Being out of town while the Pan Am games were on in Toronto, we missed the opportunity of attending many of the games and events.
In order to show our support for the athletes, we made sure we got tickets and watched at least a couple of the para Pan Am games.
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| Introducing the para athletes from Brazil and Mexico at the Quarter Final game |
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| Para athletes from both teams playing hard! |
I heard a lot of the para games, but never watched one in person.
We bought tickets online for the wheel chair basket ball games. However, we had no idea which country would be playing.
We watched two quarter finals.
The first game was Brazil vs Mexico.
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| Para Pan Am Wheel Chair Basketball Quarter final - Brazil vs Mexico |
Both games we watched were held at the beautiful and modern sports facility at the Ryerson Sports Centre at the Maple Leaf Garden in downtown Toronto.
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| The Wheel Chair Basketball Quarter Finals - held at the modern and beautiful Ryerson Athletic Centre |
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| Team Mexico had good spirit and fought well in the game |
At the end, Mexico lost to Brazil.
The players from the Brazilian Team worked really well as a team. They coordinated well and obviously had good strategies.
I noticed that there was always someone from the Brazilian Team waiting under the net and ready to catch the ball passed by one of his teammates and shot the ball into the basket.
It was a pleasure to watch!
Brazil has won one hundred and seven gold medals so far in this competition, topping all other countries while Canada is second in the medal standing.
After the Brazil vs Mexico game, we watched the quarter final with Canada playing against Puerto Rico!
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| Team Canada entering the stadium for the quarter final |
There was a lot of excitement in the air as the athletes from the Canadian Wheel Chair Basketball Team entered the arena !
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| Fans decking out to cheer for Team Canada! |
Lots of Canadian fans showed up wrapping themselves with Canadian flags or wearing them on their heads to cheer on our team.
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| Cheering for Team Canada |
Audience cheered for our athletes.
We were very proud of them and Canada!
We all enjoyed the games and had a great time.
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| The Wheelchair basketball game was exciting and fast paced! |
Our first time watching a wheel chair basketball game.
These games were just as exciting and fast paced as the regular basketball games!
Sometimes, wheelchairs collided and athletes fell to the ground.
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| Helping the fallen athlete to get back up |
If the athlete could, he would turn around and quickly got up on his own.
If not, others rushed up and helped the fallen athlete to get back into the wheel chair.
The fans were applauding, screaming and cheering throughout the games supporting the athletes
It was inspiring to see the para athletes putting their tremendous efforts, enthusiasm and dedication to these games!
We have so much to learn from the athletes' courage and positive attitude!
R.T.
Para Pan Am Games
Maple Leaf Garden
Toronto
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