Month: October 2014
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Incheon 2014 Asian Para Games
News worthy headlines that have yet to surface on the internet. Final Rankings can be found in the results section of this site. Iran and China top Asia’s sitting volleyball in both Men’s and Women’s competition. At the 3rd attempt (Shanghai, 2007, Guangzhou, 2010), Iranian Women finally overcome Japan Women to qualify for the Paralympic Games. Korea (hosts)…
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Asian Para Games: Iran’s Sitting Volleyball Demolishes Mongolia
October, 19, 2014 – 22:24 Sports news https://www.tasnimnews.com/en/news/2014/10/19/533353/asian-para-games-iran-s-sitting-volleyba INCHEON (Tasnim) – Iran’s sitting volleyball team defeated Mongolia in straight sets (25-2, 25-3, 25-10) on Sunday. The Iranian team beat Mongolia in the Men’s Preliminaries Pool B at the Songnim Gymnasium in Incheon, South Korea. “It was an easy game against Mongolia and we have a more…
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Stinissen elected as Vice Chair of IPC Athletes’ Council
From the IPC athlete council and womensportreports Dutch sitting volleyball player Elvira Stinissen was elected as the new Vice Chair of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Athletes’ Council on Thursday (2 October), following a vote in Berlin, Germany. Stinissen, an experienced athlete both on and off the field of play, began competing in 2002 and was…