Nikki Ayers wanted to play for the Australian women's rugby union team, but when a serious knee injury, and multiple surgeries ended that career, she switched to para-rowing, and is now the world's best.
Nikki Ayers will team up with Jed Altschwager in the PR3 mixed double sculls at the Paris Paralympics.
Ayers was a high-level rugby union player until she sustained a serious knee injury in a pre-season match in 2016. Their results in 2023 were extraordinary, breaking the World Best Time twice, winning the World Championships, and being named World Rowing Para Crew of the Year. Ayers recently won the single sculls and mixed double sculls at the Australian Rowing Championships and is now focused on Paris.
Sydney University duo Marcus Della Marta and David Bartholot will contest the final Olympic qualification regatta in Lucerne, Switzerland in May, where they have to finish in the top two in the men's double sculls."But it's pretty simple, if you put out your best performance, and that's not enough, then at least you've given your best.Both athletes are hoping to make their Olympic debut in Paris, and for Bartholot, 28, it'd be the culmination of many years of trying.
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