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U.S. Paralympics News

News and updates from Team USA and their 'Road to Paralympics' with a special focus on Men's and Women's Wheelchair Basketball, Tennis, and Rugby teams.

'Soul of the Game' takes over Venice Beach

As I sit in my apartment in Brooklyn trying to get my thoughts around what we experienced this weekend while also trying to decompress,...

Işıl Tanyeri

Oct 14, 20194 min read

Para-Swimmers Named to Team USA

17 athletes were named to represent Team USA at the 2019 World Para Swimming Championships in London from September 9-15, 2019. The team...

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Jun 25, 20191 min read

United States Olympic Committee Changes Its Name

Today is a historic day. Amid family separations at the border and political tensions in the county, sport has once again claimed its...

Işıl Tanyeri

Jun 20, 20192 min read

World Para-Archery Championships Taking Place in the Netherlands

Original Source: World Para Archery News 300 para archers from 52 countries are competing in the 's-Hertogenbosch town of the...

Işıl Tanyeri

Jun 4, 20191 min read

World U25 Wheelchair Basketball Championships

Today, the World U25 Wheelchair Basketball Championships kicked off in Thailand. In Group B, US U25 Women's Wheelchair Basketball...

Işıl Tanyeri

May 23, 20191 min read

Dreaming of the Gold Medal Moment

Originally posted on Mpower Sports & Rec in October 2016. The 2016 Rio Paralympic Games are over. We are slowly waking up from a...

Işıl Tanyeri

May 23, 20197 min read

My Interview with the US Women's Paralympic Wheelchair Tennis Players Shelby Baron and Emmy Kaiser

Original interview was published on Mpower Sports and Recreation on September 13th. Mpower Sports caught up with U.S. Wheelchair Tennis...

Işıl Tanyeri

Sep 12, 20183 min read

Interview with Paralympic Gold Medalist Athlete Alana Nichols

Originally published in September 2016 during the Rio 2016 Parlaympic Games. I had the opportunity to share a conversation with Alana...

Işıl Tanyeri

Aug 29, 20184 min read

My interview with the Members of the U.S. Men's and Women's Wheelchair Basketball Teams

Originally published on ABC Medical blog in 2016: www.abc-med.com As Team USA is finishing up its final round of training before heading...

Işıl Tanyeri

Jul 19, 201810 min read

Basketball 3x3 addition to the Olympic Games Shows Potential for the Paralympic-Version

Basketball 3x3 and BMX freestyle are the two new disciplines added to the Olympic Games and they will be staged in an urban setting....

Işıl Tanyeri

Jul 1, 20181 min read

Venue for the Tokyo 2020 Wheelchair Basketball Games is Official

Photo cred: Tokyo 2020 According to a media advisory from November 2017, Tokyo 2020 opened its first venue for the 2020 Olympic and...

Işıl Tanyeri

Jun 29, 20181 min read