Tag: Christie Dawes
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HEATED DEBATE FOR PARALYMPIANS
Two Hunter wheelchair racers are throwing their support behind a project, dedicated to shaping indigenous athletes into community leaders. Kurt Fearnley and Christie Dawes will take centre stage in Newcastle this weekend… but not like you might think.
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FEARNLEY AIMING TO OUTCLASS HUG IN THE BIG APPLE
He’s finished behind Switzerland’s Marcel Hug at every major race this year, but Kurt Fearnley is determined to turn the tables at the New York Marathon.
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DAWES SCORES SILVER AFTER CONTROVERSIAL FINISH TO 4×400 RELAY
At the Rio Paralympics, and in her 6th games, Newcastle’s Christie Dawes will again return home with a medal, after a turbulent women’s 4 x 400m track Relay. Our girls though were then disqualified, but after launching an appeal, they ended up with silver, after the second placed US team was disqualified. Officials found that…
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CHRISTIE DAWES IN TOP FORM HEADING INTO RIO PARALYMPICS
Hunter wheelchair athlete Christie Dawes is plotting a course for the podium in Rio. The 36-year-old has broken race records in her last two events, in the build-up to her sixth Paralympics.
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FEARNLEY, DAWES AND CLEAVER NAMED ON PARALYMPIC TEAM
The Australian Paralympic Committee has announced a 44-member athletics squad to compete in Rio this September, which includes the likes of four-time Paralympian and world champion, Angie Ballard. Kurt Fearnley has been named team captain, he’ll be joined by fellow Hunter athletes, Christie Dawes and teenager, Erin Cleaver.
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PARALYMPIC PREPARATIONS UNDERWAY FOR FEARNLEY AND DAWES
Today marks two months to the Rio Paralympics – and preparations are well on track for the Hunter’s Kurt Fearnley and Christie Dawes. The wheelchair racers are training hard, and it’s paying off – with both fresh from record wins on the Gold Coast.
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RETIREMENT NOT ON THE HORIZON FOR CHRISTIE DAWES
Fresh from winning her first Fernleigh 15 title, Newcastle wheelchair athlete Christie Dawes has set herself the goal of finishing in the top five at the New York Marathon on the 1st of November. “Our marathons often come down to sprints so at the end of 42 k’s is horrendous, so the top five could…
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CHRISTIE DAWES CLAIMS THE FERNLEIGH 15 WHEELCHAIR TITLE
Newcastle paralympian Christie Dawes has well and truly warmed up for next month’s New York Marathon. She won the wheelchair division at today’s Fernleigh 15.
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KURT FEARNLEY WINS HIS 11TH SYDNEY MARATHON
Newcastle wheelchair athlete Kurt Fearnley has warmed up for two massive races in the US by winning his 11th Sydney Marathon. Fearnley set out with fellow Novocastrian Christie Dawes, but eventually pulled away to win his 39th marathon overall, from just 60 starts. “This is the reason why I fell in love with the distance…
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BUILD UP BEGINS TO FERNLEIGH 15
Paralympic silver medallist Christie Dawes will start as favourite in the wheelchair event when she takes part in her first Fernleigh 15 this October. The race should also feature Rio-bound triathlete Aaron Royle.