U.S. SQUADS ENTER POSTPONED WHEELCHAIR BASKETBALL WORLDS WITH MEDAL HOPES
"Six months delayed, the wheelchair basketball world championships finally tips off Friday in Dubai, and both U.S. teams enter the tournament as contenders following a gold medal for the men and a bronze medal for the women at the most recent global championship, the Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020.
Featuring 16 teams on the men’s side and 12 for the women, the world championships begin with a group stage before moving into a single-elimination bracket for the medals."
"These wheelchair basketball world championships were originally scheduled to take place Nov. 16-27, 2022, which would have put the event directly in conflict with the massive soccer tournament taking place just a few hundred miles away in Qatar. This, it was determined, would create “extraordinary conditions” in Dubai. So organizers, acting at the direction of the local government, agreed to push the wheelchair basketball event back to this summer."
Wheelchair Basketball World Championships: Great Britain beaten by USA in men's final
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"United States men produced an incredible game of tactics and defence to pip
Great Britain by just one point
67-66 in a nail-biting final at the
IWBF Wheelchair Basketball World Championships on Tuesday evening. Earlier on Tuesday in the women's competition, reigning world and Paralympic champions the Netherlands retained their title by beating China 57-34."
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USA WOMEN END 13-YEAR WAIT FOR MEDAL AT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
"USA women brought home some cheers overcoming
Germany for the bronze
57-42, winning a medal at the World Championships for the first time since 2010."