Canadian women’s sitting volleyball team finishes 4th at Tokyo Paralympics 4th September 2021 https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/1942288963692 Brazil defeats Canada in four sets in the 2020 Tokyo Paralympic Games women’s sitting volleyball bronze medal match. Women’s Sitting Volleyball – Brazil vs Canada –…
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Canada’s women’s sitting volleyball places 4th after hard-fought battle with Brazil
CBC Sports · Posted: Sep 03, 2021 9:09 PM ET https://www.cbc.ca/sports/paralympics/paralympics-roundup-day-11-1.6164661 The Canadian women’s sitting volleyball team has placed fourth in its tournament after a hard-fought battle against Brazil in the bronze medal match at the Tokyo Paralympic Games. Brazil — the…
World’s second-tallest man chasing gold for Iran at the Paralympics
By Tom Decent September 1, 2021 — 4.16pm https://www.smh.com.au/sport/world-s-second-tallest-man-is-competing-for-iran-at-the-paralympics-20210901-p58nwr.html Tokyo: There are nearly 8 billion people in the world. The second tallest of them all is an Iranian man in Tokyo spending most of his time sitting on a Paralympic volleyball court.…
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Sitting volleyball ‘saved’ Burnaby Paralympian after double amputation 10 years ago
Aug 31, 2021 11:15 AM By: Cornelia Naylor https://www.burnabynow.com/local-news/sitting-volleyball-saved-burnaby-paralympian-after-double-amputation-10-years-ago-4268764 When Burnaby’s Felicia Voss-Shafiq moved to the Lower Mainland from California in 2001, she took up volleyball in a rec league at work. She fell in love with the sport itself, she said,…
Langley’s Ellis gets 11 points as Canada downs Italy in Paralympics seated volleyball play
DAN FERGUSON Aug. 29, 2021 8:00 p.m. Up next, Japan, where a win would mean playing in the finals Langley’s Danielle Ellis scored 11 points as Canada defeated Italy 3-1 (25-16, 25-14, 15-25, 25-18) to even their record at 1-1 in sitting…
Sitting Volleyball Changed My Life, Morteza Mehrzad Says
July, 25, 2021 – 19:48 Sports news https://www.tasnimnews.com/en/news/2021/07/25/2543484/sitting-volleyball-changed-my-life-morteza-mehrzad-says TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iran sitting volleyball player Morteza Mehrzad says that the sport has changed his life. He distinctly remembers the moment sitting volleyball came into his life. And it is not because…
USA Sitting Volleyball teams learn from Canada Matches
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2018 in Review: Sitting volleyball
15 Dec 2018 IPC Iran and Russia emerge victorious at World Championships Morteza Mehrzadselakjani (L) starred for Iran as they retained their Asian Para Games sitting volleyball title ⒸINAPGOCBy IPC The 2018 Sitting Volleyball World Championships were the sport’s most important…
Tagged with: China, foundation, Islamic Republic of Iran, Paralympics, Russia, Super 6, world championships
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Unstoppable Iran Sitting Volleyball Continues Worldwide Dominance
December, 16, 2018 – 12:00 Sports news https://www.tasnimnews.com/en/news/2018/12/16/1899728/unstoppable-iran-sitting-volleyball-continues-worldwide-dominance TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iran’s men’s sitting volleyball team continued with its worldwide dominance by winning three gold medals in the international competitions. They won the inaugural men’s Super 6 on home soil in the…
Interview with Iranian Women’s Sitting Volleyball coach Fariba Soleimani
TEHRAN (October 22, 2018) https://boxscorenews.com/interview-with-iranian-womens-sitting-volleyball-coach-fariba-soleimani-p152390-68.htm by Rahim Rahimzadeh Asl,Boxscore: TEHRAN (October 22, 2018) An interview with head coach of Iran Women’s Sitting Volleyball team Mrs Fariba Soleimani. A familiar figure in Iranian volleyball, Soleimani led her squad to a ninth place…
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