Congratulations to the individual winners at the Pajulathi 2025 World Boccia Challenger, currently taking place in Finland!
BC1 Female - Dora Basic (Croatia)
BC1 Male - Tomas Kral (Slovakia)
BC2 Female - Vivien Nagy (Hungary)
BC2 Male - David Araujo (Portugal)....
Wishing the very best to our BC3 player Anjali Devi and her ramp operator as they train hard at CDS Gwalior
Your dedication and teamwork inspire us all.
Letโs cheer them on as they represent us on the global stage!
Go Anjali, go Team India!
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The Boccia National Coaching Camp is in full swing at CDS Gwalior!
Athletes from across the country are training hard in preparation for two major international competitions โ one in Thailand this May and another in China in early June 2025.
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. . . Under the direction of coach S. Altankhundaga, Munkhdemberelโs success represents a landmark achievement for Mongolian para sport.
Congratulations to all involved!
The Manama 2025 World Boccia Challenger tournament in Bahrain was a huge success.
Staged from 19โ23 April at the Isa bin Rashid Sports Hall in Manama, the tournament featured 14 nations, more than 70 athletes and 97 officials from around the world . . .
It provided not only a fiercely competitive arena but also an important platform to promote and raise the profile of boccia in that part of the world.
One of the standout moments of the competition came from Mongoliaโs T. Munkhdemberel, who captured the silver medal in BC1 . . .
If you're wondering how high the standard was among the athletes at the Santiago 2025 World Boccia Challenger event, then check out the previous post . . . and see what happened when the referees took over!๐๐๐
Congratulations to all finalists at the Santiago 2025 World Boccia Challenger event.
Here's a flavour of the action - the shots of the day from the Men's BC3 final, where Brazil's Mateus Carvalho beat Canada's Alexandre Lemaire.
Incredible accuracy from both players!
. . . They roared back in the fifth end with some brilliant play from Zayana, to make it 7-3.
In the final end, Syafa managed to deliver three points for Indonesia but China just about hung on to claim a 7-6 victory and their first team gold medal.
Yan is the Man!
Itโs time to conclude our look back at the Paris Paralympic Games by recalling the the final event of the tournament, the BC1/BC2 Team competition, which was won by China . . .
. . . Some brilliant shot making from Yan, Chinaโs captain, enabled them to surge into a 7-0 lead.
But the Indonesian team of Gischa Zayana, Felix Ardi Yudha and Muhamad Afrizal Syafa were not done . . .
. . . Both Edilson and Leidy landed some deadly heavy blows in the early stages to go into a 6-0 lead and although Hong Kong got on the scoreboard, they eventually went down, 6-1.
It was a second medal for Edilson Chica, who had won silver in the menโs BC4 competition.
Day 10
Colombiaโs Family Fortunes!
As we near the end of a our look back to Paris 2024, we turn to the BC4 pairs final and the incredible Colombian brother-sister combination of Edilson and Leidy Chica.
... The Colombians were the reigning world champions and they proved why they are such a powerful duo.
They were up against Hong Kong pair Leung Yuk Wing and Cheung Yuen, who had knocked out Canada in the semi-finals . . .
. . . They beat South Korea's Jeong Ho-won and Kang Sun-hee 5-3 in an absorbing final.
The Hong Kong China pair raced into a 3-0 lead - were pegged back at 3-3 by Jeong and Kang - but then rallied again with some deadly accurate shot-making to take the title.
Day 9
Ho steals the show!
Itโs time to turn to the team events as we look back at the boccia finals at the Paris Paralympic Games, six months on . . .
Day 9
. . . Ho Yuen Kei had already claimed one solo triumph - winning the womenโs BC3 individuals and now the Hong Kong China athlete struck gold again.
This time, Ho came out on top with teammate Tse Tak-wah as Hong Kong China won a third gold medal in the BC3 mixed pairs.