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  • Canada women’s #sittingvolleyball CBC thread

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    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 – Bronze Medal Match 4th September 2021 https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/1940712003558 Watch coverage of the 2020 Paralympic Games from…

  • Canada’s women’s sitting volleyball places 4th after hard-fought battle with Brazil

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    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 Rio 2016 bronze medallists — defeated Canada 3-1 (25-15, 24-26, 26-24, 25-14) to reach the podium once…

  • World’s second-tallest man chasing gold for Iran at the Paralympics

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    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. Meet Morteza Mehrzad, whose sitting volleyball team will play in their semi-final against Bosnia Herzegovina…

  • Sitting volleyball ‘saved’ Burnaby Paralympian after double amputation 10 years ago

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    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, but there was more to it than that, too. “I was new to the city,…

  • Langley’s Ellis gets 11 points as Canada downs Italy in Paralympics seated volleyball play

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    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 volleyball. Sunday’s victory was Canada’s first win in women’s sitting volleyball, after a close five-set…

  • Sitting Volleyball Changed My Life, Morteza Mehrzad Says

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    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 it brought him worldwide success or even fame. It is for reasons far more important.…

  • 2018 in Review: Sitting volleyball

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    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 competition of the year, but they were not the only highlight. Unstoppable Iran Led by…

  • Paralympics: Record 14 Sports Could Be Broadcast Live In 2020

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    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 revealed. Badminton, boccia, road cycling, goalball, triathlon and the marathon events in athletics – sports…

  • Tokyo 2020: Japan target sitting volleyball success

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    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 The 2018 World Championships were seen as a major chance for the Japanese women’s sitting…

  • Beach volleyball Paralympic bid has “personal backing” of IPC President, claims World ParaVolley boss

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    James Diamond Tuesday, 31 July 2018 https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1068182/beach-volleyball-paralympic-bid-has-personal-backing-of-ipc-president-claims-world-paravolley-boss World ParaVolley (WPV) President Barry Couzner has claimed International Paralympic Committee (IPC) President Andrew Parsons has given his “personal backing” to WPV’s bid to get beach Para-volleyball into the Los Angeles 2028 Paralympics. Couzner made the claim in his most recent blog on the WPV website, where he also…