Boccia at the Summer Paralympics
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Boccia at the Summer Paralympics
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Boccia has been contested at the Summer Paralympics since the 1984 Games in New York City and Stoke Mandeville. This sport requires strategy and precision, and is similar to curling or French pétanque. It is played on a court 12.5 m by 6 m wide. Each team has 6 leather balls, and must bring them as close as possible to a white ball called a “jack”. Five boccia events were held at those games, two for men, two for women, and one mixed event where men and women competed together. From 1988 until 2
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boccia_at_the_Summer_Paralympics
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2008-10-16T16:05:49Z
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2024-09-11T07:54:39Z
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