September 2021 – World Boccia

13 September 2021

A loss for Boccia – IR Miquel Chalé

BISFed, together with the Spanish Sports Federation of People with Cerebral Palsy and Acquired Brain Damage (FEDPC) and the Catalan Federation of Cerebral Palsy (FECPC) want to inform you that Boccia International Referee Miquel Chalé has passed away. Miquel…

9 September 2021

Tokyo 2020 Boccia competition roundup

The Tokyo 2020 Boccia competition ended on the 4th September at an extraordinary Games in extraordinary times. There were very few spectators in the venue which may have dampened the atmosphere compared to the Games in Rio2016, however the…

4 September 2021

T2020 Boccia competition Day 8 – Farewell

Eight days of amazing Boccia competition have come to an end in Tokyo and it ended in style with extremely close and exciting matches. Watcharaphon VONGSA led Thailand to a third consecutive gold medal in the BC1/BC2 team…

3 September 2021

T2020 Day 7 – Thailand bid for third straight boccia gold

Thailand will on Saturday attempt to win a third consecutive gold medal in the BC1/BC2 team event, despite losing their final group match at Ariake Gymnastics Centre. The defending champions went down 6-3 to China on Friday but Watcharaphon…

2 September 2021

T2020 Day 6 – SUGIMURA seeking a golden future for boccia in Japan

SUGIMURA Hidetaka (JPN) is targeting a second gold medal as he continues his quest to put boccia on the map in Japan. The 39-year-old upset defending champion Watcharaphon VONGSA (THA) on Wednesday to win the boccia BC2 individual gold…

1 September 2021

T2020 Day 5 – Individual champions crowned

David SMITH (GBR), for the third straight match, came from behind to win. This time it was in the BC1 class final, where SMITH defeated Chew WEI LUN (MAS) 4-2 to retain the Paralympic title he won in this…

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