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Wheelchair basketball is played in more than 108 countries of the world. It started after the Second World War. The intention was to rehabilitate injured soldiers and bring them out of depression. This game, included in para sports, is played by players with the help of wheelchairs. That is why it is called wheelchair basketball.
Paralympics 2024 has started on 28 August. Google has saluted this sports mega event of the disabled in its own way, Google has expressed its respect and support for Paralympics 2024 by creating a doodle of wheelchair basketball.
Wheelchair basketball is played in more than 108 countries of the world. It started after the Second World War. The intention was to rehabilitate injured soldiers and bring them out of depression. This game, included in para sports, is played by players with the help of wheelchairs. That is why it is called wheelchair basketball. According to the International Wheelchair Basketball Federation, this game was first played in two hospitals in the United States in 1945.
Search engine Google has displayed this sport on its doodle on the occasion of Paris Paralympics 2024.
Talking about Paralympics, wheelchair basketball was first included in Rome Gomes in 1960. There were a total of 8 sports in Rome Paralympics. Wheelchair basketball was also included in them. There were two events in wheelchair basketball in Rome Paralympics. America won the gold medals in both.
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