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…
Paralympics: Record 14 Sports Could Be Broadcast Live In 2020
DAN D’ADDONA — SWIMMING WORLD MANAGING EDITOR 06 September 2018, 10:16am https://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/news/paralympics-record-14-sports-could-be-broadcast-live-in-2020/ A record 16 disciplines from 14 sports will be available for Rights Holding Broadcasters to show live from the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has…
Tokyo 2020: Japan target sitting volleyball success
25 Aug 2018 – IPC Yoko Saito hopes home fans can get excited about the sport25 Aug 2018 Japan are hoping to make a big impression at their home Paralympics in Tokyo ⒸWorld Para VolleyBy Jayden Hocking | For the IPC…
RUSSIA & IRAN WIN 2018 SITTING VOLLEYBALL WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
Braden Keith | July 24th, 2018 | News, Sitting Volleyball The men from Iran won their record-breaking 7th sitting volleyball World Championships on Sunday in 12 editions of the tournament, beating their arch-rivals from Bosnia & Herzogovina, the world’s #2s, in straight sets…
Iran wins title of World ParaVolley C’ships
Sports Jul 23, 2018, 11:15 AM https://en.mehrnews.com/news/135976/Iran-wins-title-of-World-ParaVolley-C-ships TEHRAN, Jul. 23 (MNA) – Iran men’s national sitting volleyball team gained victory over Bosnia & Herzegovina in the final match and crowned at 2018 World ParaVolley Sitting Volleyball World Championships. Iran won…
Iran advances to final of World ParaVolley C’ships, obtains ticket to Tokyo 2020
Jul 22, 2018, 11:47 AM https://en.mehrnews.com/news/135943/Iran-advances-to-final-of-World-ParaVolley-C-ships-obtains-ticket TEHRAN, Jul. 22 (MNA) – Iran men’s national sitting volleyball team beat Ukraine in the semi-final of 2018 World ParaVolley Sitting Volleyball World Championships and earned ticket to Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Iran launched a…
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