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In the bag...Gallagher's medal is the first of Australia's 2010 campaign.

Downhill skier Jessica Gallagher has made Australian Paralympics history, becoming the country's first woman to win a medal at the Winter Games.


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Alpine skier Jessica Gallagher and guide Eric Bickerton have officially received their bronze medals at a ceremony at the Vancouver Paralympics.

Paralympics

Joy for Gallagher as she receives Paralympic bronze

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Alpine skier Jessica Gallagher and guide Eric Bickerton have officially received their downhill bronze medals during a ceremony at the Vancouver Paralympic Winter Games.

Australian skiier Jessica Gallagher competes in the women's visually impaired slalom during day three of the 2010 Vancouver Winter Paralympics.

Paralympics

Vancouver Winter Paralympics: Day Three

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Grandstand's Steve Robilliard takes a look back at day three of the 2010 Vancouver Paralympic Winter Games; a day which saw alpine skier Jess Gallagher claim bronze in the vision impaired downhill.

Cycling

Contador holds on to win Paris-Nice

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Alberto Contador showed great composure to fend off attacks from all sides in a nail-biting final stage and clinch the Paris-Nice race for the second time overnight.

Paralympics

Gallagher in early slalom contention

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Australian skier Jessica Gallagher has started her birthday in style, posting the third fastest time in the first run of the visually impaired women's slalom skiing at the Winter Paralympic Games.

Pacquiao had little trouble accountig for the defensive Clottey.

Boxing

Pacquiao retains WBO crown

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Filipino superstar Manny Pacquiao has easily defeated Ghanaian Joshua Clottey by a unanimous 12-round decision to retain his World Boxing Organisation welterweight title Saturday at Cowboys Stadium in Dallas, Texas.

Destination London: Ric Charlesworth has already been to five Olympics as a player.

Field Hockey

Charlesworth sets sights on London

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After winning hockey World Cups as a player and a coach, Australian mentor Ric Charlesworth has turned his attention to the Kookaburras' 2012 Olympic campaign.

Frozen pea soup: Fog at Whistler has caused havoc with training and competition schedules.

Paralympics

Fog postpones Paralympic downhill runs

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Australia's Paralympians have endured another day of frustration, with heavy fog forcing the postponement of the downhill events on the first day of competition.

The air up there...Steve Hooker leaps for gold.

Athletics

Hooker, Lapierre jump to indoor gold

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Australian Steve Hooker won the men's pole vault at the World Indoor Championships in Doha on Sunday morning (AEDT).

Australian Luke Doerner celebrates scoring the match-winner.

Field Hockey

Kookas end German Cup dominance

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Australia has won the men's hockey World Cup for the first time since 1986.

Sebastian Vettel celebrates claiming pole in Manama.

Motor Sports

Vettel takes Bahrain pole

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German Sebastian Vettel has upstaged returning Formula One legend Michael Schumacher and the other three world champions on show, grabbing pole for the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix.