The first Paralympic summer Games in the French capital will showcase 22 sports, including both individual and team sports. Every week, we will take a close look at one of the 22 sports on the Paris ...

In a new partnership with Boccia NZ, University of Canterbury students are championing accessibility, fostering community ...

Students from Milburn, Inverness Royal Academy, Culloden Academy, Grantown Grammar and Kingussie High School competed in ...

Today, the boccia contingent competing at the Paralympic Games includes athletes from as many as 75 countries. Paris marks the third consecutive Paralympics that the U.S. has not qualified an athlete ...

“I am 69 and aim to participate in the 2032 Paralympic sport. Even if my health doesn’t allow me, I will be present in some capacity to promote the sport.” UC and Boccia NZ remain committed ...

Published on December 12, 2024, at 2:04 am (Paris), updated on December 12, 2024, at 9:06 am Stéphane Mandard The Organizing Committee of the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games will present ...

Paraclimbing now joins the LA28’s Initial Paralympic Sport Program, including Blind Football (Soccer), Boccia, Goalball, Para Archery, Para Athletics, Para Badminton, Para Canoe, Para Cycling, Para ...

Peter Leyser, executive director at Boccia Canada ... Para sports organizations fall under the remit of Sport Canada and the Canadian Paralympic Committee. In some countries, such as the U.S ...

and it's a sport we're pretty good at. Taggart has represented Great Britain and Northern Ireland at both the Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games. Boccia is a tactical defend and attack game ...

This paper provides a scientific background for classification in Paralympic sport, defines evidence-based classification and provides guidelines for how evidence-based classification may be achieved.

England boccia athlete Rafael Young Rafael Young discovered sport aged 27, after seeing the Paralympic boccia team at London 2012, but wishes he could have started earlier: “Every sport has ...

Jordaan makes her Paralympic debut on Thursday in ... Jordaan and Morapedi are here to play boccia. To loosely explain what the sport is, it’s related to bowls. In her and Morapedi’s ...