Sentences with phrase «in wheelchair basketball»
In wheelchair basketball, for example, athletes get classified on a point system: 1 point for the most severely impaired individuals and up to 4.5 points for the most physically able individuals.
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She resumed athletics as a wheelchair basketball player, starring on the U.S. gold medal - winning team at the Beijing Olympics in 2008, then took up alpine skiing, winning two gold metals, a silver and a bronze in Vancouver and this past weekend a silver in Sochi.
(White Plains, NY)-- With the support of Westchester County, the Cerebral Palsy of Westchester's Barrier Breakers will compete in the annual Wheelchair Basketball Tournament on Tuesday, April 17 at the Westchester County Center beginning at 5:30 p.m. Admission is free.
Sesser, who now spends her time in sunny California, caught the athlete itch at a young age, first taking on skateboarding and surfing and going on to play competitive wheelchair basketball, not to mention almost representing Team USA on the track at the 2012 London Paralympic Games.
Players reach for a rebound during the gold medal Wheelchair Basketball match between the U.S. and China in the 2008 Paralympic Games in Beijing.
At the opening of the new Kinokuniya Bookstore in New York, Viz announced the licensing of another of Takehiko Inoue's manga, REAL, a sports manga with a twist; Wheelchair Basketball.