In the Bronze Medal game of the 2008 Paralympic wheelchair basketball tournament, Great Britain defeated the USA by a score of 85-77. With this win, Great Britain wins the Bronze Medal.
Australia defeated Canada to win the Gold Medal; the score in the Gold Medal game was Australia 72, Canada 60. Canada takes the Silver Medal.
Though these weren’t the results that the USA team, family, and friends wanted to see, we should all be proud of how our guys performed. This was a tournament where any of the top four teams could have ended up in any of the top four spots. Even though our guys wanted more, they showed that they are all among the best players in the world.
As always you can see team and individual statistics from these or any other games in the 2008 Paralympics, at http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRMP/ENG/Schedule/WB.shtml by clicking on the “results” for that game. You can also see the cumulative statistics for these teams up through, but not including, these final games on the same web page by clicking on the “Start List” for the Bronze Medal or Gold Medal game.
This will not be the last post to this site for the Beijing Games, make sure to come back to hear more from us, including pictures and other things that we couldn’t post during the Games.
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Brett Chynoweth // September 16, 2008 at 4:57 pm |
Great effort by all, each and every person should be proud to get a chance to even take that stage!! Enjoy the reast of your stay and travel safe! We’ll see you soon!!!
P.S. (T.C.) GO COWBOYS!!!
Rod Williams // September 16, 2008 at 6:45 pm |
Joe, you did us (Spartans) proud.
Mary Downs // September 19, 2008 at 9:54 am |
Of course these aren’t the results we were hoping for but you guys certainly made us all very proud. A medal doesn’t tell anyone how hard you all worked or show what a great team you can be.
Jeremy, you rock!!! I wish you the best with your UWW team this season.