Australia’s Paralympic team celebrated the end of a memorable 12 days of competition with a well-earned feast in the village. Athletes and staff did their best to devour 500 meat pies, 30 sushi platters, 400 ice-creams and 10kg of chips — all washed dow...
, ate chicken nuggets off his gold medal and cracked a Corona within minutes of getting off the court.
“The coverage has focused very much on what they can do, rather than their disability,” said the team’s chef de mission Kate McLoughlin. In terms of golds, it was Australia’s worst haul since 1980, but after a hugely disruptive 18 months, never has the colour mattered less.Exhibit A: Jaryd Clifford
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