The standard of boccia on show this morning has seen the game taken to another level. There were shocks, huge wing margins and 3 matches that needed a tie break to decide who progressed.
After a tense day of competition in the final pools games of the individual contests, the knock out games have been decided. The first job has been done for many of the athletes who have given themselves the best…
After a pulsating 3 days of team and pair competition the individual event is now underway. Athletes will compete in the 4 classes for the right to call themselves the Paralympic champion! The highlights from Day 4...
The afternoon session started with Brazil in action once again. This time they were up against the overwhelming BC3 pairs favourites, Korea. The challenge didn’t faze the home team as they raced into a 3-0 lead after some erratic…
In a pulsating first game of the day Great Britain came up against Thailand in the BC4 pairs bronze medal match. GB took a 1-0 lead after the first end but after playing long in the second Evie Edwards…
All eyes were on court 3 and 5 at the beginning of the afternoon session. A packed arena with over 5,000 spectators watched on as Dirceu Pinto, Eliseu Dos Santos and Marcelo Dos Santos booked their place in the…
The morning session saw an end to Great Britain and Brazil’s chance to get a medal in the Team competition. Great Britain were beat 11-0 in their contest with favourites Thailand and Brazil narrowly lost out 6-5 Portugal. The…
On a noisy day in Carioca 2 the home boccia fans were not left disappointed!
All the noise was directed towards the only Brazilian athletes in action on court number 4. The BC1/BC2 team took an early lead but their…
We’ve looked at the strength of the teams from Asia, we’ve looked at who might provide a challenge from Europe and we’ve had a thorough look at what the Brazilian athletes have to offer but now its time to…
The 2016 Rio Paralympic Games get underway later today so when better to take a look at the Brazilian team to see how likely they will be able to turn home advantage into medals!
