There is a palpable sense of excitement in ABC newsreader Angela Pearman’s opening remarks on the success of the Sydney 2000 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

This round-up of the final day of the Sydney 2000 Paralympics from New 10 Perth News, broadcast on 29 October 2000, highlights two of the 'golden girls' of the outstanding 2000 Paralympic team.

Tahlia Rotumah is a Minyanbal woman from Tweed Heads in NSW.

This ABC News Canberra report profiles Kurt Fearnley AO – one of Australia’s most recognised and successful athletes.

Sydney hosting the Summer Paralympics in 2000 gave Paralympians and parasport a profile they hadn’t previously had in Australia.

Tim Sullivan OAM is an elite Australian athlete with cerebral palsy. As we see here, Sullivan had an incredible Paralympic Games in 2000, winning 5 gold medals.

Ben Austin OAM is an Australian Aboriginal elite sportsperson with a disability.

Heath Francis OAM is an Australian elite athlete with a disability.

This story from reporter Alison Blanksby on Ten News Sydney, with an introduction by newsreader Ron Wilson, covers the opening ceremony of the Sydney 2000 Paralympic Games.

This excerpt from Inside the Snowdome: Making Somersault focuses on director Cate Shortland's strong visual sensibility, the film's influences and her ongoing coll