Republic of Korea athlete Howon Jeong seized the final boccia gold medal on offer to complete a memorable and inspiring series of individual events at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games.
As attention now turns to the pairs and team…
Boccia UK - who oversee athletes competing for Great Britain - have tapped into knowledge from other sports as they bid for success at the Los Angeles 2028 Paralympic Games.
Britain only had one boccia medal winner at the…
By Graham Thomas
The future of boccia looks to be in safe hands if the recent World Boccia Youth Championships is taken as the guide.
Held in Curitiba in Brazil, the tournament showcased some of the best young players…
The Manama 2025 World Boccia Challenger tournament in Bahrain was a huge success.
Staged from 19–23 April at the Isa bin Rashid Sports Hall in Manama, the tournament featured 14 nations, more than 70 athletes and 97 officials from…
Day 11
Yan is the Man!
It’s time to conclude our look back at the Paris Paralympic Games by recalling the the final event of the tournament, the BC1/BC2 Team competition, which was won by China.
The Chinese team…
Colombia’s Family Fortunes!
As we near the end of a our look back to Paris 2024, we turn to the BC4 pairs final and the incredible Colombian brother-sister combination of Edilson and Leidy Chica (Pic: Raquel Gouveia).
The Colombians…
Day 9
Ho steals the show!
It’s time to turn to the team events as we look back at the boccia finals at the Paris Paralympic Games, six months on.
Ho Yuen Kei - (Pic: Raquel Gouveia) - had…
Lethal Lin!
Our final reflection on the individual winners at Paris 2024 – six months on from the Games – takes us to the women’s BC4 final.
It was an all-Asian battle between Lin Ximei of China (Pic: Raquel…
Day 7
Mighty McGuire
The penultimate individual finals look-back to six months ago and the wonderful Paris Paralympics takes us to the men’s BC4 final, which was won by Great Britain’s Stephen McGuire (Pic: Raquel Gouveia).
The Scotsman –…
Day 6
Let’s go, Ho!
One of the notable features of Paris 2024 six months ago was the quality of play in the women’s finals, the first time the Paralympic Games had offered individual men’s and women’s events in…
Day 5
Strong Jeong!
Recalling some of the stand-out performances at Paris 2024 six months on, few athletes could claim to have been as dominant at Jeong Howon (Pic: Raquel Gouveia).
The South Korean BC3 star bulldozed his way…
