Australian Paralympic Women: Goalball
Jennifer Blow, Meica Christensen, Michelle Rzepecki, Nicole Esdaile, Rachel Henderson and Tyan Taylor.
Goalball in the News
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Goalball team go down fighting against Sweden
AUSTRALIA'S goalballers put in their best attacking performance of the tournament but fell to Sweden 8-5 in their final match of the Paralympics in London.
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Wikinews interviews Tyan Taylor, Australian goalball player
The sport was created in 1946, exclusively for people with a visual disability and, designed to help with the rehabilitation of veterans returning from World War II. Play in the Paralympics consists of two twelve-minute periods, with a three minute break between halves. Players are blindfolded to ensure all are equally visually handicapped on-court; and, the game can be stopped to ensure goggles are properly fitted. Standing in front of a long goal, they throw the ball at the opposition team's net who in turn try to block it by listening to the ball, which contains a bell, and using their bodies to prevent the ball from going in. The audience is asked to remain silent during play.
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Wikinews interviews Tyan Taylor, Australian goalball player - Wikinews, the free news source
The sport was created in 1946, exclusively for people with a visual disability and, designed to help with the rehabilitation of veterans returning from World War II. Play in the Paralympics consists of two twelve-minute periods, with a three minute break between halves. Players are blindfolded to ensure all are equally visually handicapped on-court; and, the game can be stopped to ensure goggles are properly fitted. Standing in front of a long goal, they throw the ball at the opposition team's net who in turn try to block it by listening to the ball, which contains a bell, and using their bodies to prevent the ball from going in. The audience is asked to remain silent during play.
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Goalballers show courage but go down to USA
THE first thing Jennifer Blow said as she walked off the court at the Copper Box - arm in arm with Tyan Taylor, tears streaming down her face - was "I am so proud. That's why I'm crying".