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USABA and PlayLA Adaptive Sports Blind Soccer Experience Slated for June 6
May 31, 2024/ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ – LA City Recreation and Parks PlayLA Youth Adaptive Sports Program and the U.S. Association of Blind Athletes (USABA) are holding a blind soccer clinic experience for the Los Angeles Unified School…
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Paris 2024 Qualification on the Line for U.S. Goalball Teams at IBSA World Games
/ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ – The USA Goalball men’s and women’s teams are loading up for a run at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games with both squads sending experienced rosters to the 2023 IBSA World Games in…
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Rutgers University to Host Blind Soccer National Coaching Summit
New Brunswick, N.J. (July 26, 2023) /ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ – In partnership with Reader’s Digest Partners for Sight Foundation, the U.S. Association for Blind Athletes (USABA) and Rutgers University Department of Kinesiology and Health and Center…
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USA Blind Soccer National Team Hosting Clinics at Angel City Games
(June 26, 2023) /ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ – The U.S. Association of Blind Athletes (USABA) is hosting two blind soccer clinics on Sunday, July 2, as part of the 2023 Angel City Games. The clinics will be…
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USA Blind Soccer Debuts with Two Victories Over Canada
Colorado Springs, Colo. (March 23, 2023) /ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ – With just over five years until the team makes its Paralympic Games debut in Los Angeles, the USA Blind Soccer Men’s National Team dipped its toes into the…
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Sixteen Individuals Selected to be USABA Sport Ambassadors for 2023
Colorado Springs, Colo. (March 8, 2023) /ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ – The U.S. Association of Blind Athletes (USABA) is pleased to announce 16 individuals who will serve as the organization’s sport ambassadors for 2023. Now in its…
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Amanda Duke Boulet Named USABA Director of Sport Performance
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. /ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ – The U.S. Association of Blind Athletes (USABA) is pleased to announce the hiring of Amanda Duke Boulet as director of sport performance, a new and integral position within the organization.…
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First Paris 2024 Qualification Opportunity for Experienced U.S. Teams at Upcoming IBSA Goalball World Championships
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Nov. 17, 2022 /ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ – With a combined 23 Paralympic Games appearances and 15 Paralympic medals to their credit, an experienced roster of 12 athletes has been selected to represent the U.S. at…
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Ten Athletes Named to First-Ever USA Blind Soccer Men’s National Team
November 3, 2022/ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ – The U.S. Association of Blind Athletes (USABA) today announced the 10 athletes chosen for the first-ever USA Blind Soccer Men’s National Team that will begin international competition in 2023, the first step…
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Chula Vista to Host Selection Camp for First-Ever USA Blind Soccer Men’s National Team
October 26, 2022/ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ – The U.S. Association of Blind Athletes (USABA) is holding a team selection camp, Oct. 27-30, in Chula Vista, Calif., with 13 players with visual impairments and three sighted goalkeepers vying to earn…
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Fifth Annual USABA National Blind Sports Week presented by Healthy Vision Association Slated for October 3-8
(Sept. 27, 2022) /ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ – Join the U.S. Association of Blind Athletes for National Blind Sports Week presented by Healthy Vision Association (Oct. 3-8), a six-day celebration focused on participation and awareness of sports and…
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Olympic Triathlete Greg Billington to Guide Blind Paralympian Kyle Coon at Philadelphia Distance Run
Philadelphia, Pa. (Sept. 8, 2022)/ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ – Elite-level talent will combine forces on the streets of Philadelphia for the Philadelphia Distance Run (PDR) on Sept. 18. 2016 Olympian and 2020 Paralympic gold medalist Greg Billington (Spokane, Wash.) will…
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USABA Names Endurance Sport Ambassadors
Colorado Springs, Colo. (June 14, 2022)/ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ – The U.S. Association of Blind Athletes (USABA) is pleased to name its third team of sport ambassadors for 2022. Five runners with visual impairments will join two sighted guide…
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Eleven Tokyo 2020 Paralympians Among 16 Goalball Sport Ambassadors Named by USABA
Colorado Springs, Colo. (May 19, 2022)/ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ –The U.S. Association of Blind Athletes (USABA), recently certified as the National Governing Body for the Paralympic sport of goalball, is pleased to announce 16 individuals who will serve…
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Two Additional Goalball Paralympians Elected to USABA Board
(COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.) /ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ – As the newly-certified national governing body for the Paralympic team sports of goalball and blind soccer, the United States Association of Blind Athletes (USABA) has announced the election of…
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USABA Announces Six Sport Ambassadors for Paralympic Sport of Blind Soccer
Colorado Springs, Colo. /ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ As the newly-certified National Governing Body for the Paralympic sport of blind soccer, the U.S. Association of Blind Athletes (USABA) has appointed six individuals to act as sport ambassadors. Throughout the…
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USOPC Selects USABA to Oversee New Team USA Sport: Paralympic Blind Soccer
Colorado Springs, Colo. (January 5, 2022) /ENDURANCESPORTSWIRE/ – The United States Association of Blind Athletes (USABA) has received the highest level of certification from the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee (USOPC) to become the…
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Tokyo Paralympic Goalball Coaches and Athletes to Lead L.A. Clinic Dec. 11
Los Angeles, CA (December 9, 2021) /ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ – Team USA head coaches and athletes will conduct two clinics on the Paralympic sport of goalball on Saturday, December 11, at the Expo Center (3980 Bill…
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USABA’s Breakfast with Champions to Highlight On-the-Court, Off-the-Court Accomplishments of Goalball Paralympians
Colorado Springs, Colo. (October 21, 2021) /ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ – As a wrap up to a fantastic Paralympic year, the United States Association of Blind Athletes will be hosting its 12th Annual Breakfast with Champions presented by Anthem on Friday, October…
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USA Women’s Goalball Claims Silver Medal at Tokyo Paralympics
TOKYO, Japan (September 3, 2021) – Defending gold medalist Turkey proved too much to handle for the short-handed U.S. women’s goalball team in Friday’s final of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games at Makuhari Messe Hall…
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Birthday Girl Eliana Mason Leads USA Women’s Goalball Into Semifinals of Tokyo Paralympics
TOKYO, Japan (September 1, 2021) – The never-say-die USA Goalball Teams continued their streak of come-from-behind wins on Wednesday at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games. This time it was the U.S. women’s team rallying from…
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USA Men’s Goalball advances to Paralympic Games Semifinals with Thrilling Overtime Win
TOKYO, Japan (Aug. 31, 2021) – The USA Men’s Goalball Team advanced to the semifinal round of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games with a thrilling come-from-behind victory against Ukraine in sudden-death overtime Thursday at Makuhari…
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Visionary Sponsorship: Hyperice Partners with Blind Athletes
Colorado Springs, Colo. (August 4, 2021) The United States Association of Blind Athletes (USABA) announced today that Hyperice, the industry leader in recovery technology and pioneer of percussion, vibration, dynamic air compression and thermal technology,…
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U.S. Goalball Teams Announced For Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games
FORT WAYNE, INDIANA (June 9, 2021) – The United States Association of Blind Athletes has revealed the 12 athletes selected to represent Team USA at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games in the sport of goalball.…
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USA Goalball Teams Capture Gold and Silver at Trakai Tournament
TRAKAI, Lithuania (May 24, 2021) – With just 93 days until the Paralympic flame is lit in Tokyo, the USA Men’s and Women’s Goalball teams, whose training center is located at Turnstone Center in Fort…
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Kyle Coon Named USABA Program and SafeSport Coordinator
COLORADO SPRINGS (January 21, 2021) – The United States Association of Blind Athletes is pleased to announce Kyle Coon as the organization’s Program and SafeSport Coordinator. In this position, he is responsible for planning, implementing…
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National Blind Running Unity Day Connects Runners Across Nation
(COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.) — In late September, runners across the nation received the dreaded news that the 2020 California International Marathon was canceled due to health and safety guidelines associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. For…
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New Board of Directors Named for USABA
(COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.) – The United States Association of Blind Athletes (USABA) is pleased to announce its new board of directors, which includes seven new appointees and three returning board members. Prodigy Search, a national…
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USABA Named Winner of 2020 Robert Wood Johnson Sports Award
COLORADO SPRINGS – The United States Association of Blind Athletes has been selected as one of five 2020 winners of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) Sports Award, from a pool of 270 applicants. The winners…
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Third Annual USABA National Blind Sports Day Expands To Week of Virtual Activities in 2020
(Sept. 23, 2020) — Join the United States Association of Blind Athletes for National Blind Sports Week (Sept. 28-Oct. 3), a six-day virtual experience focused on participation and awareness of sports and opportunities available to…
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USABA Names Molly Quinn as New Chief Executive Officer
COLORADO SPRINGS (July 28, 2020) –The United States Association of Blind Athletes (USABA) is pleased to announce the addition of Molly Quinn as the association’s new Chief Executive Officer. Quinn comes to USABA with over 20…
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