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'Wrong headspace': Melissa Perinne said she was apprehensive on the fast course.

Australia's Paralympic skiers had a disappointing morning on Saturday (AEDT) in super-G competition, despite perfect conditions at Whistler's Creekside.


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Queensland filly Military Rose shot to the top of Golden Slipper betting immediately after lowering the colours of Sydney's best fillies in the Reisling Stakes at Rosehill on Saturday.

Horse Racing

Military Rose the new Slipper favourite

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Queensland filly Military Rose shot to the top of Golden Slipper betting immediately after lowering the colours of Sydney's best fillies in the Reisling Stakes at Rosehill on Saturday.

Swimming

Goldman comes from clouds in 800m

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Teenager Katie Goldman has come from the clouds to emerge as a genuine 800 metres freestyle Commonwealth Games medal contender with a stunning 11-second personal best at the trials in Sydney.

Cycling

Armstrong out of Milan-San Remo

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Seven-times Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong has pulled out of the Milan-San Remo classic race because of acute gastroenteritis, his RadioShack team said.

Another crown ... Dale Begg-Smith (File photo)

Winter Sports

Begg-Smith grabs fourth World Cup crown

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Australia's Dale Begg-Smith joined French legend Edgar Grospiron as the greatest World Cup mogul skiing champion of all time after wrapping up his fourth season title.

Silver lining...Mayberry finished joint second with Switzerland's Michael Brugger.

Winter Sports

Aussie Mayberry wins downhill silver

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Australian skier Marty Mayberry won a silver medal in the men's standing downhill skiing at the Vancouver Paralympic Winter Games.

Fighting fit: Huegill's sights are set on medalling in Delhi.

Swimming

Svelte Skippy back into national fold

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Geoff Huegill is a shadow of the man he was two years ago, last night proving he has not lost the ability to represent his country in the pool.

Sore point...Bunting had a run-in with a gate and crashed out of the final.

Bunting crashes out of Vancouver

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Australian skier Bart Bunting has had a disappointing end to his comeback winter Paralympic Games, crashing out in the visually impaired men's downhill.

Winter Sports

Aussies push for snowboard green light

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International Paralympic team officials will meet on Friday to consider adding snowboarding to the roster of competitions at the games.

Double shock: Yolane Kukla (r) touched the wall first but was soon disqualified.

Swimming

Yo Yo caps off up and down meet

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Yolane Kukla has clearly taken her comparisons with Libby Trickett a little bit too much to heart.

Cameron Rahles-Rahbula was sixth overall.

Paralympics

Wild Whistler making life difficult

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The weather at Whistler has changed so frequently during the Vancouver Paralympics that it has created two countries on one hill.