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SITTING VOLLEYBALL NEWS

Lijun ZHANG, China is set up by her team mate
Sitting Volleyball

The last men and women’s spots are available at the sitting volleyball Intercontinental.

A picture of a man with one arm cycling during pursuit race.
Boccia

World Championships in track cycling and boccia headline this month in para-sport.

Lijun ZHANG, China is set up by her team mate
Sitting Volleyball

The sitting volleyball veteran knows the game is changing and defending the Paralympic title will be difficult.

Canada's women's sitting volleyball team playing Cuba in the bronze medal game at the Toronto 2015 Parapan American Games.
Sitting Volleyball

The historic deal between World ParaVolley and Blue Mountains Natural Spring Water will support the last qualifying event for Rio 2016: the 2016 World ParaVolley Intercontinental.

Lin Ma
Rio 2016

The athletes to look out for at September’s Paralympic Games include eight from table tennis and six from sitting volleyball.

Rwanda vs Iran during their Pool B preliminary round of the Sitting Volleyball tournament at the London 2012 Paralympic Games.
Sitting Volleyball

The course will take place Cape Town between 7-11 January.

Group picture of Rwanda's women sitting volleyball team
Sitting Volleyball

For the first time, Africa will send a women’s sitting volleyball team to the Paralympics. That team will be Rwanda.

Wescley OLIVEIRA - Sitting Volleyball - London 2012 Paralympic Games
Sitting Volleyball

The experienced Jim Leask has been appointed to the role until 2018.

Man hits a volleyball in the air
Sitting Volleyball

After a silver medal from London 2012, the Iranian men’s sitting volleyball team want to prove they are still the best.

Group of people listening to one man
Sitting Volleyball

The Dutch coach has revolutionised the sport in Rwanda, helping both the men’s and the women’s teams qualify for their first Paralympic Games in history.

Sitting volleyball match
Sitting Volleyball

Twenty-four teams so far are registered to compete in the last Rio 2016 qualifying event.

Man in wheelchair holds woman in air while spinning wheelchair.
Archery

A recap of all major para-sport events that took place in November 2015.

Sitting volleyball match
Sitting Volleyball

Ukraine women win the European crown.

Norway Sonar Sailing Team
Sailing

Numerous regional Championships get underway in the final push for Rio 2016 qualification spots, as well as the start of the snow sport season.

Man holding up an American flag
Wheelchair Rugby

The biggest IPC Athletics World Championships came to a close in October.

The team of Bosnia and Herzegovina celebrates after winning the gold in the Men's Sitting Volleyball competition at the London 2012 Paralympic Games.
Sitting Volleyball

The London 2012 men’s sitting volleyball champions also successfully defended their regional title.

100m race at the IPC Athletics Grand Prix on May 30, 2015 in Nottwil, Switzerland.
Athletics

One of the biggest para-sporting events takes place this month with the IPC Athletics World Championships.

A picture of a woman in a wheelchair playing a forhand during a wheelchair tennis match.
Rio 2016

Dutch tennis players and Brazilian footballers among those who have stayed atop the podium – for a long time.

Michael Frenzke of Germany competes in the Sitting Volleyball 5th/6th Place Playoff between Denmark and Germany at the Copper Box Arena on day four of the Invictus Games.
Sitting Volleyball

The German men will attend a training camp in Sao Paulo, Brazil, to prepare for the Championships on home soil.

Siamand Rahman Dubai 2014
Powerlifting

The Iranian’s record-breaking lift helped him win this month’s award by a landslide.