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2008 Paralympic Games in Beijing - Media Coverage

Media Sites:

  • www.YouTube.com/ParalympicSportTV
  • www.paralympicsport.tv will have some coverage, you have to wait a few seconds when you initially go on the page, it will show Athens, but then loads to the
    Beijing page (you don't need to do anything, just wait). Then you will have to register.
  • www.universalsports.com Universal Sports TV (channel Universal Sports HD).
    • What? Paralympics Broadcast on Universal Sports TV.
    • When? The Paralympic Games will be available in the United States from September 6 to 17 with daily live and delayed highlight shows.  NBC will broadcast a special presentation October 18th
  • www.usparalympics.org will be able to tell you results, where coverage may be, etc.
  • http://en.paralympic.beijing2008.cn/index.shtml official website of the games - if you go to schedule/results you can download a schedule in excel format to see when the games are for every sport (it's a link above the main schedule). Then you may have to click a tab at the bottom of the spreadsheet to get to basketball.

Other Potentially Helpful Websites:

  • www.nwba.org  - our national wheelchair bball website, not always updated though
  • www.cwba.ca  - Canada wheelchair bball site, usually updated well
 
 

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