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Athletics New Zealand has today announced a highly experienced six-strong team brimming with quality to compete at the 2023 World Para Athletics Championships in Paris (8-17 July). All five New Zealand Tokyo Paralympic medallists return to the team for what ...

Scoop Auckland provides news and views from Auckland, New Zealand

Paralympic debutant Lisa Adams won a gold medal tonight in Tokyo leading from the first throw in the Women’s Shot Put F37. This now takes the medal...

World record holder Lisa Adams opens up about living with cerebral palsy and her “life-changing” sporting career in a new TVNZ doco.

With the Paralympics taking place immediately after, from August 24 to September 5, Lisa said the opportunity to be able to join her elder sister in Tokyo as a competitor made Thursdays announcement extra special. "This is my very first experience and I’ve only ever watched my sister before at the Olympics. But I’m excited for my sister and excited for myself," she told Stuff. Lisa Adams has been selected to compete at her first Paralympic Games. "I’m late to this sport, but when I st...

New Zealand para-shot putter Jess Gillan has withdrawn from contention from the Tokyo Paralympics announcing she's pregnant with twins.