she's considered old for the sport now, but Nedov is back for one last tilt at the Olympics.