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>> we couldn't have asked for anything more after a finish like that in the men's 400 freestyle. but in the women's 400 metre freestyle s8 we are expecting a very tight affair as well. might let's meet the individuals who will be doing battle. duskova in lane 8, an occupational therapist, managed her... Read more
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100 m pour un titre paralympique pleine piste j qui a pris le meilleur [applaudissements] départ au couloir 5 et un duo chinois sur ce podium médaille d'argent pour et le concours du jablau masculin catégorie f38 s'est terminé à Read more
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Matt: is this your first time riding in a car matt: with a guy without arms? chuck: this is the first time exclusively being chuck: driven by feet. matt: chuck! matt: what's up buddy? chuck: how's it going? chuck: pick up for chuck? matt: a pick up for chuck? chuck: pick up for chuck? is that is that... Read more
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I started playing sport when i was very young, actually about seven years old. i began with wheelchair basketball, which was a sport i really enjoyed a lot. but then in 2005, i saw a documentary about wheelchair rugby and i was like, i want to try that sport. and so i started playing it and fell in... Read more
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Intro island peril olympics beginning on august. 28th. joining me now is us wheelchair. rugby co captain chuck aoki. chuck has been to both the 2016 paralympic games in rio and the 2020 paralympic games in tokyo. he'll be competing in this year's paralympics at the end of august. he is a 3... Read more
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You won't believe how intense these paralympic sports get especially the last one the blind football imagine chasing a ball you can't see guided only by a faint bell it's a battlefield where brazil's owned every gold since 2004 no wonder the para eyes hockey players crash on sharp sled blades in a full... Read more
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blind football brings the “beautiful game” to the paralympics. we play men’s five-a-side football adapted for athletes with vision impairment. each team has four outfield players and one goalkeeper. matches are 30 minutes, split into two 15-minute halves. the pitch is the same size... Read more
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Of course we come thinking about another gold, brazil are the five time champions. we have never lost a competition. we know that these are just numbers. statistics stay off the pitch. brazil is a very well prepared team. we are professional in our approach. and our technical team is highly competent.... Read more
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Blind soccer explained in less than 40 seconds blind soccer a thrilling paralympic sport features five player teams where four outfield players are completely blind wearing eye patches and eye shades the cited goalkeeper provides crucial communication while two guides assist with play matches last 40... Read more
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Welcome to jade times your gateway to sport news transgender athlete valentina petrillo's paralympic journey in paris captured the world's attention competing in the t12 classification for visually impaired athletes the 51-year-old italian sprinter set a personal best of 57.5 eight seconds in the 400... Read more
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And psychologically very [applause] damaging a brilliant shot service looks again at the line [applause] [applause] judge he's done it again sets up the smash with the reverse slice to start with be's response not quite good enough Read more
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[applause] oh it's gone through toyota manisha ramadas is going on to the semifinals a brilliant chance at a medal here at the par olympic games Read more
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I'm 18 years old. these are my first paralympic games. i'm very happy to be playing my first games here at home at roland garros. i have already won a junior title, so i have some experience, but the paralympic games are very different so i'm very happy to be here. when i was young i played tennis before... Read more
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I'm really excited about going to the wheelchair rugby today. i was watching on tv last night and although it says there's no sort of body contact between the athletes, they are encouraged, like to whack each other with their wheelchairs. yeah. i saw this morning that gb beat australia yesterday. so... Read more
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I’m sarah adam. i play wheelchair rugby for team usa. my name's kurahashi kae and i play wheelchair rugby for the japanese national team. wheelchair rugby is one of the only mixed gender sports in the paralympics, so men are competing alongside women. being selected as the first female to represent... Read more
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Great to green and we're good to go here in the men's single skulls final at the tokyo paralympic rowing regatta 2020. in lane one over the top of your picture there in yellow and blue it's the outstanding favorite poliansky from ukraine in lane two it's brazil there's been pritchard in lane three fourth... Read more
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Plenty in reserve here. so gold in rio, gold in tokyo, five years old for roman polanski, the roman soldier. another gold. what a win for norway's birgit skarstein fabulous gold streak through the paralympic cycle these last five years. it means so much to her. but it's great britain winning the... Read more
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Foreign the pr3 mixed cox 4 final here at the tokyo 2020 paralympic rowing regatta great britain top of your picture there with the yellow canvas they're the big favorites they go in lane one inside them the united states can they finally get the better of the brits they go in lane two france in three... Read more
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Men's 150m individual medley, sm3. >> let us go through the starters. kostakis, 49-year-old in his first event here. bronze medallist from athens in the 100 free in years gone by. emmanuele marigliano goes for italy in lane 1. what a performance italy are putting on in the pool at these paralympic games.... Read more