walking . is . overrated

Okay so I’m a bit biased when it comes to my Paralympic sport, as I play - and love - Boccia. Here are the results from the 2008 Paralympic games so far:

BC1

Liam Sanders

• Beat D. Smith (Great Britain) 5 - 2
• Beat A. Marques (Portugal) 6 - 0
• Lost to R. Aandalen (Norway) 5 - 2
• Lost to P. Moran (Ireland) 7 - 3

BC2

Maurice Toon

• Lost to J. Morriss (New Zealand) 9 - 4 (Tiebreak 5 - 0 to Morriss)
• Beat E. Wilhemsen (Norway) 21 - 0
• Lost to H. Kwok (Hong Kong) 4 - 3

Jeremy Morriss

• Beat M. Toon (New Zealand) 9 - 4
• Lost to H. Kwok (Hong Kong) 3 - 2
• Beat E. Wilhelmsen (Norway) 10 - 1

Kerry Bonner

• Lost to N. Murray (Great Britain) 17 - 0
• Lost to J. Loung (Hong Kong) 4 - 1
• Lost to T. Hirose (Japan) 8 - 1

BC3

Henk Dijkstra

• Lost to V. Sukkarath (Thailand) 5 - 4
• Lost to G. Polychronidis (Greece) 19 - 0
• Beat H. Zhu (China) 13 - 0

Greig Jackson

• Beat J. Zhu (China) 4 - 2
• Lost to B. Shin (Korea) 6 - 2
• Lost to J. Rodriguez (Spain) 4 - 3 (Tiebreak 1 - 0 to Rodriguez)

Mandy Slade

• Lost to M. Peixoto (Portugal) 12 - 0
• Lost to T. Visaratnanunta (Thailand) 11 - 0
• Lost to H. Jeong (Korea) 14 - 0