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Five athletes to represent Alabama Adapted at the Paralympics
Five Alabama students across two countries will represent Alabama from Aug. 29 to Sept. 8 as part of the Paralympic women’s wheelchair basketball teams. Wheelchair basketball was started at the Paralympics in 1946 by WWII veterans but did not gain traction for women until the mid-1960s. In 1968 the first women’s team competed at the Paralympics in Israel, but because the National Wheelchair Basketball Association only had a men’s division, few women played in the United States. The first recognized women’s team came in 1970 with the University of Illinois’ Ms. Kids. In 1977 a proposal was made to the NWBA to create a women’s division. After the proposal was granted, six teams were formed. Si

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