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U.S. Sitting Women's Team Prepared for Paralympics
The U.S. Women’s Sitting Volleyball Team will be looking to improve on its 2004 bronze medal finish when it begins play at the 2008 Paralympic Games, starting Saturday, Sept. 6 in Beijing. Read More
U.S. Sitting Women's Volleyball Team Opens Paralympics with Victory
The U.S. Sitting Women’s Volleyball Team opened the 2008 Paralympic Games by sweeping Lithuania, 25-15, 25-18, 25-9, on Sunday at the China Agricultural University Gymnasium in Beijing. Read More
China Hands U.S. Sitting Women First Paralympic Loss
The U.S. Sitting Women’s Volleyball Team suffered its first setback of the 2008 Paralympic Games on Tuesday, falling to top-ranked China, 25-14, 25-21, 25-19 in Beijing. Read More
U.S. Women's Sitting Team Advances to Semifinals
In a repeat of the 2004 Paralympic semifinals for women’s sitting volleyball, the United States will play Netherlands in Friday’s semifinals and China will face Slovenia. Read More
U.S. Sitting Women to Play for Paralympic Gold
The U.S. Sitting Women’s Volleyball Team advanced to Sunday’s Paralympic gold medal match after defeating Netherlands, 3-2 (19-25, 25-23, 28-26, 25-27, 15-10), on Friday. Read More
U.S. Sitting Women Secure Paralympic Silver Medal
The U.S. Sitting Women’s Volleyball Team won the silver medal at the 2008 Paralympic Games on Sunday after falling to defending champion China in the final match, 25-14, 25-19, 25-15. Read More
UCO Offers Chance to Welcome Home U.S. Sitting Women
Five members of the U.S. Sitting Volleyball Team will be welcomed home for the 2008 Paralympic Games. Read More
2008 Olympic and Paralympic Games Commemorative USA Volleyball Apparel on Sale
USA Volleyball has unveiled five commemorative logo designs to appear on apparel saluting USA Volleyball's medal successes at the recent Olympic Games and Paralympic Games in Beijing. Read More
USA Volleyball Experiences Unprecedented Summer Success
USA Volleyball experienced a summer of unparalleled success in 2008 with six gold medals, three silvers and a bronze in major international competitions involving the Summer Olympic Games, Summer Paralympic Games, NORCECA and FIVB Championships. Read More
USA Volleyball Represented at White House Reception
Five members of the U.S. Olympic Women's Indoor Volleyball Team and 11 Paralympic Sitting Volleyball Team members visited the White House on Oct. 7 to honor 2008 Olympians and Paralympians. Read More
USAV Honors Women's Sitting Team
USA Volleyball has announced that the U.S. Women’s Sitting Volleyball Team has been named its Paralympic Team of the Year for 2008. Read More
U.S. Sitting Teams to Play Canada in Denver
The U.S. Men’s and Women’s Sitting Volleyball Teams will face their counterparts from Canada on March 20-21 in matches that will be played as part of the Colorado Crossroads tournament. Read More
U.S. Men Reward Big Crowd with Win
In their first match in the United States since the 2008 Olympic Games, the U.S. National Team defeated a feisty team from China 3-0 (25-20, 25-19, 25-21). Read More
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Brenda Maymon is the captain of the U.S. Sitting Women's Volleyball Team, which is competing at the 2008 Paralympic Games in Beijing.
Latest Brenda Maymon's Paralympic Report, Sept. 15, 2008
It's over...it was a long time coming, but it's finally over. It's not fun knowing that you have to wait another four years to have another experience like this. It's hard to believe… Read MoreRelated Blog Posts
Brenda Maymon's Paralympic Report - Sept. 5, 2008
For the past year or so, our team has been hearing the slogan for the Paralympic Games – “Amazing Awaits.” When we arrived in Beijing on August 1st, we quickly knew that amazing no longer awaits. Besides the hospitality from all the volunteers at the airport and here at the… Read More
Brenda Maymon's Paralympic Report - Sept. 7, 2008
Since the last time I wrote, we have had a pretty exciting last couple days. It started with our last practice before the start of the real games. It was at our competition venue and we pretty much worked on the basics to get use to our environment.
The following day was Opening… Read More
Brenda Maymon's Paralympic Report, Sept. 10, 2008
My experience here has been a life-changing one. I have learned so much about my opponents, my team, my coaches, my family, and most of all - myself. I have been a co-captain on this team since June 2007 and in May 2008, I was chosen to be a solo captain. The Paralympics is my first official… Read More
Brenda Maymon's Paralympic Report, Sept. 11, 2008
We played Latvia yesterday and strolled right into the medal rounds with a great victory. Everyone was able to play yesterday and we dominated. We stayed to watch the Netherlands vs. Slovenia to see who we would match up against. It was a great match and definitely a nail-biter. The Netherlands took… Read More
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Our team is in unchartered water after our win against the Netherlands 2 days ago. It was the first time Team USA has won against them in official competition. It felt great – I’m sure it felt very similar to winning a gold medal. We worked hard for that win and we deserved it. We… Read More
Brenda Maymon's Paralympic Report, Sept. 15, 2008
It's over...it was a long time coming, but it's finally over. It's not fun knowing that you have to wait another four years to have another experience like this. It's hard to believe that we've been here for 2 1/2 weeks already and in a few days we will be packing our stuff up… Read More
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