Brazil & USA: First medal desires and gold glory at Paris 2024
The Brazil males’s group is on a difficult mission to win their first Paralympic medal, whereas USA girls’s group is aiming to match China’s unimaginable document of three consecutive gold medal victories. With their robust performances lately, each squads are poised for fulfillment on the quadrennial.
Brazil’s Medal Mission
Having narrowly missed the rostrum within the final two Paralympic Video games in Rio de Janeiro and Tokyo, the Brazilian males’s group is set to safe their first Paralympic medal at Paris 2024. Their quest gained momentum after their bronze medal end on the World Championship, adopted by a stellar efficiency on the 2023 ParaVolley Pan America Zonal Championship held at Saville Neighborhood Sports activities Centre in Edmonton, lastly clinching the spot for Paris and confirming their fifth straight Video games look.
Brazil showcased their dominance by defeating the USA within the closing with a commanding victory. The Brazilians set the tone early, taking an early lead and sustaining their depth all through the match. Regardless of a spirited comeback from the USA, Brazil held their nerve, with key performs from Leandro and Giba. Brazil’s robust offence and defence ensured their win, with essential factors from Giba and Wellington sealing their championship victory.
Although Leandro and Giba are now not half of the present roster, Brazil stay a formidable power with a lineup boasting of skilled gamers. Their Paris 2024 roster consists of Alex Pereira Witkovski, Daniel Yoshizawa, Anderson Dos Santos, Diego Rebouças, Luis Fabiano De Oliveira, Levi Cesar Gomes, Marcio Borges, Renato Leite Oliveira, Raysson Fereira De Abreu Silva, Thiago Costa Dos Santos Rocha, Wescley Conceição De Oliveira and Wellington Platini Da Silva Anunciação, who’re all set to compete and pursue their elusive first Paralympic medal.
USA’s Three-Peat Pursuit
Constructing on their successes at Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020, the USA girls’s group is gearing up for Paris with their sights set on securing a 3rd consecutive gold medal. Their journey to the upcoming Paralympic Video games began with a bronze medal end on the 2022 World Championship in Sarajevo, forcing them to earn their qualification spot on the ParaVolley Pan America Zone Championship.
In that event, USA displayed their dominance towards Canada of their best-of-five sequence. In that closing match that sealed their qualification spot, captain Monique Matthews led the cost as they clinched a 3-1 victory, confirming their sixth consecutive Paralympic Video games look. Their most up-to-date successful exploit was their profitable title defence on the 2024 WPV Girls’s Tremendous 6 in Nancy.
USA’s Paris 2024 roster options 11 Paralympic gold medallists and a debuting libero. Key gamers embrace Monique Matthews, Katie Holloway Bridge, Whitney Dosty, Heather Erickson, Kaleo Kanahele Maclay, Emma Schieck, Lexi Shifflett-Patterson, Lora Webster-Bargellini, Bethany Zummo, Tia Edwards, Nicky Nieves, and Sydney Satchell, underneath the seasoned steering of coach Invoice Hamiter.
