After a short respite following the Paris Olympics, the city is soon jolting back to life for the Paralympics. One of the most intense and exciting sports on the schedule is sitting volleyball, which ...

PARIS (AP) — Sitting volleyball is a Paralympic sport played close to the ground: Players scoot around the court and hit over a net that stands just under 4 feet (1.15 meters). So having the world’s ...

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(CNN) — After a short respite following the Paris Olympics, the city is soon jolting back to life for the Paralympics. One of the most intense and exciting sports on the schedule is sitting volleyball ...

The U.S. women's sitting volleyball team for Paris includes 11 returning gold medalists and three moms. The 12-player squad will try to become the first U.S. volleyball team to win three consecutive ...

When people hear that Nicky Nieves plays sitting volleyball, they assume it means playing volleyball on a scooter or in a wheelchair. "No, we're actually on the floor," Nicky told WH. "We're sitting ...

Prosthetic leg of Noriko Ito of Japan during her para-badminton match against Halime Yildiz of Turkey in Paris on Aug. 29. (Jennifer Lorenzini/Reuters) The 2024 Paralympic Games kicked off in Paris ...

Men’s sitting volleyball was first included in the 1980 Paralympic Games with the women’s version following in 2004. The sport is governed by World ParaVolley.