After a short respite following the Paris Olympics, the city is soon jolting back to life for the Paralympics. One of the most intense and exciting sports on the schedule is sitting volleyball, which ...
The men’s and women’s sitting volleyball tournaments will be held from Thursday, August 29 to Saturday, September 7 during ...
Sitting volleyball star Kaleo Kanahele Maclay opened up about what it's like to leave her 3-year-old son at home while she aims for the gold in Tokyo. Aiming for the gold: Maclay, 25, said that she ...
Paralympian and two-time sitting volleyball gold medalist Monique Burkland Matthews said it was “fate” that she ended up in Oklahoma. Born in Nevada, Matthews’ family followed her grandfather to ...
EDMOND, Okla. (Army News Service, Jan. 12, 2011) -- Thirty wounded warriors from as far as Europe and Hawaii descended last week on this small bedroom community north of Oklahoma City to hone their ...
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - In the action-packed adaptive sport of sitting volleyball, Kaleo Kanahele Maclay may be the best sitting setter in the world. She scoots across the court on her hands and ...
Sitting on the floor, Morteza Mehrzadselakjani’s raised arms stretch well over six feet. Standing up, the Iranian Paralympian measures eight feet one inch, making him the tallest athlete in the ...
FORT BLISS, Texas -- Gravity is the great equalizer for elements on earth. Just like gravity, the gym floor plays the same role in sitting volleyball. Everyone is nearly eye-to-eye, straining muscles ...
At two meters, 46 centimeters (eight foot, one inch) tall, Morteza Mehrzadselakjani is the not-so-secret weapon of Iran’s sitting volleyball team. The tallest Paralympian in history and the ...