News - 11th September 2023

Supporting veterans at Invictus Games Dusseldorf 2023

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The Invictus Games Dusseldorf 2023 started on Saturday with a spectacular Opening Ceremony celebrating the remarkable 550 competitors, families and friends of the 21 participating nations.

 

Included in that group are 31 current and former serving members of the Australian Defence Force who are representing Australia.

 

A live, digital stream of the Invictus Games Dusseldorf 2023 is available here.

 

Here is the Invictus Games Dusseldorf 2023 guide, with information on the Games, each sport and how you can support the team.

 

All parkrunning military veterans and their families who live in Australia are welcome to join the ‘Team Veteran’ parkrun group by logging into your parkrun profile. In doing so, the name ‘Team Veteran’ will appear next to your name in the parkrun results. An easy ‘how to join’ Team Veteran guide for mobile devices is here and for a computer it’s here.

 

This video and this announcement explain more about parkrun Australia’s collaboration with Invictus Australia.

 

This series of short videos and this catalogue of articles feature military veterans and their families in Australia talking about why they love parkrun!

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