Goalball is unique to Paralympic sports ... As all players are required to wear blackout eyeshades, different classifications can compete alongside each other even if they have varying levels of ...

Goalball originated in 1946 as a way to rehabilitate blind World War II veterans, ... (B1-B3 classes)," as Olympics.com states - and wear eyeshades, so that regardless of the type of visual ...

Eye shades are necessary because there is a spectrum of visual impairments. With the shades on, all players have the same level of visual ability: none. María Juliana Pinzón/Colorado Public Radio ...

PARIS — Something changes when U.S. Paralympian Tyler Merren puts on his eyeshades. Merren, a 20-year member of the American Paralympic goalball squad, is blind. He walks with a cane and reads ...

Camilo Glas was born in Colombia and did not play organized sports until he was adopted in the United States. He's been playing goalball with the Mary Free Bed team for the past few years.

After the U.S. women’s goalball team did not qualify for the 2024 Paralympics for the first time in 40 years, Eliana Mason has managed her disappointment and shifted her focus to support her ...

Goalball is unique to Paralympic sports ... As all players are required to wear blackout eyeshades, different classifications can compete alongside each other even if they have varying levels of ...

PARIS (AP) — The United States women’s goalball team failed to qualify for the Paralympics for the first time since 1984. But two-time Paralympic medalist Eliana Mason is still in Paris.

Goalball is unique to Paralympic sports ... but must wear opaque eyeshades at all times and stay on their hands and knees while defending. They take turns throwing the ball, ...

Goalball is unique to Paralympic sports ... As all players are required to wear blackout eyeshades, different classifications can compete alongside each other even if they have varying levels of ...

Goalball is unique to Paralympic sports – a fast, skillful game without an Olympic counterpart in which visually impaired players seek to score by throwing balls into a goal defended by the ...

By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — Goalball is unique to Paralympic sports – a fast, skillful game without an Olympic counterpart in which visually impaired players seek to score by throwing balls ...