Players must wear opaque eyeshades at all times ensuring fair competition ... Players stay on their hands and knees to defend their net and score against their opponents. A goalball court measures 18 ...

Goalball athletes are visually impaired, and must have less than 10% visual acuity remaining or a visual field restricted to 40 degrees diameter. In order to ensure an even playing field, athletes ...

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 ...

Players must wear opaque eyeshades at all times ensuring fair competition ... Players stay on their hands and knees to defend their net and score against their opponents. A goalball court measures 18 ...

Different to most Paralympic sports, competitive goalball is played only by those who have a visual impairment. To ensure that all players are equal, the game requires competitors to wear blackout ...