Day 8 highlights the return of Rio 2016 podium finishers United States, China and Brazil, and the entry of Paralympic Games sophomore squad Canada in the semifinals of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games women’s sitting volleyball tournament. Brazil and United States are once again pitted against each other in the...
Meisam Ali Pour and Morteza Mehrzadselakjani combined for 28 points to lead Iran in locking the spot in the final to defend their men’s sitting volleyball title, following their sweep of their long-time rivals Bosnia and Herzegovina in the second semifinal of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games. Iran’s 3-0 (25-16,...
Aleksandr Savichev’s 30-point performance proved RPC worthy of an appearance in the gold medal match for the first time, as he helped beat Brazil 3-1 (22-25, 25-21, 25-19, 25-19) in the semifinals of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games men’s sitting volleyball tournament at Makuhari Messe Hall A on Thursday. RPC...
Germany’s Jurgen Schrapp playing in six editions of the Paralympic Games has seen the sport evolve and change for more than two decades – everything from the organisation to the development of women’s sitting volleyball. He started with a distinct praise for the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, which despite the...
Egypt finished the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games with a 3-2 (25-23, 24-26, 25-18, 22-25, 15-8) win over Germany to secure fifth place at the men’s sitting volleyball tournament in Makuhari Messe Hall A on Thursday. Egypt’s starting six provided a solid performance to earn the win, as Elsayed Moussa had...
CHIBA (OIS) – Canada (CAN) will be the only new faces that could top the podium in women’s sitting volleyball, after the preliminary pool play ended on Wednesday with all the Rio 2016 medallists advancing to Friday’s semifinals. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Volleyball...
United States setter Kaleo Kanahele Maclay has been involved in sports all her life. She played a wide range of sports like gymnastics, basketball, softball and volleyball, which is the driving force of her successes in life. “I think they all have their own space in my life. They were...
Exciting matches are lined up on Day 7, featuring the men’s semifinals and classification matches. Only three teams from the Rio 2016 medal matches made it to the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games sitting volleyball semifinals, with Olympic champions Iran and silver medallists Bosnia and Herzegovina having an early face-off before...
Brazil and China kept their undefeated records, following their straight-set victories over Italy and Rwanda, respectively, on the last day of the women’s sitting volleyball preliminary round of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games at Makuhari Messe Hall. Brazil edged Italy on Tuesday to top Pool A, while China completed a...
Coach ELAIUTY (EGY) aims to revamp squad after defeat to RPC TOKYO (OIS) – Brazil squeezed into the Tokyo 2020 sitting volleyball semifinals by the narrowest of margins while an experienced Egypt team bowed out of the competition as the men’s pool matches concluded on Tuesday. World-ranked No.2 side Brazil...
