Wheelchairs, Frog, Basketball, and Gold Medals
There are several local athletes currently competing in the 2008 Paralympics in Bejing, including our very own coach Mike “Frog” Frogley. Grace Community had originally planned to host live video of the gold medal games for both women’s and men’s wheelchair basketball. But due to the recent bad weather we decided to encourage you to view these events on your own. The most interesting live coverage is early of a morning this Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. Below are links and details for viewing these live events from your computer.
Live Internet Video Coverage:
http://www.paralympicsport.tv/
http://www.universalsports.com/
Monday, Sept 15
8:30a Women’s Wheelchair Basketball Gold Medal US vs Germany
The US women’s team features several athletes and coaches from the University of Illinois.
Tuesday, Sept 16
6:30a Men’s Wheelchair Basketball Gold Medal Canada vs Australia
7:00a Wheelchair Rugby Final
Wednesday, Sept 17
7:00a Closing Ceremony
Live Internet Video Coverage:
http://www.paralympicsport.tv/
http://www.universalsports.com/
There are 20 University of Illinois students, alumni, and coaches represented in this year’s Paralympic Wheelchair Basketball, including our very own Steve Serio (US) and Mike Frogley (CAN).
For more information, here are a few more websites to check out:
Mike Frogley’s Blog:
http://blog.chicago2016.org/index.php/author/mfrogley/
University of Illinois Paralympic News:
http://ahs.uiuc.edu/news/paralympic.htm
Bejing 2008 Paralympic Games:
http://en.paralympic.beijing2008.cn/index.shtml
Wheelchair Basketball Schedule (-13 hours for CDT):
http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRMP/ENG/Schedule/WB.shtml
ParalympicSport.tv Live Coverage (-13 hours for CDT)
http://player26.narrowstep.tv/assets/players/3206/html/player.html
Universal Sports Coverage Schedule (-1 hour for CDT)
http://www.universalsports.com//SportSelect.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=23000&KEY=&SPID=13327&SPSID=107950
September 14th, 2008 at 7:11 pm
Frog just emailed the following:
The semi final against the USA men was pretty neat. I would really encourage people to watch it. It was a great game for the fans. - Frog
View today’s US vs Canada game here:
http://snipurl.com/us-ca-paralympics
September 15th, 2008 at 9:11 pm
So, this morning the US Women’s Wheelchair Basketball team won the gold medal.
Tuesday morning Frog’s Canadian Men’s Wheelchair Basketball team goes for the gold against Australia. You can watch at either of the following times:
6:30a LIVE @ http://paralympicsport.tv/
10:00a Delayed @ http://www.universalsports.com/