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Champion Western Australian gymnast Lauren Mitchell has called time on a glittering career that has seen her compete at two Olympic Games, two Commonwealth Games and win gold at the 2010 World Championships in the Netherlands.

After a successful two weeks at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games, Western Australia's athletes have come away with a total of six medals.

Anton Zappelli has finished his Paralympic debut with a 36th place finish in the qualification round of the R6 Mixed 50m Air Rifle Prone SH1 event.

On Paralympic day seven the Australian Rollers have fallen to Great Britain, 51 to 74, taking them out of medal contention.

The Australian Women's T35-38 4x100m sprint team has competed in Rio overnight (WST) and come away with a bronze medal to add to Australia's tally.

Following a number of solid performances in the opening races, Russell Boaden and Colin Harrison are in a strong position heading into the final day of the Three-Person Sonar sailing competition at Rio 2016.

Madison de Rozario has come away with two successful results, in the T53/54 5000m and T53/54 4x400m events, on day eight of the Rio Paralympic Games.

Guy Harrison-Murray, Madeleine Scott and Jeremy McClure have recorded solid finishes in their final races of the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games, on competition day eight.

Western Australian netballers Caitlin Bassett, Natalie Medhurst and April Brandley have recently been named as part of the Australian Diamonds team set to take on the New Zealand Silver Ferns in the upcoming Constellation Cup.

WAIS hockey athletes Frazer Gerrard and Matthew Bird were recently announced in the U21 Australian Men's Hockey Squad, the Burras, in preparation for the Sultan of Johor Cup to be held in Malaysia late next month.