The wheelchair rugby competition will be held from Thursday, August 29 to Monday, September 2 at the 2024 Paris Paralympic Games. At the Paralympic Games, there is one mixed-team tournament for ...

Athletes with an eligible impairment are allocated a sport class based on their abilities in performing the wheelchair rugby skills of ball handling, such as passing, catching, carrying ...

Wheelchair rugby is played indoors on a regulation-size ... Great Britain claimed a historic gold medal in Tokyo – their ...

Welcome to week 21 of Paris 2024 Paralympic Sports Weeks. This week, everything you need to know about wheelchair rugby, a full-contact sport that was introduced to the Paralympic Games more than two ...

Below is a full breakdown of the top events and athletes to watch on Day 1. Though the United States has never failed to win a medal in wheelchair rugby at the Paralympics, it's been 16 years since ...

F ORT WAYNE, Ind. – USA Wheelchair Rugby is pleased to announce the roster of athletes nominated to the Paris 2024 U.S. Paralympic Wheelchair Rugby Team. The team is comprised of 12 athletes ...

Rugby has always claimed to be the sport for everyone, all shapes and sizes, and now a version of the game that takes contact to another level is going some way to proving it.

PARIS--Practice makes perfect and the Japanese national wheelchair rugby players relied on their ... winning a gold medal at the Paralympics was a long-held dream. It took six Paralympics.

Miller placed 11th and 15th in his Paralympic debut in 2022, then won a medal of every color at the 2023 World Championships. Wheelchair curling features the one new medal event for these Games — a ...

The Games will take place in Italy from 6-15 March 2026, although the wheelchair curling competition will begin on 4 March. "I guess it's been at the back of our minds all week that Paralympic ...

He loves the bright lights and big stage, having competed in nine wheelchair curling world championships for Canada and has also represented the country at the last three Paralympic Games.