The Para Athletics World Championships have now concluded. Action took place at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Stadium, in London over the past 10 days.
32 world records were broken across the course of the Championships, in what was the most highly attended IPC World Championships to date.
Oceania was represented with athletes from Australia and New Zealand.
Australia had a successful championship, finishing 5th on the overall medal tally with 11 Gold Medal, 9 Silvers and 8 Bronze Medals.
The stars for Australia were Isis Holt, and James Turner, bringing home 5 gold medals between. Isis, repeated what she did two years ago, in winning the T35 100m and 200m. The 100m in a World Record time, and the 200m in a Championships Record.
James, won 3 gold medals, in the T36 200m, 400m and 800m. In the 800m, it was an Anzac battle ad clean sweep of the medals, with William Stedman running hard for the silver medal, and Keegan pitcher coming home strongly to finish with the bronze medal.
The New Zealand team, was not to be outdone, building from their successful lead in at the Oceania Championships, NZ finished with 5 medals overall, which improved on just 1 medal from 2 years ago, in Doha.
New Zealand, rounded out the preparations for the Championships, by competing at the Oceania Championships, in Suva, Fiji.
Name | Classification | Event | Place | Performance | |
Chad Perris | AUS | T13 | 100m | 3rd | 10.96 |
Rheed McCracken | AUS | T34 | 100m | 2nd | 15.4 |
Isis Holt | AUS | T35 | 100m | 1st | 13.43 (World Record) |
Brianna Coop | AUS | T35 | 100m | 4th | 15.3 |
Carly Salmon | AUS | T35 | 100m | 6th | 15.92 |
Brayden Davidson | AUS | T36 | 100m | 8th | 13.29 |
Evan O’Hanlon | AUS | T38 | 100m | 1st | 11.07 |
Ella Pardy | AUS | T38 | 100m | 6th | 13.98 |
Erin Cleaver | AUS | T38 | 100m | 7th | 14.3 |
Scott Reardon | AUS | T42 | 100m | 1st | 12.21 |
Sam McIntosh | AUS | T52 | 100m | 6th | 18.69 |
Angela Ballard | AUS | T53 | 100m | 2nd | 16.84 |
Jaryd Clifford | AUS | T13 | 1500m | 3rd | 3.53.31 |
Deon Kenzie | AUS | T38 | 1500m | 1st | 4.06.68 |
Jake Lappin | AUS | T54 | 1500m | 10th | 3.17.4 |
Jemima Moore | AUS | T54 | 1500m | 10th | 3.30.94 |
Madison de Rozario | AUS | T54 | 1500m | 3rd | 3.25.56 |
Angela Ballard | AUS | T54 | 1500m | 5th | 3.25.79 |
Kurt Fearnley | AUS | T54 | 1500m | 6th | 3.05.26 |
Chad Perris | AUS | T13 | 200m | 4th | 22.08 |
Rheed McCracken | AUS | T34 | 200m | 3rd | 27.81 |
Isis Holt | AUS | T35 | 200m | 1st | 28.47 (Championships Record) |
Brianna Coop | AUS | T35 | 200m | 4th | 32 |
Carly Salmon | AUS | T35 | 200m | 6th | 33.66 |
James Turner | AUS | T36 | 200m | 1st | 24.09 |
Keegan Pitcher | NZL | T36 | 200m | 7th | 25.53 |
Ella Pardy | AUS | T38 | 200m | 5th | 28.88 |
Torita Blake | AUS | T38 | 200m | 7th | 30.16 |
Angela Ballard | AUS | T53 | 200m | 2nd | 29.09 |
James Turner | AUS | T36 | 400m | 1st | 1.54.27 AR |
Keegan Pitcher | NZL | T36 | 400m | 3rd | 55.23 (NZ Record) |
William Stedman | NZL | T36 | 400m | 6th | 56.88 |
Torita Blake | AUS | T38 | 400m | 3rd | 1.09.24 |
Angela Ballard | AUS | T53 | 400m | 4th | 55.73 |
Madison de Rozario | AUS | T54 | 5000m | 1st | 12.33.48 |
Kurt Fearnley | AUS | T54 | 5000m | 6th | 11.12.22 |
Rheed McCracken | AUS | T34 | 800m | 4th | 1.46.98 |
James Turner | AUS | T36 | 800m | 1st | 2.08.78 |
William Stedman | NZL | T36 | 800m | 2nd | 2.11.86 |
Keegan Pitcher | NZL | T36 | 800m | 3rd | 2.13.49 |
Deon Kenzie | AUS | T38 | 800m | 2nd | 2.02.15 |
Madison de Rozario | AUS | T53 | 800m | 2nd | 1.54.88 |
Angela Ballard | AUS | T53 | 800m | 6th | 1.58.28 |
Russell Short | AUS | F12 | Discus | 7th | 39.31m |
Guy Henly | AUS | F37 | Discus | 2nd | 53.59m |
Rae Anderson | AUS | F38 | Discus | 5th | 29.04m |
Sarah Edmiston | AUS | F44 | Discus | 3rd | 33.80m |
Daniel Kirk | AUS | F44 | Discus | 7th | 52.16m |
Aaron Chatman | AUS | T47 | High Jump | 2nd | 1.94m |
Rae Anderson | AUS | F37 | Javelin | 2nd | 24.98m |
Jayden Sawyer | AUS | F38 | Javelin | 1st | 52.96 (World Record) |
Cameron Crosbie | AUS | F38 | Javelin | 5th | 47.84 |
Rory McSweeney | NZL | F44 | Javelin | 7th | 51.58m |
Nicholas Hum | AUS | T20 | Long Jump | 5th | 6.78m |
Brayden Davidson | AUS | T36 | Long Jump | 3rd | 5.39m |
William Stedman | NZL | T36 | Long Jump | 4th | 5.35m (PB) |
Erin Cleaver | AUS | T38 | Long Jump | 2nd | 4.61m |
Sarah Walsh | AUS | T44 | Long Jump | 4th | 4.86m |
Anna Grimaldi | NZL | T47 | Long Jump | 4th | 5.21m |
Russell Short | AUS | F12 | Shot Put | 5th | 14.29m |
Todd Hodgetts | AUS | F20 | Shot Put | 3rd | 15.96m |
Louise Ellery | AUS | F32 | Shot Put | 6th | 4.31m |
Brydee Moore | AUS | F33 | Shot Put | 5th | 4.40m |
Jessee Wyatt | AUS | F33 | Shot Put | 6th | 8.93m |
Jessica Hamill | NZL | F34 | Shot Put | 3rd | 7.77m |
Cameron Crosbie | AUS | F38 | Shot Put | 1st | 15.95m (World Record) |
Martin Jackson | AUS | F38 | Shot Put | 4th | 13.31m |
Claire Keefer | AUS | F41 | Shot Put | 2nd | 8.44m |
Daniel Kirk | AUS | F44 | Shot Put | 5th | 13.59m |
Sarah Edmiston | AUS | F44 | Shot Put | 7th | 8.04m |