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The United States have qualified one men's team and one women's team in wheelchair basketball through their results at the 2010 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Competing athletes are given eight-level classification points specific to wheelchair basketball, ranging from 0.5 to 4.5 with lower numbers representing a higher ...
In the United States, NBC Sports held the broadcast rights to both the Olympics and Paralympics in 2012. NBC had been frequently criticised in past years by American athletes and IPC officials for its minimal coverage of past Paralympics, and it was speculated by critics that NBC's history of inadequate coverage may have impacted New York City ...
The 2012 Summer Paralympics, the fourteenth Summer Paralympic Games, and also more generally known as the London 2012 Paralympic Games, was a major international multi-sport event for the disabled governed by the International Paralympic Committee, that took place in London, United Kingdom from 29 August to 9 September.
The 2012 Paralympics was the fourteenth Games to be held, a quadrennial competition open to athletes with physical and intellectual disabilities. The games were held in London, United Kingdom, from 29 August to 9 September 2012. [1] Some 4,280 athletes, representing 164 National Paralympic Committees (NPCs), competed in 503 events in 20 sports.
Wheelchair basketball at the XIV Paralympic Games Venue Basketball Arena, North Greenwich Arena Dates 30 August – 8 September 2012 Competitors 264 (12 men and 10 women teams) Medalists Canada (CAN) (men) Germany (GER) (women) Australia (AUS) (men) Australia (AUS) (women) United States (USA) (men) Netherlands (NED) (women) ← 2008 2016 → Wheelchair basketball at the 2012 Summer Paralympics ...
United States: Men's 400 metres T54: Lixin Zhang China: Women's 1500 metres T54: Tatyana McFadden United States: Men's 400 metres T11: Jose Sayovo Armando Guide Nicolau Palanca Angola: Cycling: Women's individual road race H1-3: Marianna Davis United States: Men's individual road race H1: Mark Rohan Ireland: Men's individual road race H3: Rafal ...
Team USA took a 46-40 lead into the fourth quarter before Spain made a late push, cutting the lead to just one possession with just over six minutes remaining. However, the Americans held on ...
The United States was the co-host of the 1984 Summer Paralympics in Stoke Mandeville and New York. It also hosted the 1996 Summer Paralympics in Atlanta and 2002 Winter Paralympics in Salt Lake City .