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Madeleine Scott has earned herself a sixth place finish in the SM9 200m Individual medley, on Paralympic competition day four.

Western Australian sailors, Russell Boaden and Colin Harrison, have had an exceptional start to their Paralympic campaign finishing day one of the Three-Person Sonar competition in first place.

The Australian Rollers have experienced a mixed finish to the preliminary round of the Rio 2016 wheelchair basketball competition, with a convincing win over Japan following a disappointing loss to Spain.

Western Australian Paralympic swimmer, Madeleine Scott, has made an excellent start to her Paralympic career finishing in fourth place in the SB9 100m Breaststroke final.

The Australian Rollers have made the perfect start to their Paralympic campaign, defeating the Netherlands 70-50 in the Rio Olympic Arena.

Overnight Western Australian 100m sprint athletes, Chad Perris and Ella Pardy, have both qualified for the Rio Paralympic finals in their respective classifications.

A phone call, followed by an impromptu meeting request were the first breadcrumbs that led to Paralympic champion Brad Ness learning that he would be honoured with carrying the Australian flag at the opening ceremony of the 2016 Rio Paralympic Games.

The Australian Diamonds claimed the Quad Series title on Sunday after defeating the New Zealand Silver Ferns 60 to 55, in Melbourne.

Four WAIS athletes have recently been chosen by Australian selectors as part of the Netball World Youth Cup squad. This squad is the starting point for the selection of the 2017 Australian Netball World Youth Cup team who will compete in Gaborone, Botswana next July.

The Australian Diamonds had a strong start to their netball Quad Series campaign with a convincing 25 goal win over the South Africa SPAR Proteas in Auckland last weekend.