POST GAMES NEWS
Emma Schieck (USA) – ‘The Most Surreal Thing I’ve Ever Done’: UNC Student Emma Schieck Reflects on Paralympic Gold Medal (Chapelboro.com)
Bethany Zummo (USA) – Crochet and ice aides USA’s sitting volleyball player Bethany Zummo’s mental health (Paralympic.org)
Katie Holloway (USA) – Everett’s Katie Holloway strikes gold again with USA sitting volleyball team (Seattletimes.com)
Katie Holloway (USA) – Through adversity, Lake Stevens alum earns Paralympic gold (Heraldnet.com)
Jennifer Oakes (CAN) – Former women’s volleyball athlete Oakes helps Canada to 4th place finish in Tokyo (Goheat.prestosports.com)
Rwanda women’s team – Rwanda Takes Pride in Tokyo Despite Paralympics Disappointment (Allafrica.com)
Lora Webster (USA) – Phoenix’s Lora Webster wins 5th Paralympic medal in sitting volleyball (Azcentral.com)
Jillian Williams (USA) – Jillian Williams, Team USA bring home Paralympics gold (Kristv.com)
GAMES-TIME NEWS
Day 13 – September 5
Monique Matthews (USA) – Team LGBTQ’s Monique Matthews helps lead U.S. sitting volleyball to Paralympics gold (Outsports.com)
USA women’s team – Team USA Women Sweep All 3 Volleyball Golds Across Paralympics and Olympics for the First Time Ever (Self.com)
USA women’s team – U.S. women’s sitting volleyball defend their gold medal taking China 3-1 (Teamusa.org)
USA women’s team – US overcome COVID-hit build-up to down rivals China and retain women’s sitting volleyball title (Insidethegames.biz)
USA women’s team – Mental resilience the key to retaining gold for the USA sitting volleyball team (Paralympic.org)
Iran men’s team – Iran Sitting Volleyball Crowned Paralympics 2020 Champion (Tasnimnews.com)
USA women’s team – US Women’s Sitting Volleyball Players Set, Spike, and Block Their Way to 2nd Straight Paralympic Gold (Popsugar.com)
USA women’s team – Sitting volleyball champs (Japantoday.com)
USA women’s team – U.S. women successfully defend sitting volleyball Paralympic gold over rival China (Olympics.nbcsports.com)
Emma Schieck (USA) – Schieck, U.S. women strike gold in sitting volleyball at Tokyo (Wcnc.com)
Day 12 – September 4
Morteza Mehrzad (IRI) – World’s second-tallest man helps Iran to gold in Paralympics sitting volleyball (Todayuknews.com)
Morteza Mehrzad (IRI) – World’s second-tallest man inspires Iran to gold in Paralympics sitting volleyball (Mirror.co.uk)
Morteza Mehrzad (IRI) – Morte Zamayad, the second tallest man in the world, helps Iran win the Paralympic sitting volleyball gold medal (Texasnewstoday.com)
Iran men’s team – Reigning champions Iran continue their dominance in sitting volleyball (Paralympic.org)
Morteza Mehrzad (IRI) – World’s second-tallest man takes sitting volleyball to whole new level (Wmleader.com)
Morteza Mehrzad (IRI) – Morteza Mehrzadselakjani, the tallest Paralympian in history, helps Iran win sitting volleyball gold at the Tokyo Paralympics (Edition.cnn.com)
Iran men’s team – Iran down RPC to win men’s sitting volleyball gold for seventh time at Paralympic Games (Insidethegames.biz)
Iran men’s team – Iran sitting volleyball wins Paralympics gold (Ifpnews.com)
Iran men’s team – Iran sitting volleyball win Paralympics seventh gold (Tehrantimes.com)
Canada women’s team – Canada’s women’s sitting volleyball places 4th after hard-fought battle with Brazil (Cbc.ca)
Canada women’s team – Canada going to sitting volleyball bronze medal game (Torontoobserver.com)
Danielle Ellis (CAN) – Seated volleyball captain realizes dream of Paralympic semifinals (Bclocalnews.com)
Felicia Voss-Shafiq (CAN) – Burnaby’s Felicia Voss-Shafiq battling for Paralympic bronze (Burnabynow.com)
Day 11 – September 3
USA women’s team – Semifinal sweeps set up another Team USA-China showdown for women’s sitting volleyball gold (Teamusa.org)
Annie Flood (USA) – Tokyo dreams become reality for South Salem athlete (Salemreporter.com)
Brazil women’s team – Brazil loses from the US and will dispute the bronze in women’s sitting volleyball in the Paralympics (Playcrazygame.com)
Kaleo Maclay (USA) – Paralympian Kaleo Kanahele Maclay is taking Tokyo (& motherhood) one point at a time (Romper.com)
Bosnia and Herzegovina men’s team – Bosnia & Herzegovina sitting volleyball semi-finals defeat signals end of an era (Paralympic.org)
Day 10 – September 2
Lora Webster (USA) – American Lora Webster is 5 months pregnant, seeking 5th Paralympic medal (Cbc.ca)
Rwanda women’s team – Rwanda Targets to Bounce Back in Paris 2024 Paralympics (Allafrica.com)
Rwanda women’s team – Rwanda Takes On Japan In Sitting Volleyball (Taarifa.rw)
Lora Webster (USA) – Baby bump, set, spike: USA’s Lora Webster aims for 5th medal (Dailysabah.com)
Morteza Mehrzad (IRI) – Tokyo Paralympics 2020: Meet The World’s Tallest Paralympian Vying For Gold (Republicworld.com)
Morteza Mehrzad (IRI) – ‘Still growing’: World’s tallest athlete blows minds at Paralympics (Au.yahoo.sports.com)
Canada women’s team – Canada women’s sitting volleyball looks to topple powerhouse China for 1st-ever medal (CBC.ca)
Emma Schieck (USA) – Refs, coaches recognized this sitting volleyball player’s potential. Now she’s playing in the Paralympic Games (Wralsportsfan.com)
Day 9 – September 1
Canada women’s team – Canadian women’s sitting volleyball team has chance at a medal in Tokyo (Pembroketoday.ca)
USA women’s team – U.S. women’s sitting volleyball team holds off RPC to move on to Friday’s semifinals (Teamusa.org)
Morteza Mehrzad (IRI) – Iran’s 8-foot sitting volleyball star Morteza Mehrzad leads team to Paralympic semifinals (Foxnews.com)
Morteza Mehrzad (IRI) – World’s second-tallest man chasing gold for Iran at the Paralympics (Smh.com.au)
Day 8 – August 31
Canada women’s team – A date with the host nation ahead for women’s sitting volleyball team (Torontoobserver.ca)
Felicia Voss-Shafiq (CAN) – Sitting volleyball ‘saved’ Burnaby Paralympian after double amputation 10 years ago (Burnabynow.com)
Bosnia and Herzegovina men’s team – The National Team of BiH in sitting Volleyball advanced to the Semifinals at the Paralympic Games in Tokyo (Sarajevotimes.com)
Iran men’s team – Iran sitting volleyball finds way to Paralympics semis (En.mehrnews.com)
Morteza Mehrzad (IRI) – The world’s second-tallest man helps guide Iran into Paralympics sitting volleyball semi-finals – as the Games’ tallest competitor EVER at 8ft 1in – with eyes on a gold medal in Tokyo (Dailymail.co.uk)
Iran men’s team – Iran’s Sitting Volleyball Beats China to Qualify for Paralympics Semis (Tasnimnews.com)
Monique Matthews (USA) – Monique Matthews scores match-high 11 points in Team USA’s loss in pool play (Ardmoreite.com)
Day 7 – August 30
Iran men’s team – Iran sitting volleyball wins Brazil in Tokyo Paralympics (En.mehrnews.com)
Jillian Williams (USA) – Local athlete Jillian Williams is focused on gold in Tokyo Paralympics (Kristv.com)
Iran men’s team – Sitting volleyball defeat Brazil in Paralympics 2020 (Tehrantimes.com)
Danielle Ellis – Langley’s Ellis gets 11 points as Canada downs Italy in Paralympics seated volleyball play (Bclocalnews.com)
Day 6 – August 29
Sitting volleyball – Different sports, same drive as Brazilian mother-daughter duo aim to compete at more Games together (Straitstimes.com)
Day 5 – August 28
Morteza Mehrzad (IRI) – Sitting volleyball star is 2.46m tall and is the third tallest person in the world (Playcrazygame.com)
USA women’s team – US women’s sitting volleyball team wants sport to be a household name, defend gold (Yahoo.com)
China teams – Mixed feelings for China’s sitting volleyballers at Paralympics (Bignewsnetwork.com)
USA women’s team – U.S. women’s sitting volleyball team off to perfect start with win over Rwanda (Teamusa.org)
Iran men’s team – We don’t think about Bosnia until we face them: Hadi Rezaei (Tehrantimes.com)
Iran men’s team – Iran Sitting Volleyball Overpowers Germany (Bignewsnetwork.com)
Iran men’s team – Iran’s sitting volleyball team wins Germany (En.mehrnews.com)
Iran men’s team – Iran sitting volleyball beat Germany in straight sets (Tehrantimes.com)
Annie Flood (USA) – ‘Pure joy’: Salem’s Annie Flood on USA Paralympic team (Koin.com)
Payden Vair (CAN) – Payden Vair representing Canada and southern Alberta at Tokyo Paralympics (Calgary.ctvnews.ca)
Emma Schieck (USA) – Statesville woman making Paralympic debut (Wcnc.com)
Rwanda women’s team – Rwandans’ medal campaign starts Saturday (Newtimes.co.rw)
Day 4 – August 27
Canada women’s team – Local putting big points on sitting volleyball scoreboard during Paralympic Games (Alderstargrove.com)
Lora Webster (USA) – Lora Webster is competing in the Paralympics, she’s pregnant and she’s not hiding it (Oklahoman.com)
Sitting volleyball – Pass, Set, Spike! Here’s What You Need to Know About Sitting Volleyball at the Paralympics (Popsugar.com)
Iran and Bosnia and Herzegovina teams – Another chapter for Iran-Bosnia rivalry in sitting volleyball at the Paralympic Games (Paralympic.org)
Day 3 – August 26
Italy women’s team – Domani storico esordio delle azzurre alle Paralimpiadi (Federvolley.it)
Iran men’s team and USA women’s team – Iran and US to defend Paralympic sitting volleyball titles in Tokyo (Insidethegames.biz)
Italy women’s team – Il sogno diventa realtà nella notte l’esordio paralimpico delle Azzurre (Ivolleymagazine.it)
USA women’s team – What to know about sitting volleyball heading into Tokyo (Teamusa.org)
Day 2 – August 25
Rwanda women’s team – A look at Rwanda’s sitting volleyball opponents (Newtimes.co.rw)
Emma Schieck (USA) – Carolina junior competes for Team USA at the Tokyo Paralympics (Unc.edu)
Jolan Wong (CAN) – Laurentian Valley’s Jolan Wong thrilled Canada’s Paralympic sitting volleyball games will be livestreamed (Intelligencer.ca)
Day 1 – August 24
Liliane Mukobwankawe (RWA) – Mukobwankawe Leads Parade At Paralympics Opening Ceremony (Allafrica.com)
Nichole Millage (USA) – Sendoff for Paralympian headed to Tokyo (Wcia.com)
Kaleo Maclay (USA) – ‘Best setter’ in sitting volleyball opens up about leaving behind her son as she aims for the gold in Tokyo (News.yahoo.com)
Canada women’s team – CBC Sports extends coverage plans to include women’s sitting volleyball (Cbc.ca)
Felicia Voss-Shafiq (CAN) – Burnaby athlete’s team wins battle to have Tokyo Paralympics games broadcast (Burnabynow.com)
PRE-GAMES NEWS
Canada women’s team – Canadian Paralympic sitting volleyball team aiming for podium at Tokyo Games (Globalnews.ca)
Nichole Millage (USA) – Sitting volleyball player Nichole Millage is headed to Tokyo (Smilepolitely.com)
Felicia Voss-Shafiq (CAN) – Family, friends of Burnaby Paralympian heartbroken matches won’t be broadcast (Burnabynow.com)
Canada women’s team – Canada’s Paralympic women’s sitting volleyball squad knows how to survive and adapt (Theglobeandmail.com)
Lora Webster (USA) – Former Lincoln East standout set for fifth trip to Paralympic Games (Journalstar.com)
Kathryn Holloway (USA) – Lakes Stevens’ Holloway is a leading voice for Paralympians (Heraldnet.com)
Payden Olsen (CAN) – Cardston athlete set to compete in sitting volleyball at Tokyo Paralympic Games (Mylethbridgenow.com)
Jillian Williams (USA) – Texas athlete overcomes cancer, heads to Tokyo Paralympics to represent USA (Ksat.com)
Monique Matthews (USA) – Paralympian Monique Matthews’ husband is transitioning, and they can use your help (Outsports.com)
USA women’s team – Greatest Paralympic moments from history (Paralympic.org)
Danielle Ellis (CAN) – From B.C. to Tokyo: Team Canada seated volleyball captain prepares for Paralympics (Aldergrovestar.com)
Emma Schieck (USA) – UNC sophomore in Toyko Paralympics represents next generation of sitting volleyball (Dailytarheel.com)
Lora Webster (USA) – Pregnancy, Paralympics, combination poses no problem for Phoenix’s Lora Webster in Tokyo (AZcentral.com)
Japan women’s team – Japan to open sitting volleyball tournament at Tokyo 2020 Paralympics (Insidethegames.biz)
Brazilian teams – Seleções Brasileiras de vôlei sentado realizam primeiros treinos em solo japonês (Cpb.org.br)
Kaleo Maclay (USA) – Woman with Hawaii ties leads Team USA’s sitting volleyball squad to Paralympic Games (Hawaiinewsnow.com)
Jillian Williams (USA) – Local athlete Jillian Williams is headed to Tokyo Paralympics (Kristv.com)
Brazilian teams – Seleções do vôlei sentado realizam últimos ajustes no CT Paralímpico antes de embarcarem para Tóquio (Cpb.org.br)
Anne Fergusson (CAN) – Valley Paralympians prepare for Tokyo (Renfrewtoday.ca)
Rwanda women’s team – Rwanda drawn in Pool B for Paralympic Games (Newtimes.co.rw)
Tia Edwards (USA) – Tia Edwards heads to second Paralympic Games (Tulsaworld.com)
Morteza Mehrzad (IRI) – Sitting Volleyball Changed My Life, Morteza Mehrzad Says (Tasnimnews.com)
Morteza Mehrzad and Ramezan Salehi (IRI) – Sitting volleyball full of ‘miracles’ for Iran’s Mehrzadselakjani & Salehihajikolaei (Paralympic.org)
Nicole Nieves (USA) – Volleyballer Nicky Nieves is Ready to Win Gold Again at Tokyo Paralympic Games (Southernliving.com)
Iran men’s team – Iran sitting volleyball learn fate at 2020 Paralympics (Tehran Times)
Canada women’s team – Canadian women’s sitting volleyball team set to compete at Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games (Newswire.ca)
Nicole Nieves (USA) – Kissimmee’s Nicky Nieves goes for back-to-back Team USA Paralympic volleyball gold (Aroundosceola.com)
Tang Xuemei (CHN) – Chinese Paralympian survived 2008 quake (Taipeitimes.com)
Kaleo Maclay (USA) – How Paralympian Kaleo Kanahele Maclay Gets Through Training, Motherhood, *and* Running a Coffee Shop (Bonappetit.com)
USA women’s team – Meet the 12 members of the U.S. women’s Paralympic sitting volleyball team (Teamusa.org)
Bethany Zummo (USA) – Bethany Zummo reflects on sitting volleyball and thanks all those who’ve helped her push to Tokyo 2020 (Teamusa.org)
Iran men’s team – Iran sitting volleyball team defeat Russia in friendlies (Tehrantimes.com)
USA women’s team – US women’s sitting volleyball set to continue golden hits at Tokyo 2020 (Paralympic.org)
Sitting volleyball – Ones to watch for sitting volleyball (Paralympic.org)
Sitting volleyball – 10 things to know about sitting volleyball (Paralympic.org)
Tia Edwards (USA) – Edwards finds calling in sitting volleyball (Claremoreprogress.com)