The Tokyo 2020 women’s competition highlights the return of Japan to the Paralympic Games, opening the sitting volleyball competition against debutantes Italy on Friday, August 28 at 10.00 (local time). Italy earned their well-deserved ticket to Tokyo 2020 by finishing second at the 2019 European Sitting Volleyball Championship against gold...
Photo: Kyodo News Hesham Elshwikh led the delegation of Egypt in the ‘PARAde of Athletes’ and Liliane Mukobwankawe had the distinct honour of carrying the Paralympic flag to represent Para athletes from all over the world at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games Opening Ceremony held at the Olympic Stadium at...
Athens 2004 and Rio 2016 bronze medallist Hesham Elshwikh will be competing at his sixth Games and has been named as the one of the flag bearers of Egypt at Tuesday’s Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games opening ceremony. The six-time Paralympian, 45, will be carrying the flag for Egypt along with...
Egypt coach Mosaad Elaiuty is looking for more than just a bronze medal finish at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games. The African powerhouse team prevailed against hosts Brazil in a five-set encounter for a bronze medal finish at the Rio 2016 Paralympics. This time in the Japanese capital, the Egyptian...
The sitting volleyball tournament at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games starts on Friday, August 27 and ends with women’s gold medal match on September 5. Eight teams per gender will compete in Tokyo. The men’s tournament comprise of hosts Japan, reigning Olympic and world champions Iran, Bosnia Herzegovina, RPC, Brazil,...
It is with great enthusiasm that World ParaVolley endorses Ms. Michelle Schiffler, sitting volleyball athlete, as a candidate for the upcoming IPC Athletes’ Council elections. Michelle has had a lengthy career in sitting volleyball, representing Team USA at the London 2012 and Rio 2016 Paralympic Games where she won silver...
The full match schedule for the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games Men’s and Women’s Sitting Volleyball Tournaments has been confirmed. Competition will begin on 27 August, three days after the Opening Ceremony, and will end on 5 September, the final day of the Paralympics. The Tokyo 2020 Paralympics have been postponed...
From IPC: The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has launched the Doping Control Guide for Testing Athletes in Para Sport to assist anti-doping organisations and those working out in the field, collecting samples from Para athletes for anti-doping purposes ahead of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games. The IPC Guide includes tips...
Egypt’s capital city, Cairo, will conclude an action-packed 2021 after being confirmed as hosts of the Sitting Volleyball World Cup from December 10 to 15 at the Cairo International Stadium. The biggest sitting volleyball event in the World ParaVolley calendar will feature 16 teams each for the men’s and women’s...
The athletes set to represent Canada in women’s sitting volleyball at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games this summer have been selected, the Canadian Paralympic Committee (CPC) and Volleyball Canada announced today. The team is returning 11 players who together captured a bronze medal at the Lima 2019 Parapan Am Games....
