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Wheelchair rugby was first contested at the Summer Paralympics as a demonstration sport in 1996. It became an official medal-awarding sport in 2000 and has been competed at every Summer Paralympics since then. Only one event, mixed team, is held.
Wheelchair rugby at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, France will take place between 29 August to 2 September 2024. [1] Great Britain are the reigning Paralympic champions and have qualified to defend their title in an eighth Games.
Wheelchair rugby (originally murderball, and known as quad rugby in the United States) is a team sport for athletes with a disability.It is practiced in over twenty-five countries around the world and is a summer Paralympic sport.
PARIS − A determined United States wheelchair rugby team advanced to the gold-medal game at the 2024 Paralympics after defeating rival Great Britain 50-43 Sunday in the semifinals.
Adam is blazing trails in France's capital as the first American woman to compete in the most rough-and-tumble of the 22 sports at the Paralympics — wheelchair rugby. Other women in wheelchair ...
Japan won gold by defeating Team USA 48-41 in the wheelchair rugby final at the 2024 Paralympics on Monday.
The United States national wheelchair rugby team represents the United States in international wheelchair rugby. The USA is the most successful team in international competition, winning medals in all five Paralympic tournaments it has entered, coming away with two golds. [1]
The Wheelchair rugby tournament at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan was the seventh edition of Wheelchair rugby as a Paralympic sport since its debut as a demonstration sport at the 1996 Summer Paralympics in Atlanta. The competition was hosted at the Yoyogi National Stadium and was held from 25 to 29 August 2021. [1] [2] [3]