Making the medal even more special for the 10-year-old, who suffers from multiple disabilities, such autism, Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD), intellectual disability, epilepsy, vision and hearing loss, is the journey he had to go through to just get to Melbourne’s Lakeside Stadium.

He qualified for the meet by first competing and dominating his school and Shoalhaven District carnival’s junior boys (8-10 years) multi-class shot put events.

This saw him progress to September’s South Coast Regional Championships in Canberra, where he again won – before the Bomaderry product then backed it up a month later at the State Championships, by taking out the NSW crown.

To prepare for the biggest meet of his career, Miller, who also had a tethered spinal cord which has resulted in lost feelings in his legs, continued to train hard with his coaches – which he has done since starting with Shoalhaven Little Athletics at age five.

“In the first few seasons, I was a sprinter and refused to do the field events,” Miller said.

“That was until my parents told him me I could get a trophy at the presentation, if I did all events in under 7s. 

“I have changed to more of the field events since under 9s, in the 2016/2017 season, when I won my first gold at a state event for little athletics in discus 9/10 multi-class.

“Now I train up to two times a week with my coaches Ron Cox and Jacquie Peace at Ron Brown Oval, as well as competing in little athletics on Tuesday nights.

“On top of that, I sometimes train my shot put with my sister Talea in the backyard.”

When in Victoria, the T/F 43 classified athlete performed as well as he could, saying he ‘threw awesome’ – for a distance of 5.50m, to finish behind Victoria’s Brady Cochrane.

“Kynan signalled to me that he got second, which he was happy about,” Kynan’s mother Karina said.

“But once I talked to him, he was disappointed not to win gold but I explained to him that he was second in Australia for 10 boys multi-class – which made him happy.”

Kynan, who ranks this as his best personal achievement to date, hopes this is the start of a very successful career.

“I’d love to be a Paralympian but in the short term, I’d like to make it to nationals in Darwin next year,” Kynan said.